I am by no means saying Hopkins wasnt a good fighter but I dont think he is an all time great or even close.

Before the Tarver fight no one wanted to see Hopkins cause most of the time he stunk the place out with his slow, take no risk style. This is one of the reason he made no money. An additional reason Hop was making no money is he wasnt fighting anyone of note (not his fault if there is no one at middle weight of note, but cleaning out a division of mid level talent doesnt make you great, just ask Wlad Klit ).

Tarver was a good victory but when you really look at Tarver you see he is a one hit wonder who caught Jones at the right time. Tarver subsequently lost to Glen Johnson and Dawson in addition to Hopkins so Tarver was obviously flawed.

Pavlik was also a good victory but it is what it is and that is a victory over a good fighter moving up in weight....

Whenever Hopkins fought top tier opposition at their natural weight he lost, Jones, Taylor, and Joe Cal. And quit saying Hopkins may have beat Joe in some eyes, if Hopkins hadnt rolled around on the ground and bought time from fake low blows he would have really taken a beating at the hands of Joe.......

Everyone has their opinion and this is mine.