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Robinson lost to Lamotta, which is nothing to be ashamed of, especially considering it was up a full weight class. Just wanted to illustrate that many all time greats lose at one time or another. Duran lost to Dejesus, who isn't even a hall of fame fighter.

Hop was green when Roy beat him (which wasn't even that bad of a beating) and didn't hit his peak until 5-6 years later. Hop never came close to losing during his prime and put on an ATG performance vs Tito who was undefeated, in his prime and ranked #2 p4p. When discussing historical accomplishments and quality of opposition I just can't see calling Roy an ATG and not Hop. Guess we will agree to disagree on that one.

Also, even though I am biased, that doesn't mean I'm wrong....
What I would say it Roy Jones would have beaten any version of B Hop including the one that beat Tito.
Maybe, maybe not. I think that is debatable as Hop seemed to evolve his style specifically to fight Roy again. Roy was a freak of nature, do not saying Hop is a lock or that it would ever be a dominant win. Just saying that a Roy win prime vs prime isn't a forgone conclusion either. When you look at historical impact, accomplishments and quality of opposition, Hop has Roy beat by far.