Quote Originally Posted by Ricardo "Finito" Lopez
Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
Quote Originally Posted by Ricardo "Finito" Lopez
Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
Thoughts?I know this one is really hard to imagine but I'd be intrigued.Remember,Ray was past his prime and STILL held his won with the best of 160 in his era,which is incredible.
Even though Robinson's Middleweight record in Championship fights was something like 8-6. I would still favor Robinson, Robinson has very good movement which would give Hopkins fits, plus Robinson's hand speed would give Hopkins even more trouble, i see Robinson winning 12 round UD.
The thing with that is,he was past his best,he was mostly winning the rematches and correct me if I'm wrong,but he there were no intermediate weights at the time,so he jumped from 147 to 160 and fought the best which makes it even more amazing imo!He was also fighting guys in their backyards too.

I'd favour Robinson too.I think he had the speed and power to win.

Here is interesting Question for you El Gamo, do you think younger aggressive Hopkins would do better against Robinson. Or the older version ??
The young agressive version was a dangerou dangerous fighter BUT he was more open than he is now,and it would be nothing SRR hadn't seen before. When you have a beast like LaMotta pounding in your chest for a whole fight,I'm pretty sure you can handle most guys that come forward. I actually think the older version could do better,his better defence,his style would have more chance of upsetting Ray's rythm,but hey,I could be wrong.