He didn't come off like a dickhead to me, just uneducated responses, lots of times when you are in with a guy like HOpkins its the little things you don't notice that make him win. That to me means that Hopkins was A LOT better then Pavlik. ALso he compared fights which means nothing as their fight indicates unless its comparing two guys to a similar style of opponent even that is hit-and-miss. Also Calzaghe and Taylor definitely didn't hit Hopkins at will, which they both atest to.
As for the people arguing, if you don't understand how Hopkins movement is different then any other fighters its understandable, but you should take solice in the fact that opponents still consistently have troubles finding range against him. If he didn't move different guys wouldn't have the troubles they do. It gets very tactical after that. He very smart at seeing when your putting your foot down, he knows exactly which angles you like to be at when throwing punches, what distance you like to be at, what punch is the guy's set up punch, which foot he gets leverage off to throw what punch. Hopkins seems to innately know all these things or it sure looks that way, also he has extremely quick reflexes so he is very good at avoiding punches at a distance. All in all B-Hop's movement is so much more then just lateral movement, truly nobody has mastered the art of footwork the way Hopkins has, or if they have I have yet to see it.
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