Bernard Hopkins = Pound for Pound Champ

[Jared Shelly]

Put yourself back to September 29, 2001. Felix Trinidad, one of the most skilled and powerful boxers on the planet, ready to face an aging Philadelphia champion. It was surely a victory for Trinidad who was younger and had faced better opposition, but at the end of the day it was Trinidad sitting...
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[BtownJay]

Originally Posted by Jared Shelly

The face of boxing has changed in the last three years. Gone is Roy Jones Jr. who gave Hopkins his only significant loss. Gone is Lennox Lewis who ruled the heavyweights in his later years. Too invisible is Floyd Mayweather Jr. who some had deemed the best pound for pound, but until he has a superfight with Arturo Gatti or Kosta Tszyu there’s no way to crown him pound for pound champ.

Invisible Floyd Mayweather Jr.?? 32-0 (21 KO) Is only 27 years old, has been a champion in 2 weight classes and now looking to win in his third. He has wins over Manfredy (TKO2), Castillo (x2), Carlos Hernandez, N'dou (TKO7). Not to mention he DESTROYED the 130 pound, undefeated, Corrales by TKO in 10, and knocked him down 5 times.

Superfight with Gatti? Gatti is not in the top 6 or 7 of the weight class. Gatti lost to Manfredy, Oscar De La Hoya, and Micky Ward. His ONLY good wins are against Micky Ward (x2), who is exciting but not highly ranked, and his last fight Leonard Dorin.

Hopkins is my #1 currently but not by much... he has dominated a realitivly weak division for 11 years now, so he gets the nod.

[ssigman]

plus...when he was wearing the executioner's mask on the way to the ring...it was the best outfit