Hopkin's greatest victory?

[Longhhorn71]

As B-Hop sails off into the sunset, what was his greatest victory?

[maximumsg]

For me tarver he clownded on him, or of course trinidad but moving up two weight classes and destroying the guy that destroyed roy jones is his biggest for me.

[jimmie]

Trinidad isnt THAT impressive to me considering Trinidad was embarrsed before and after that fight and I take into consideration the weight. Now Tarver he was older coming off 2 losses where he barley put up a fight until round 7 and of course moving up in 2 weights to take on the Champion and he KD Tarver something noboddys done since Harding and he beat him silly the only man to defeat Tarver in such lopsided fashion. Johnson and Jones are 2 big name fighters from Hopkins era and those guys do have a win of Tarver but both fairly close while Hopkins made his mark on the fight and no rematch was needed.

[H .]

tough call. trinidad and tarver were both excellent.

[Scar]

Tarver.

[headhunter]

Glen Johnson

[dave82]

Echols 2, Trinidad, Tarver, Johnson, Wright (great win, not a great fight),

[Cabannero]

tarver

[SchweitzerMan]

His fight against Trinidad.

[ralphc]

Segundo Mercado, not sure of the spelling. Hopkins was knocked down twice, was fighting in a foreign country and at about 10,000 feet. Not many men could overcome all that to take the victory.

Well, it should have been a victory.

[eliqueiros]

I was about to say sad if it was dlh or trinidad. Looks like Trinidad making the list.

[Farmboxer]

Tito

[Carlos Primera]

glen johnson. he shutout the guy brutally, and is still the only dude to stop johnson. the tito shutout was a nice boxing clinic as well.

[berserkafied]

Tarver

[VIP]

Ummm...he might have beaten better fighters but undoubtedly Trinidad is his greatest victory.

[MexicanJew]

Trinidad. Bhop at his Prime, plain and simple

[hellblazer]

Antonio Tarver

[Brighton bomber]

In the fight against Glen Johnson we saw Hopkins at the peak of his powers but it wasn't his greatest victory. The Tito victory was amazing considering he was 36 and a big underdog but for me the Tarver victory really sealed his legacy. To jump up 2 weights against a then perceived top P4P fighter, who has just recently again won a version of the title, was an outstanding acheivement. Hopkins has had many critics saying he had built a legacy against smaller oppositon, conveniently forgetting that Hagler had done the very same. By doing something Monzon and Hagler never did and jump up to light heavyweight to beat the undisputed top light heavyweight at that time was a greater acheivement IMO. The manner in which he did it also was incredible.

[Brighton bomber]

Trinidad. Bhop at his Prime, plain and simple

If so many haters hadn't criticised Hopkins for fighting a supposedly smaller man who incidently could't make light middle anymore or for not moving up in weight then I would agree. But Hopkins answered a lot of doubters and naysayers by beating Tarver.

[Thread Stealer]

1. Felix Trinidad
2. Antonio Tarver
3. Glencoffe Johnson
4. Antuwan Echols 2

[BigBone]

Of course Tito is the greatest win... nobody, I mean NOBODY expected that a 36 year-old guy would DESTROY Tito, who at the time was considered as one of the most fearful punchers EVER... also, it's silly to say Tito was too small or anything - he almost killed Joppy in his first MW fight to become a world champion and looked stronger than ever... only to end up on the canvas vs. Hopkins who beat the living sh*t out of him to become the legitimate MW champion... 10/10

On the P4P side, Winky Wright is the higest ranked fighter Hopkins has every met (#2/3 by every respected magazine/writer, considered many as the best MW). Of course it was a close and ugly fight north of Winky's ideal fight weight, but still it was a boxing match not a physical fight so I don't think weight played that big part - the key was the typical Hopkins weapon: very-well placed short hook on the inside, so in 10 years, he was the first one to legitimately defeat Winky, and doing it at the age of 42... 10/8

Oscar De La Hoya didn't have much chance according to bost because of the size difference but just to show Bernard could've done it at LMW, he came in at 156, 2 pounds over the 154 limit! Oscar was smaller, and supposed to lose... but Hopkins put on an extra performance by knocking DLH out and in the meantime he unified all 4 titles - for that it's 10/7.

Hopkins fought smaller men? WTF, he shut out The Ring champ Antonio Tarver in one of the most stunning comeback victories in this era... people say this BS that Tarver looked bad (:D), but every single Hopkins opponent looked bad vs. him inc. P4P#2 Calzaghe, so saying Tito was shot, Oscar was shot, Winky was shot, Tarver was shot, Calzage is over the hill is BS... Hopkins made all of them look bad... but if you look at how Tarver shut out Woods, DLH made his fight vs. Mayweather close and Glen Johnson beat Dawson (on my card) - that shows you that looking bad and losing bad vs. Hopkins doesn't mean anything. 10/9

Hopkins TKO Johnson didn't mean much at the time, but when Johnson KOd Roy and beat Tarver to become the Fighter of the Year - and giving top15 P4P-er and future superstar Chad Dawson a beating this year, we had to reconsider that Hopkins win - he completely destroyed the guy! 10/7

1. Tito
2. Tarver
3. DLH/Johnson
5. maybe Holmes (unification) or Echols (because of the injury) or Frank (fastest MW world title KO).

