Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
Quote Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

howard eastman
felix trinidad
oscar dela hoya
william joppy

i personally feel hopkins hasnt fought that much better opp than calzaghe but 3 of them names wipe floor with calzaghe opp to be honest
 

Then, no offence, but your'e falling prey to what a lot of boxing fans do...you only recognize the marquee names as talent...if you do that because you don't know the names or thier abilities...then you need to catch up on their fights prior to Hopkins either humiliating them or dropping them.

Vanderpool, Johnson, Echols, & Lipsey were all highly ranked, respected, or undefeated at the time & Hopkins smoked them all & how.
to be honest ive never heard of others u mentioned but looked up on vanderpool i dont really see anyone good names he has beaten hopkins beating glen johnson was good win i forgot about him but again i looked up on echols not any real good wins on his record either and lipsey didnt have any good wins either i still think hopkins has beat better opp by beating johnson dela hoya joppy trinidad ect but to be honest mate i dont think his title reign is much better than calzaghes no disrespect to hopkins its just how i feel mate