Best Middleweight And SuperMiddleweight Fights Ever

[donnydarkoIRL]

Interesting!

Not one single Hopkins or Jones fight.

I suppose maybe Hopkins vs Trinidad could be up there but Jones fights were too one sided.

Yeah I guess Jones could be on the list just for his brilliant entertaining performances.

Hopkins most certainly couldn't.

It's funny how Hopkins is regarded as such a great fighter yet he never gets a mention when it comes to great fights.

The ring held an article sometime last year distinguishing between great fighters and exciting fighters using Ali as a basis. The theory was that most great fighters are so goo that they dominate the competition to such an extent that they are not entertaining and it takes another great fighter to be involved in a great fight with them. It went on to say how most exciting fighters are not great as they get hurt, sacrifice skill for brawling and often fizzle out due to their style.

Yeah I see the point.

But I would bet MOST great fighters have been involved in a great fight.

Sticking with middleweights.

It's easy to see the appeal of Roy Jones. Even if he's dominating an opponent he's bloody entertaining whilst doing it.

But Hopkins? How can one of the supposed greatest middleweights ever not make a list of greatest ever middleweight fights?

He never beat people with consummate ease like Roy. He wins UGLY. So what's the appeal?

Well i believe that for every great fighter, thete is one great career defining fight.
Ali solidified his greatness vs. Frazier/Foreman
SRR solidified his greatness vs. LaMotta
Hagler solidified his greatness V Hearns.

Other champions with the lack of one great nemesis dominate the mediocre competition impressively for long periods of time....Hopkins did it with wins over DLH, Trinidad and Meracdo.
Jones did it too....The nature in which they won their mediocre sized fights was the impressive part.