[Mind Reader]

To me he looked most impressive in the Trinidad victory. Hopkins has a amazing resume, to me though the Tarver and Johnson victories are mostly built off of them beating a Roy Jones that wasn't himself, still amazing wins though to take nothing away from Hopkins... Still I vote for the Trinidad victory because it launched him into a boxing world that had far since ignored him and he looked his best in that fight IMO

[right_hook_roye]

tarver

[mike464]

Trinidad easily

[Grant1]

Taking JC to a SD :good

Nah - gotta be Tito.

[Shaolin Box]

Trinidad. That win put him on the map

[mike464]

Taking JC to a SD :goodAt the age of 43 that was very impressive but I still say his best performance was against Trinidad

[Hatesrats]

Vs. Antonio Tarver B-Hop stopped picking on the lil' guys.
I'll take B-Hop's win over the "Magic Man" as his legacy fight.
(De la Hoya & Trinidad fighting @ Middleweight should have never happened)

On a side note...
Why Felix couldn't get himself back down to at least Jr. Middle will be his greatest mistake as far as his legacy goes, IMO.
The matchup of Trinidad Vs. Forrest has always been a
a dream match for me, 2 guys with great power & the ability to box.

[TFFP]

Most important - Trinidad
Best - Johnson, Tarver. Hard to seperate for different reasons. Johnson he was at the peak of his powers. Tarver was a a great win, when he was so old and jumping 2 weight classes, and he made Tarver is prison bitch

[DaHead242]

the Glengoffe Johnson fight. Glen was something like 34-0 and i thought he was going to beat Hopkins. Hopkins embarrassed Glen and stopped him. Bernard had won all 10 rounds that were scored and was owning the 11th round before stopping glen. Glen went on to lost his next 2 or 3 fights which may have diminished his victory but it was incredibly impressive when it occurred ..... still is IMO.

[Motor City Sam]

Ummm...he might have beaten better fighters but undoubtedly Trinidad is his greatest victory.

Probably the best way to look at this topic. :yep

[Beeston Brawler]

In terms of legacy, either Tito or DLH - even though Tito was way past it and above his weight, whilst DLH was also above his proper fighting weight as well.

Glen Johnson was a very good victory, as was his win over Tarver, a big shock to most people.

[Motor City Sam]

In terms of legacy, either Tito or DLH - even though Tito was way past it and above his weight, whilst DLH was also above his proper fighting weight as well.

Glen Johnson was a very good victory, as was his win over Tarver, a big shock to most people.

How was Tito "way past it" and above his weight? He was coming off a devastating KO win over one of the middleweight titlists.

[Beeston Brawler]

Perhaps a bit strong, but it certainly wasn't peak Tito in there for me.

[Asterion]

1. Tito
2. Tarver
3. Wright
4. De la Hoya

[Beeston Brawler]

Winky Wright was a decent victory, though Winkster was 16lbs over his best fighting weight, and looked like a beached whale!

Also the fight was perhaps the most boring I have ever seen, between two supposedly top 10 p4p fighters.

[TFFP]

1. Tito
2. Tarver
3. Wright
4. De la Hoya
Wright - really?

I don't think that shit impressed too many. Fat ass Wright looked horrible, and it wasn't a clear cut win

[Asterion]

How was Tito "way past it" and above his weight? He was coming off a devastating KO win over one of the middleweight titlists.

Tito was not in his ideal weight class but proved that he was a good Middleweight contender. This was not the case of De la Hoya, who had fought only once at 160 (against Sturm).

Tito was the #1 contender. This is a similar case to Mayweather (who was able to become Champ at 147) or Spinks (at 154).

[Asterion]

Wright - really?

I don't think that shit impressed too many. Fat ass Wright looked horrible, and it wasn't a clear cut win

I think that win is better than a win over a 160 lbs. De la Hoya. But maybe you could put one of Hopkins' title defenses as the third best win: Glen Johnson?

[jecxbox]

Out of Hopkins Own fucking mouth: Tito Trinidad.

[jecxbox]

1. Tito
2. Tarver
3. Wright
4. De la Hoya

I completely agree with this.

[Weber]

Hopkins greatest accomplishment was that he didn't get totally humiliated by RJJ. He looked a whole lot better than other boxers of comparable skill level did against Roy.

[Zhaakal]

Calzaghe

[jc]

On paper probably Tarver, he was going up in weight, comng off losses, and was old, but in reality Trinidad was his greatest victory, that was his defining fight, he never had a fight or a win that big afterwards.

[gambleer]

Tarver.

[Ilesey]

Trinidad probably.

[Rock0052]

1. Tarver
2. Trinidad
3. Everyone else- the individual names (with respect to the weights they fought Hopkins at) aren't as important as the consistency he showed fight in, fight out for basically his entire career. It's more impressive to me that he could still be a great fighter into his 40's winning over decent, if unspectacular competition with nearly no off nights, than any other single win he's had.

[rochsolloch]

tito but he was a welterweight who did hopkins beat who was a real top class middleweight?

oscar is a light middle .


as soon as hopkins fought a top guy in calzaghe who wasnt outsized or outclassed he never fought like an executioner against joe more like a parole officer!

[dave82]

tito but he was a welterweight who did hopkins beat who was a real top class middleweight?

oscar is a light middle .


as soon as hopkins fought a top guy in calzaghe who wasnt outsized or outclassed he never fought like an executioner against joe more like a parole officer!

:patsch