Is hopkins in his prime?

[SigmaMu]

This is why I can't believe that he lost twice to that biatch azz Taylor

[Taeth]

London, I think Bernard feels this is his best win because of his age, and Pavlik's hype. He isn't in his prime its plain and simple. He can't work as hard, he's not as fast, he simply isn't as good.

[LondonBB]

London, I think Bernard feels this is his best win because of his age, and Pavlik's hype. He isn't in his prime its plain and simple. He can't work as hard, he's not as fast, he simply isn't as good.

You could be right mate. I didnt look at it that way.

He could be saying this in a way rather than saying that hes in his prime because hes just got his best career win...hes saying that hes at the end of his career but can still get an awesome win against pavlik.

Shows hopkins quality.

[Taeth]

Also look at who Hopkins fought at 43
Tarver: jsut finished a movie where he was basically a heavyweight, losing that weight would affect anyone, but just because people didn't like him they didn't give it any thought.
Winky Wright: a natural 154 pounder fighting at 170 isn't the same fighter he once was, I think he would have beaten Bernard had they fought when they were supposed to at 160.
Calzaghe: closest to his prime of the southpaws simply because he always stays in great shape, he wasn't losing a ton of weight or gaining a ton of weight. However in his prime Calzaghe was a much better puncher. I think he is around the same place Hopkins was when he faced Trinidad, he is slightly over the Zenith but he is style in a situation where his skills along with his remaining athletic abilities make him still near the top of his game. However I feel Hopkins was simply the better man technically.
Pavlik: I think he would have beaten Trinidad at middleweight, but he is basically the same type of opponent for B-Hop, I've felt that his style would be easy to negate for B-HOp all along.

But all in all Hopkins was quite clearly a superior boxer 10 years ago.

[Spicoli]

Love Hopkins.Of course he is going to say he was at his absolute best after looking that great.He is one of the biggest self promoters in ring history & has perfected his over all preservation of skill's but no,he is not in his prime.And that is saying much more for him than if he actually was prime at 43