Quote Originally Posted by generalbulldog View Post
25 European champions. Wow that is pretty impressive. Considering there are about 100 alphabet soup organizations out there. lol What happened to the European Hype Hatton that would KO Floyd and Pacman? Hatton is a club fighter that made a name for himself for beating a shot Tzyu.

How about Calzaghe that won against shot fighters like Hopkins and Jones Jr.? Where was he when those 2 were in their prime? Why didn't Nigel Benn greatly revered in the UK fight a prime Hopkins and Jones Jr?
How the fuck is Hopkins a shot fighter? Didn't he school the so called best middleweight in the world after Joe beat him?

Sorry thats the stupidest throw away thread I think I've ever read. Like the US didn't overhype Lacy before Calzaghe schooled him. Like Pavlik wasn't hyped to fuck before Hopkins schooled him. Same goes for Taylor, who's a good fighter but has showed major limitations over the 12 round distance.

You have got to be the first fan I've met who thought Nigel Benn was overrated.