
Originally Posted by
miron_lang
Jean Pascal appears to have skyrocketed Bernard Hopkins legacy ...well at least to some of the members here.
Who can we compare from Floyd and Pac's resume in terms of accomplishment and stature?
Lehlo Ledwabba is clearly the best 122lbs fighter when Pacquiao fought him and maybe the same with Jose luis Castillo at 135 for Floyd. But Bhop was 46 and Pacquiao and Floyd were young. so that makes it less impressive? maybe ...but what is the summary of what Hopkins have done before becoming this legendary old fighter?
1. Future/Former Lightheavyweight champs Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver
2. Wins over Dela Hoya and Trinidad
3. Win over Kelly Pavlik @170
4. 3 Wins over Robert Allen, Keith Holmes , William Joppy
Records in comparison
Hopkins = 60 Fights 52 Wins 5 losses 2 Draws
Floyd = 41 Fights 41 Wins 0 losses 0 Draws
Pac = 58 Fights 53 Wins 3 losses 2 Draws
ATM
1. Pac 2. Bhop 3. Floyd
If you're going to dissect him be sure to go all the way. Much like they do everyone else.
1- Glenn Johnson wasn't prime just like Bhop wasn't prime when lost to RJJ so he gets no credit for that
2- Tarver was weight drained from filming the Balboa movie, so he gets no credit for that.
3- Oscar, Tito, (you forgot Winky) we all blown up smaller fighters. Oscar showed he couldn't handle 160 when Sturm whooped his ass the fight before. Tito was just very good smaller man who was beaten by the bigger man, Winky looked like shit fighting at 170. As did Pavlik who lost his power going up. So no credit for those
4- William Joppy was destroyed by Tito Trinidad and was just mop up duty. Robert who

?? and Keith who

?
I mean go away the way with it, the same way posters on here do the same to Floyd and Manny.
He basically lost to legit men his size. RJJ, JC, and JT twice. RJJ had a broken wrist, JC was a white boy (sarcasm), and JT considering what's happen to him as off late that looks pretty bad on hopkins resume.
Disclaimer: I actually like BHOP, only picked against him once in his whole career. Against RJJ.
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