Give Bernard Hopkins his just due!

[ray corso]

Pressure? What pressure, the guy runs he doesn't apply any pressure at all!

Hagler would hunt him down, it may well take all of 10 rounds to do it but Hopkins is no Hagler.
Ray.

[Beanflicker]

People shit on Bhop for whipping smaller guys, but then say he isn't on Hagler's level, a guy who is most famous for his fights with 3 smaller guys who had moved up to middleweight (KO'd Hearns, was given BIG trouble by former LW champ Duran, and then obviously lost to Ray Leonard who hadn't fought for 3 years prior to their fight).

I see a bit of a double standard there, no?

[Beanflicker]

Bernard has been fighting for 25 years professionally, he's now 48 years old, and we've NEVER seen him get his ass kicked. We've never seen him outclassed. He's lost 6 times in that span, ALL decisions, only 2 of which were unanimous (and one of those is controversial). Four SD's and MD's, most of which were also controversial.

Nobody has ever looked good against Hopkins. Nobody has ever beat him up. And for those of you who say his opposition has been crap... you're crazy. He's fought a ton of killers. People love to go on about the virtues of guys like Hagler, Hearns, Leonard, Duran... well, besides themselves, how many other great fighters did they fight? They fought some tough opposition, and they also fought a lot of forgettable names like anyone else.

Point being, championship boxing is a shark tank, and you don't get to stay in Bhops spot for so long without being great, especially at his age.

[ykdadamaja]

Bernard has been fighting for 25 years professionally, he's now 48 years old, and we've NEVER seen him get his ass kicked. We've never seen him outclassed. He's lost 6 times in that span, ALL decisions, only 2 of which were unanimous (and one of those is controversial). Four SD's and MD's, most of which were also controversial.

Nobody has ever looked good against Hopkins. Nobody has ever beat him up. And for those of you who say his opposition has been crap... you're crazy. He's fought a ton of killers. People love to go on about the virtues of guys like Hagler, Hearns, Leonard, Duran... well, besides themselves, how many other great fighters did they fight? They fought some tough opposition, and they also fought a lot of forgettable names like anyone else.

Point being, championship boxing is a shark tank, and you don't get to stay in Bhops spot for so long without being great, especially at his age.

Exactly. He is a real warrior champion!

[0james0]

Bernard has been fighting for 25 years professionally, he's now 48 years old, and we've NEVER seen him get his ass kicked. We've never seen him outclassed. He's lost 6 times in that span, ALL decisions, only 2 of which were unanimous (and one of those is controversial). Four SD's and MD's, most of which were also controversial.

Nobody has ever looked good against Hopkins. Nobody has ever beat him up. And for those of you who say his opposition has been crap... you're crazy. He's fought a ton of killers. People love to go on about the virtues of guys like Hagler, Hearns, Leonard, Duran... well, besides themselves, how many other great fighters did they fight? They fought some tough opposition, and they also fought a lot of forgettable names like anyone else.

Point being, championship boxing is a shark tank, and you don't get to stay in Bhops spot for so long without being great, especially at his age.

This is all very true