Numbers Never Lie - Archie Moore (185 wins – 23 losses – 10 draws – 131 kos) vs. Bernard Hopkins (55 wins – 6 losses – 2 draws – 32 kos) Photo of Hopkins: courtesy of Darryl Cobb Jr. Allow me to shed some light on the statistical difference between Moore and Hopkins. There are 154 bouts separating the fighters (219 minus 65). Hopkins has been a professional fighter for 26 years (1988 – 2014) averaging 2.6 fights per year (65 fights/26 years). Based on his average he would have to fight another 59 years (154 bouts/2.6 avg. bouts per year) to equal Moore’s fight total of 219. This is where it gets interesting. Hopkins would be 108 years old (49 years old plus 59) when he equals Moore’s total of 219 bouts. For this to happen – it means that he would have to be either a vampire or truly an alien as he has been proclaiming since he defeated Tavoris Cloud to win the IBF light-heavyweight title last year-becoming the oldest man to win a world boxing title at the ripe old age of 48! It is impossible for Hopkins to fight another 59 years until he reaches 108! I applaud Hopkins achievement but it is hard for me to believe that he would have remained intact and youthful had he engaged in the number of bouts as the great Archie Moore. In addition, having watched numerous fight tapes of both – I don’t see Hopkins being able to out-box, out-fox or out-muscle Archie Moore who was by far one of the wizards of the ring! Matt Hamilton Fighter PRBen DoughtyMatt YanoTerri-Ann N RichardsPhilly Keith PagePhilly UrbanBoxingRodney RiceJoe HandJeff RutizerJames Shuler GymJames Ali BashirAnne Boxologist WhitlockNadia SmalleyJeff MayweatherStephen Breadman EdwardsBrittany RogersJJ J Russell PeltzDave WilkesHarold LedermanSkip CrumplerHassan BrownHassan Hameed-ElKhalil FarahKahlil Small Darryl Cobb Jr.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 23:59:35 +0000
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