Quote Originally Posted by a4mrmarine
Ofcourse Joe would beat B-hop now, he is old and past his prime. he and Tarver need to fight and yes I think and hope joe will beat the hell out of Tarver. BUt when he was calling B-Hop out , all he had to do was loose the weigth and fight him. Tarver will prove nothing if he beats B-hop.
I see what you're saying, but I always thought Bernard was entirely too small for a middleweight and was scared to go up. After beating Trinidad there was noone at middleweight, and Joe walking around at 200lbs when not training makes losing 8+ pounds of muscle hard. Like I said, in my useless opinion I don't think Hopkins could deal with the speed or the pace, prime or not. Hell Joe is nearly 34 and look at his last fight. Bernard never showed that kind of heart to go along with a brilliant boxing mind - thus he can't be an all time great, because every all time great showed us that skill/heart combined.