Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Louis

[Jim Jeffries]

Ridiculous as it may sound, a 174 lb Billy Conn outboxed a prime 27 year old, 48-1 Louis over 12 rounds (before getting ****y in the 13th.) It's not unfathomable that Hopkins could do the same. Thoughts?

[Grand Champ]

Louis always had problems with slick fast boxers, it's not impossible Hopkins would win! If he didn't taste the brown bombers wicked power to flush, to many times that is..

[Squabbles94806]

If all aspects were on the same playing field, i think hopkins would come out victorious. But i think Louis would be able to knock him down or at least hurt him. They didn't call him the Brown Bomber for nuttin.

[them_apples]

people should't get upset when they see these threads, I have always thought that fighters in lower divisions possessed more skills than heavyweights. Many of the smaller heavyweights may well have been beatable by more technically sound fighters from lower divisions.

Roy Jones was a smaller heavyweight, he would do quite well against guys like Louis I would imagine, given he doesn't get tagged.

Let's not forget that Ali was getting out boxed by bob foster until hit got hit also. Hopkins probably fairs so well in these match ups because I can't see him getting hit.

[Southpaw16BF]

Lately on the history section Bernard has really been gettin matched with some ATG's, been matched against Archie Moore, Rocky Marciano and now Joe Louis.

[Knighte]

Prime Louis is better in every conceivable way. He would take Hop's head off, if it was still intact after facing Marciano.

[0Rooster4Life0]

This is garbage . This is insulting , Joe Louis is perhaps the greatest heavyweight in history, and your matching him up with B Hop? Answer me this, How many men has Bhop fought that where 190pounds or more? well Rocky and Louis fought MANY, and beat them.

So yes Rocky Was a small heavyweight.
But that makes him even more impressive since most of the men he fought out weighed him, out reached him, and where taller, and he still had the record of 49 - 0.

[them_apples]

This is garbage . This is insulting , Joe Louis is perhaps the greatest heavyweight in history, and your matching him up with B Hop? Answer me this, How many men has Bhop fought that where 190pounds or more? well Rocky and Louis fought MANY, and beat them.

So yes Rocky Was a small heavyweight.
But that makes him even more impressive since most of the men he fought out weighed him, out reached him, and where taller, and he still had the record of 49 - 0.

how is it insulting? Louis had trouble with much smaller men to, men Hopkins size. Hopkins is a very good fighter so it's not out of the question.

I think you just don't want to believe it. Rocky had trouble with guys Hopkins size, why does Hopkins have no chance when in some accounts he is better than them.

[0Rooster4Life0]

how is it insulting? Louis had trouble with much smaller men to, men Hopkins size. Hopkins is a very good fighter so it's not out of the question.

I think you just don't want to believe it. Rocky had trouble with guys Hopkins size, why does Hopkins have no chance when in some accounts he is better than them.

And i think you just dont want to beleave that Rocky And Joe would cream B - Hop, You can say all you want "Rocky had trouble with small men to" but the FACT is that Rocky BEAT them all, and that includes Smaller men AND BIGGER men,

49 - 0 FACT

To beat Rocky you need to Box and Move, B - Hop is a boxer/puncher. and at some point in time he will stand toe to toe with Rocky and then it will be goodnight for Hopkins.



and it is a damn joke, Hopkins being a great fighter in his division is one thing, but putting him up against 2 fighters that rank up in the TOP 10 Heavyweights of all time is a whole other story. Step back into reality,


Rocky Beats B - Hop by Death

Louis Beats B - Hop by creaming

End of story


B-hop is a great fighter, But dont insult the the BEST of the HWs with this garbage.

[them_apples]

And i think you just dont want to beleave that Rocky And Joe would cream B - Hop, You can say all you want "Rocky had trouble with small men to" but the FACT is that Rocky BEAT them all, and that includes Smaller men AND BIGGER men,

49 - 0 FACT

To beat Rocky you need to Box and Move, B - Hop is a boxer/puncher. and at some point in time he will stand toe to toe with Rocky and then it will be goodnight for Hopkins.



and it is a damn joke, Hopkins being a great fighter in his division is one thing, but putting him up against 2 fighters that rank up in the TOP 10 Heavyweights of all time is a whole other story. Step back into reality,


Rocky Beats B - Hop by Death

Louis Beats B - Hop by creaming

End of story


B-hop is a great fighter, But dont insult the the BEST of the HWs with this garbage.

your lack of intellect scares me. You don't even picture how a fight would turn out, you just see 49-0 and "great heavyweight" and automatically think they would win.

they might have, I'm not ruling it out. On paper however Hopkins has an excellent chance to beat both of them. Especially Rocky.

b-Hop a boxer puncher? where did you come up with that? because he can punch? he's a technical/defensive fighter, waits for opportunity and maximizes on them.

Rocky is 1 dimensional
Rocky is not bigger than B-Hop.

Louis is bigger than B-Hop
Louis had trouble with smaller men in his career, him just magically walking in there and hitting one of the most defensive fighters of all time and knocking him out is pretty far fetched. If he was 215-220 lbs at 5% body fat, I'd say he could just wail away and wear him down. These guys aren't that big.

I think Louis would hit him at some point though and end the fight, but B-Hop winning is not out of the question.

B-Hop beats Rocky though IMO, Rocky is way to one dimensional. Hopkins is older at LHW sure, but he has still shown he can nullify a younger, high output fighter.