
Originally Posted by
Bilbo
Without a doubt. Actually I was thinking yesterday that you could argue a case for Hopkins being Top 10 of all time now. Nobody else has ever done what he has done.
Foreman won a heavyweight title at 45 but he beat a mediocre champion and lost every round up to his freakishly lucky punch.
Hopkins has beaten the recognised best fighters at 160 and 175 and has done it by outboxing them over 12 rounds, something unheard of in the history of the sport.
If he got his dream and fought Calzaghe at Yankee Stadium next year and won, there would be a case (on paper at least) for him being the greatest fighter of all time.
Consider the following, longest reigning middleweight champion in boxing's history, most middleweight defenses.
Moved up two divisions to win the linear undisputed light heavyweight title.
Finally beats the Ring champion Joe Calzaghe, the most successful 168 lber in boxing history, to become a 3 weight world champ.
Finally to have achieved the following at age 42/43 Hopkins would have to be considered to have the greatest longevity in the history of boxing.
Pretty impressive stats.............
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