I think people tend to look at the way Hop fights these days n mistakenly think that prime Hop fought in a similar manner. The Hop that fought Roy was good but still green n relied more on a heavy right, great chin, n outstanding stamina to beat fighters. The Hop that lost close decisions to Taylor, Joe C, n Dawson was an older fighter who had to control the pace n slow it down to win.
The Hop that fought Tito Trinidad, predicted by almost EVERY FIGHT EXPERT to stop Hop, ranked #2 p4p, n a legitimate MW titlist was the perfect fighter n had the tools to beat any fighter in history at 160. Hagler had issues with the counter punching, cagey Duran. He also had issues with physically strong fighters like antufuermo