Why does Hopkins wear a mask to a fight?

[zab191]

I don't get it

[Barn]

Executioner mask due to his nickname.

[Scott9945]

Hopkins actually thinks that he's a Mexican wrestler.

[greynotsoold]

Bernard Hopkins actually was a Mexican wrestler...it was part of his contract with GBP.

[bojangles1987]

Hopkins actually thinks that he's a Mexican wrestler.

That would explain his many sell jobs in the ring.

[Barn]

Dawson was also a Mexican wrestler and beat Hopkins by submission back in the day.

[Capaedia]

He's self-conscious

[TBear]

Because the devil mask idea was already taken by Manfredy!

[McGoorty]

Executioner mask due to his nickname.

Yeah, what Barney said..

[jabsRstiff]

He really loved "The Gimp" in Pulp Fiction.