missing B-Hop...

[ICB]

Anyone can blow a guy out with fast hand speed, power etc

But a guy who is 44 has been boxing with the big boys for over 17 years now and is still yet to be floored.

Even youve got admit miles thats pretty fucking incredible??

His longevity is quite remarkable. No doubts about that. But his style is so ugly and it's becoming more like an old man looking to fight for 30 seconds and the rest of the time just trying to breathe his way through the round.

I have no inclination to see him fight on. And he is all about fighters going up in weight to face him. Winky, Calzaghe and Pavlik. Winky and Pavlik were horribly beyond their normal fighting weights. Calzaghe showed him for what he is now.

He had a great career throughout a fair part of his 30's. But I have lost interest.

The guy is arguably up there with the likes of hearns, hagler and duran as one of the greatest 160ers and had he of realised he could no longer make the weight properly before the taylor fights came along and moved up weights he would right now be mentioned in the same breath as those guys.

Sure he wasnt exactly an arturo gatti or MAB but boxings about much more than just out and out fighting and during the 90s hopkins proved time and time again a world class technician will always beat a brawler

I actually thought MAB was a fantastic technical fighter, he certainly turned into much more of a boxer after the Junior Jones losses.

[dee_z_r]

yhh come on one mo fite

[LEGION]

yhh come on one mo fite

Well said

[Beanz]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzWlad..now that's a boring fighter

[HattonTheHammer]

Mercado 1
Mercado 2
Johnson
De la Hoya
Taylor 1
Trinidad
Pavlik


anyone care to tell me in what part of any of these fights hopkins was perceived to be boring yet was the guy on the offensive on every occasion

[p4pking]

I think the criticism for Bhop in this thread is ridiculous... I mean it just depends on exactly whast one likes watching.. The fact is that Bernard is 44, it stands to reason that fighting elite fighters much younger thasn him he SHOULD lose.... Facts are that every subtle thing he does is completely masterful, he negates lacking athletecism with a complete mastery of how to move, when to punch, how to feint, etc. This sport is by no means all about who puts forth the most forward motion in attacking an opponent. You've got to realize that every time Hopkins fights recently, he's in against a guy who can pull the trigger as fast and harder than he can. Therefore every single move he makes in the ring is monumental to his coming out of there unscathed. I feel therefore that people who call him boring simply don't appreciate the way he uses the ring, his footwork and timing, etc. It's really quite simple. How can one be a boring fighter if nooone can really lay hands on him? Is it no exciting to watch a complete mastery of the sport? I don't get it.

[ICB]

Mercado 1
Mercado 2
Johnson
De la Hoya
Taylor 1
Trinidad
Pavlik


anyone care to tell me in what part of any of these fights hopkins was perceived to be boring yet was the guy on the offensive on every occasion

Also add his fight with Antwun Echols and any of his early fights, when he was kicking ass and taking names.

[HattonTheHammer]

His longevity is quite remarkable. No doubts about that. But his style is so ugly and it's becoming more like an old man looking to fight for 30 seconds and the rest of the time just trying to breathe his way through the round.

I have no inclination to see him fight on. And he is all about fighters going up in weight to face him. Winky, Calzaghe and Pavlik. Winky and Pavlik were horribly beyond their normal fighting weights. Calzaghe showed him for what he is now.

He had a great career throughout a fair part of his 30's. But I have lost interest.

The guy is arguably up there with the likes of hearns, hagler and duran as one of the greatest 160ers and had he of realised he could no longer make the weight properly before the taylor fights came along and moved up weights he would right now be mentioned in the same breath as those guys.

Sure he wasnt exactly an arturo gatti or MAB but boxings about much more than just out and out fighting and during the 90s hopkins proved time and time again a world class technician will always beat a brawler

I actually thought MAB was a fantastic technical fighter, he certainly turned into much more of a boxer after the Junior Jones losses.

very true

but he could still scrap it out with the best of them on his day

[Gandalf]

The guy is arguably up there with the likes of hearns, hagler and duran as one of the greatest 160ers and had he of realised he could no longer make the weight properly before the taylor fights came along and moved up weights he would right now be mentioned in the same breath as those guys.

Sure he wasnt exactly an arturo gatti or MAB but boxings about much more than just out and out fighting and during the 90s hopkins proved time and time again a world class technician will always beat a brawler

I actually thought MAB was a fantastic technical fighter, he certainly turned into much more of a boxer after the Junior Jones losses.

very true

but he could still scrap it out with the best of them on his day

Barrera is a more complete boxer for me. I love watching him fight and his evolution has been an act of class.

Hopkins is undeniably a bit boring these days.

[The Congressman]

He just know ho to survive the game, and that makes him a boring fighter.

[Gandalf]

He just know ho to survive the game, and that makes him a boring fighter.

Only ho and no biblical influence? How jolly boring?