I'm not saying that Hopkins is crap or anything near that!johnswan1 wrote:Martin_H wrote:Being the first person to beat (and stop) Glen Johnson is an achievement. I never said these were career defining fights - I would say his career defining fight was against Trinidad but if he comes back and beats Taylor I would put that right up there considering his age. Hops has never been beaten up or dominated before (Barrera and Morales both have been) and I just think Hops is a crafty grand master of boxing who deserves P4P status. (Also note that most of these guys did not become title holders because Hops prevented them from doing so).
I just don't believe he's anywhere near as good as he's touted, and I think his resume isn't even close to what other fighters have achieved in the ring.These fighters that fought him and never became World champions could have fought for a WBA or WBC or WBO belt but they weren't good enough.
Barrera and Morales may have been dominated before... But this kind of thing will happen from time to time when you're fighting in the top class. If Barrera and Morales had chosen to fight at Hopkins level their whole careers they'd be 60 fights undefeated each now.
A loss may have come to them both from time to time, but it doesn't take anything away from what they've both achieved in the ring... And quite frankly I don't think Hopkins will ever get to their level because he doesn't have any time left at 40yrs old.