is HOPKINS really that great ?

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he lost to a 1-handed RJJ clearly and watching that fight he didnt seem all that good, ROY was crap that night too, he was KD'd against MERCADO and should of lost, his one notable win the 90s was his destruction of GLEN JOHNSON but OMAR SHEIKA beat him up too !

KEITH HOLMES, WILLIAM JOPPY, HOWARD EASTMAN - if they were around in 1990 they would not have been top 20 !

TITO, OSCAR, WINKY all former welters, superfeathers or superwelters

i was reading something EUBANK said about STEVE COLLINS "STEVE COLLINS in my opinion was a very ordinary fighter, who had been around for yrs without achieving anything spectacular"

who does that sound like ?

think of TYSON'S KO'S, BENN'S KO'S, RJJ'S KO'S, CALZAGHE KD'ING EUBANK, EUBANK'S fights with BENN (1) and WATSON (2), HATTON on PENDLETON, or just think about any top name fighter and they achieved something spectacular early on

HOPKINS ? no

I don't care if a guy lost to a limbless mannequin....To be champion of one of boxings premier divisions for almost 11yrs and have 20 defenses puts you in the ATG catagory......


I echo Trainer Monkey's words...This thread has to be a joke

Although I agree with you guys that BHop is an all time great the OP does have a point about Hopkins highlight reel though.

Put it this way, how many of you would seek out his career set on DVD?

Well Bilbo....I must be one of the biggest suckers.Before the DVD sets came out and the downloads available,I payed 25 bucks for a tape Of Everything there was on Early Hopkins...Yes The Great one B-Hop even had to re-dube as I I wore through them.A true tactical master Indeed