Who will be remembered as the greater fighter: Bernard Hopkins or Floyd Mayweather?

[Beanflicker]

I didnt say he was a P4P great I just think he marks for Hopkins a better opponent then anyone Floyd has faced. Kov was likely a stone heavier than Hopkins on the night, a stellar amateur career and one of the most feared punchers. As someone mentioned earlier Hopkins fighting Kov is a similar ask to having Floyd fight GGG, a fight that I could never see Floyd taking. And I think anyone with some sense knows Kov is the best light heavyweight around

Yeah but Floyd has fought legit p4p greats, why does Kovalev constitute a better opponent than anyone Floyd has faced? Because he hits hard? A lot of guys hit hard. Canelo had more weight on Floyd on fight night than Kovalev had on Bhop, and Canelo was also the undisputed #1 at 154.

Also, someone please explain to me how Hopkins fighting Kovalev, a guy in the same fucking weight division as him and had 6-7 pounds on him on fight night is equal to Floyd fighting GGG, a guy who is TWO weight classes above him? Here's a tidbit: on the night of Golovkin's last fight, he weighed 173lbs. On the night of Floyd's last fight, he weighed 147. So someone please tell me how you can possibly equate those two?

Some people say the dumbest shit on these boards, man... yikes

[SlimTrae]

PBF stands to go into the history books with questioning at least the pac fight.

Hop has faced basically everyone he should've faced, win lose or draw, sooner or later.

Questioning who retired undefeated, may not matter if so..

Some may ask the question: Paul Williams & Margarito called out PBF, why didn't PBF answer?

He claimed to give a poll (for the fans to choose); Khan or Maidana (Khan won) PBF said (F) the fans...and chose who he wanted, Maidana.

Even though PBF fought Canelo when he hit 40 plus fights old...I remember PBF called out Canelo-when he was barely 25 fights old...he knew/felt their styles meshed and favored him.

Hop would even admit PBF is way more talented, but will history even care about it? Not as long as there are Floyd haters...go Haters!

[Beanflicker]

Some may ask the question: Paul Williams & Margarito called out PBF, why didn't PBF answer?

He claimed to give a poll (for the fans to choose); Khan or Maidana (Khan won) PBF said (F) the fans...and chose who he wanted, Maidana.

Even though PBF fought Canelo when he hit 40 plus fights old...I remember PBF called out Canelo-when he was barely 25 fights old...he knew/felt their styles meshed and favored him.

Yeah but there are reasons for all of those fights not happening, reasons that people forget or want to ignore.

And of course in Khan's case, he wanted the Khan fight and got skewered - and rightfully so - by boxing fans for taking an easy opponent.

[Silkeyjoe]

I didnt say he was a P4P great I just think he marks for Hopkins a better opponent then anyone Floyd has faced. Kov was likely a stone heavier than Hopkins on the night, a stellar amateur career and one of the most feared punchers. As someone mentioned earlier Hopkins fighting Kov is a similar ask to having Floyd fight GGG, a fight that I could never see Floyd taking. And I think anyone with some sense knows Kov is the best light heavyweight around

Yeah but Floyd has fought legit p4p greats, why does Kovalev constitute a better opponent than anyone Floyd has faced? Because he hits hard? A lot of guys hit hard. Canelo had more weight on Floyd on fight night than Kovalev had on Bhop, and Canelo was also the undisputed #1 at 154.

Also, someone please explain to me how Hopkins fighting Kovalev, a guy in the same fucking weight division as him and had 6-7 pounds on him on fight night is equal to Floyd fighting GGG, a guy who is TWO weight classes above him? Here's a tidbit: on the night of Golovkin's last fight, he weighed 173lbs. On the night of Floyd's last fight, he weighed 147. So someone please tell me how you can possibly equate those two?

Some people say the dumbest shit on these boards, man... yikes

who are the legit P4P greats? A past it De La Hoya? A shot Mosely? A thrice beaten Cotto? All future P4P greats but certainly not dangerous fighters at the time they fought Floyd. Ive already explained why Kov is more dangerous then anyone Floyds faced.

A. He had a stellar amateur career and is a brilliant boxing technician.

B. He is one of the hardest hitters P4P

C. He is in his prime.

D. Hes a bigger man.

Most of Floyds opponents have some of the above but I cant find any where all is applicable.

Also I didnt know there was 2 weight classes between Light middle and middleweightbut I guess Im just a forum poster who says the dumbest shit

[Beanflicker]

who are the legit P4P greats? A past it De La Hoya? A shot Mosely? A thrice beaten Cotto? All future P4P greats but certainly not dangerous fighters at the time they fought Floyd. Ive already explained why Kov is more dangerous then anyone Floyds faced.

A. He had a stellar amateur career and is a brilliant boxing technician.

B. He is one of the hardest hitters P4P

C. He is in his prime.

D. Hes a bigger man.

Most of Floyds opponents have some of the above but I cant find any where all is applicable.

Also I didnt know there was 2 weight classes between Light middle and middleweightbut I guess Im just a forum poster who says the dumbest shit

Yeah that is some pretty dumb shit.

For the record though, Mosley was #3 p4p at the time when Floyd fought him, below only Floyd himself and Pacquiao. He was also ranked, at that time, higher than he had been since losing back to back to Vernon Forrest.