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I like B-Hop more, but unless he can walk on water I can't see him beating Joe. He just can't keep up anymore.

That being said if he does he's my pick for best middleweight EVER.
IMO doing this will put him above Monson, above Hagler, even above Greb.
Hopkins was a great MW, but how can he be considered the best ever based on what he has done in a different weight class? I don't see how beating Calzaghe at LHW makes him the best MW ever.
I just thought it was funny how when Calzaghe was trying to trash talk Hopkins defending himself to Hopkins comment "who have you beaten?".. Calzaghe said something like.. "who've you beaten? all little guys!!"

"De la hoya, little guy, Trinidad, little guy".. and i know that those guys ARE smaller than Hop, but it was just funny that he was telling the guy who defended the MIDDLEWEIGHT championship 20 times, that he fought all "little guys" WELL NO SHIT HE WAS IN A LOWER WEIGHT CLASS

but just about everyone that he fought is comparable to his size.. Hopkins wasn't a small middleweight but it wasn't like he was known as a KO artist.. Taylor is a big middleweight, and i'd say he's bigger than Hop..

He fought Roy Jones who is prob about the same size as him.. he fought Tarver who is def bigger..

Not that i have to justify Hopkin's career, i just thought it was a funny remark..