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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    Manny is the tougher call IMO (and full disclosure I'm a big fan of Manny and Bernard, Floyd not so much).

    But I'm leaning towards Hopkins over both. Definitely over Floyd. The weight jump is the big advantage for Manny.

    I do think Bernard has passed Roy.

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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    Quote Originally Posted by OumaFan View Post
    Manny is the tougher call IMO (and full disclosure I'm a big fan of Manny and Bernard, Floyd not so much).

    But I'm leaning towards Hopkins over both. Definitely over Floyd. The weight jump is the big advantage for Manny.

    I do think Bernard has passed Roy.
    Yeah Floyds career has really gone out like a wet match lately, unless he fights Manny his ending will leave a sour taste I think.

    Hopkins definitely has done something amazing for an old guy, but in absolute sense I'm not sure beating Pascal by razor thin decision is equal to just literally battering and dominating guys like Cotto, Margarito and Mosley that Manny has done lately.

    B Hop is winning some and losing some against very good opposition, Manny is beating the snot out of his, and way above his natural fighting weight. That to me is more impressive as no other fighter in history has done that.

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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by OumaFan View Post
    Manny is the tougher call IMO (and full disclosure I'm a big fan of Manny and Bernard, Floyd not so much).

    But I'm leaning towards Hopkins over both. Definitely over Floyd. The weight jump is the big advantage for Manny.

    I do think Bernard has passed Roy.
    Yeah Floyds career has really gone out like a wet match lately, unless he fights Manny his ending will leave a sour taste I think.

    Hopkins definitely has done something amazing for an old guy, but in absolute sense I'm not sure beating Pascal by razor thin decision is equal to just literally battering and dominating guys like Cotto, Margarito and Mosley that Manny has done lately.

    B Hop is winning some and losing some against very good opposition, Manny is beating the snot out of his, and way above his natural fighting weight. That to me is more impressive as no other fighter in history has done that.
    The important thing to remember is that Hopkins is 46. I bet Manny isn't doing what Hopkins is doing at 46. And I hate this talk of Manny fighting outside of his weight class. The guy weighs in above 140, the guy IS a WW. Forget all this "if he boiled down he could make 135 easy" talk, we simply don't know that, but what we do know is that Manny weighs in at WW and fights other WW's.

    As for the greatness thing, they are all pretty great. I don't know which is greater, but Floyd's recent lack of anything does leave a sour taste.

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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    Pac and Floyd need to get there crap figured out. Compromise on these issues or whatever.

    Pac will always have the "drug test" lingering over him shall he keep avoiding it. Pac fans are the only ones who are blind to this.

    Floyd will always have the "ducking" lingering over him and most don't care either way. Floyd can't be seriously spoke about in any forum or discussion because Pactards will be the first to jump on him. It's what they specialize in. Anything to get the heat off the test Pac won't take.

    Pac and Floyd are behind BHop It takes more then a resume of weight drained has beens. And it takes more then an undefeated record. See there Pactards I see it from both view.



    BHop as of now is higher I believe. He never dodged anyone. He never cherry picked like Roy.

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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    I think there's a distinction between "greater" and "better", in the historical sense. I would argue that both Bernard and Manny are "greater" than Floyd legacy wise but I think Floyd is the most talented fighter of my lifetime. A bit of a waste of talent to this point though.

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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    Quote Originally Posted by mafiajoey View Post
    Pac and Floyd need to get there crap figured out. Compromise on these issues or whatever.

    Pac will always have the "drug test" lingering over him shall he keep avoiding it. Pac fans are the only ones who are blind to this.

    Floyd will always have the "ducking" lingering over him and most don't care either way. Floyd can't be seriously spoke about in any forum or discussion because Pactards will be the first to jump on him. It's what they specialize in. Anything to get the heat off the test Pac won't take.

    Pac and Floyd are behind BHop It takes more then a resume of weight drained has beens. And it takes more then an undefeated record. See there Pactards I see it from both view.



