**BHop, the Julio Franco of boxing...**

[Orishaman]

Julio Franco still playing baseball and doing it in a productive way for the Mets, at age 48 he is still strong, quick bat and is a contributors for the Mets, BHop still strong, still contibutes to his legacy..this 2 athletes are speciall specimens, and I think we are lucky to be able to see them perform at the highest level on their respective sports...

[Zakman]

Actually the Mets just dumped Franco, and he signed with the Braves. And Hopkins is, frankly, performing at a HIGHER level than Julio, who is really just hanging on at this point. Not to say that it is not impressive that he can even make a major league roster at 48, but he is not in the upper eschelon of MLB players at this point. Hopkins IS among fighters. Of course, he's also 4-5 years younger......