Bernard Hopkins Becomes 46-Year-Old Champion

Hopkins becomes 46-year-old champion - USATODAY.com

 

Awesome, congrats B Hop.

 

who cares.

 

A whole bunch of people including me.

 

really ? why ? does it impress you that he beat a guy at 46yrs old ? to me that once again shows the crap that is out there anymore.

his rant about mcnabb was more impressive than this win.

 

Does anyone really care about boxing in general?

 

and thats is a shame cause it used to be huge.

 

Curious if anyone knows the ppv numbers compared to UFC.

 

Top 10 Grossing Fighting PPV's from 2009 were

Top 10 PPV buy rates, 2009
1. UFC 100: Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, July 11, 1.6 million

2. Boxing: Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto, Nov. 14, 1.25 million

3. Boxing: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, Sept. 19, 1.05 millon

4. UFC 94: Georges St. Pierre vs. B.J. Penn, Jan. 31, 920,000 buys

5. UFC 101: Penn vs. Kenny Florian/Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin, Aug. 8, 850,000

6. Boxing: Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton, May 2, 825,000

7t. UFC 107: Penn vs. Diego Sanchez, Dec. 12, 650,000

7t. UFC 97: Silva vs. Thales Leites/Chuck Liddell vs. Mauricio Rua, April 18, 650,000

9. UFC 99: Lyoto Machida vs. Rashad Evans/Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra, May 23, 635,000

10. Wrestling: WWE WrestleMania 25,
525,000

 

B-Hop is impressive, went from prison to one of the best pound for pound fighters in recent history. I admit the game isn't the same as it was in the late 80's and 90's but I still watch.

When your hitlist includes Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya, Joe Calzaghe, Kelly Pavlik, and Roy Jones Jr, you have to be mentioned as one of the best in his era.

 

Yes but none of that makes besting a Canadian name Jean Pascal (and only by decision no less) impressive or even interesting in the slightest.

 

Ok, so carry on if your not interested.

 

I am. I am carrying on with everyone else in this thread commenting on how meaningless fights like this are which is makes boxing a sad relic of what it once was

 

Pacquiao and Mayweather ever fight it will break PPV records.

 

hitlist ? :laughy32:

c'mon man, de la hoya and jones were over this hill and trinidad was pretty much done as well by the time they fought. calzaghe & pavlik were the tallest midgets in the room at the time.

i'm a hopkins fan but the division is weak, boxing as a whole is weak. hopkins benefitted from that tremedously.

you really think he would've walked through the middelweights like this back in the late 70's-mid mid 90's ? very doubtful.

 

You are all right and I'm wrong. Hopkins is a bum and shouldn't be included in any discussion involving modern day boxing.:icon_rolleyes:

 

all i said was you're "hitlist" was not impressive no matter what the era.

need a tissue ?