    BHop as of now is higher I believe. He never dodged anyone. He never cherry picked like Roy.
    Must be why he fought those blown up WWs....
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    Quote Originally Posted by JonesJrMayweather View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by mafiajoey View Post
    Pac and Floyd need to get there crap figured out. Compromise on these issues or whatever.

    Pac will always have the "drug test" lingering over him shall he keep avoiding it. Pac fans are the only ones who are blind to this.

    Floyd will always have the "ducking" lingering over him and most don't care either way. Floyd can't be seriously spoke about in any forum or discussion because Pactards will be the first to jump on him. It's what they specialize in. Anything to get the heat off the test Pac won't take.

    Pac and Floyd are behind BHop It takes more then a resume of weight drained has beens. And it takes more then an undefeated record. See there Pactards I see it from both view.



    BHop as of now is higher I believe. He never dodged anyone. He never cherry picked like Roy.
    Must be why he fought those blown up WWs....
    Ouch.

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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    Right now? I have BHOP over Floyd and behind Manny.

    But things aren't over,
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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    Quote Originally Posted by JonesJrMayweather View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by mafiajoey View Post
    Pac and Floyd need to get there crap figured out. Compromise on these issues or whatever.

    Pac will always have the "drug test" lingering over him shall he keep avoiding it. Pac fans are the only ones who are blind to this.

    Floyd will always have the "ducking" lingering over him and most don't care either way. Floyd can't be seriously spoke about in any forum or discussion because Pactards will be the first to jump on him. It's what they specialize in. Anything to get the heat off the test Pac won't take.

    Pac and Floyd are behind BHop It takes more then a resume of weight drained has beens. And it takes more then an undefeated record. See there Pactards I see it from both view.



    BHop as of now is higher I believe. He never dodged anyone. He never cherry picked like Roy.
    Must be why he fought those blown up WWs....
    Yeah but that's not fair. He fought welters after he'd whacked out the entire 160 division. By 2001 what middle was he supposed to fight instead of Tito for instance?
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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    Quote Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by JonesJrMayweather View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by mafiajoey View Post
    Pac and Floyd need to get there crap figured out. Compromise on these issues or whatever.

    Pac will always have the "drug test" lingering over him shall he keep avoiding it. Pac fans are the only ones who are blind to this.

    Floyd will always have the "ducking" lingering over him and most don't care either way. Floyd can't be seriously spoke about in any forum or discussion because Pactards will be the first to jump on him. It's what they specialize in. Anything to get the heat off the test Pac won't take.

    Pac and Floyd are behind BHop It takes more then a resume of weight drained has beens. And it takes more then an undefeated record. See there Pactards I see it from both view.



    BHop as of now is higher I believe. He never dodged anyone. He never cherry picked like Roy.
    Must be why he fought those blown up WWs....
    Yeah but that's not fair. He fought welters after he'd whacked out the entire 160 division. By 2001 what middle was he supposed to fight instead of Tito for instance?
    How about moving up, like most in history tend to do.
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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    Honestly, I think his legacy pales in comparison to Pacquiao's. Hopkins feats are impressive because of his age, but I don't think they come close to what Pacquiao has done.

    Floyd is more of a mystery. He has the skills to literally be the greatest boxer of all time, but his resume (relatively speaking) is mediocre for a fighter of his level.
    Last edited by CFH; 05-22-2011 at 08:24 AM.

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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    As far as right now is concerned bernard is the greatest fighter of our era, he passed roy because when it comes to ranking status, you don't look at who was better in their prime, you look at the resume, not the fight videos, and bernard by far has the best resume of our era, the guy continuously breaks records, manny and floyd aren't quite there yet

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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    I think Bhop is great. But not Fighter Of The Decade type of greatness.

    Yeah he's old. But he's a part time fighter.

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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    1)Manny
    2)B-Hop
    3)Floyd

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    Default Re: Bernard is historically greater than Manny or Floyd

    At this point than both...
    Fighting BCD is NOT a must for me.

    But I def. think he should look into giving the Cruiser div. a go...
    I think he can beat "USS" convincingly and capture a title there.

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