The knock on Bernard Hopkins

[Bomp]

Well you can say the exact same about Marvin Hagler.

I also don't buy the excuse with Kelly Pavlik. Pavlik is a naturally bigger man than Hopkins, he actually made Bernard look small in the ring.

It's the same as when Ricky lost to Floyd. It was nothing to do with him fighting at welterweight. Floyd is no bigger than Ricky.

They both got beat because they lost to better boxers.

If Hop could still make 160 he would have beat Pavlik there.

Tito and Oscar I definitely agree with but the weight issue isn't what won him the fight with Pavlik, that dude is huge and SHOULD be fighting at 168.

He won't be able to make 160 for much longer imo. If he can't hack it at 168 or 170 then it's because he a less versatile fighter than Bernard.

Exactly, we discuss it all the time here how you could take apart anybody's record if you try, and especially if you are picky with the facts.

[DaxxKahn]

He beat everyone the division had to offer, he unlike some other fighters out there named Oscar De La Hoya never sought out the smaller men he fought they sought him out...

Trinidad in the MW tourney was not Bhops idea, He did not ask DLH to jump to 160....

Echols, Vanderpool, Allen, Eastman, Joppy, Brown, James etc had all been campaigning at MW when he faced them, Most had good records with a better then 85% win ratio.....He fought who came to him....

Just like those in Calzaghes division when he was the SMW champ...not his fault the division was the way it was....He kept it his own just as Hopkins did for all those years....Was he supposed to leave the division for the approval of the fans?....He did what he was supposed to and reigned with a tight fist....Those who sought him out smaller or not sought him out....

Funny how he is criticized after he dismantles the guy who was supposed to "Send him into retirement"........

Seems Hopkins has a history of spoiling those assumptions then is blamed for doing so