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I always said he was the #3 MW of all time and deserved to be mentioned with guys like SRR, Hagler, Monzon, ect. This makes me feel even more justified in saying that.
When you look at the length of his reign and the guys he has beaten I'd actually put Hopkins higher than Monzon and Hagler on the all time p4p rankings.

If yesterday's fight had taken place at 160 I'd have said Hopkins was the greatest middleweight of all time.

As it is he has to be one of the top 10 fighters ever.

Not just his wins, but even his losses, he's never been beat down im his entire career and only one fighter Roy Jones, could you argue clearly deserved the decision against him.

All of his other losses were close and most controversial.

I have no doubt he could have beaten Hagler, Monzon and Robinson well.
My views exactly. Hindsight will deservedly look good on Hopkins, it comes to a point when you ask what you have to do to go ahead of the old timers, well for me Hop passed the likes of Hagler and Monzon last night. No doubt there'll be some revision of Pavlik's ability, however he totally schooled him in a way the other guys never did to the other also rans.