Comments Thread For: Hopkins Wants Pascal, Dawson, Bute, Then Retirement

[street bully]

If he beats all of them, then damn he could be higher than Roy Jones in ATG list.

Howevr Roy did achieve a hell of a lot going up to HW.

How is oy better than Hopkins? Roy fell off the minute he left his prime, most great fighters find ways to adapt see a almost washed up Ali dominating the hw division. Also Jones beat John ****in Ruiz, James Toney gave Ruiz a worse beating.

[Toney616]

His may indeed not fight ANYONE, but HE just might fight Dawson, apparently.

This clown is going to fight Dawson? lol
When was the last time Hopkins fought a live naturally bigger opponent?

Chad Dawson says Bernard Hopkins is “reluctant to face me”
January 11th, 2011

By Dan Ambrose: For the past three years, former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) has been trying to get Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) to fight him but with zero luck. Hopkins has instead picked out vulnerable fighters like Winky Wright, Antonio Tarver, Kelly Pavlik, Roy Jones Jr., Enrique Ornelas, while losing to Joe Calzaghe.

"What do I gain fighting Chad Dawson? What is attached to Chad Dawson that enhances and changes Bernard's career? How does that change Bernard's life? He just beat up a guy 17 years [younger and a] star of boxing in Kelly Pavlik. Why do ya'll want me to continue to destroy the future of boxing? And once I'm gone I might want to promote the guy later on," Hopkins said.

When further pressed, Hopkins discussed other reasons for bypassing a fight with Dawson. While he discusses Dawson's inability to draw huge crowds, and Dawson's lack of a pay-per-view background, the real reason comes down to money. When a Dawson fight was briefly discussed, Hopkins was looking for a certain seven-figure number from HBO. The network gave him the wrong answer.

"Chad Dawson has not sold out any arena, even in Hartford, Connecticut. He has no history in pay-per-view. He hasn't beaten nobody of significance other than who? Tarver, who lost to a middleweight [in] Bernard Hopkins? I think it was a split, 1 and 1 [against Glen Johnson]. He beat and lost to Glen Johnson, who I beat [when he was] undefeated and knocked him out," Hopkins said.

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=26321
Great reasons for not fighting Dawson

[feroth]

If he beats all of them, then damn he could be higher than Roy Jones in ATG list.

Howevr Roy did achieve a hell of a lot going up to HW.

We all know Roy was on the juice when he moved up to HW and beat the worst champion at that weight, plenty of guys in the old days where natural MWs n beat HWs w/o even moving up in weight, its the quality of opponents that count not their size....ala Manny, your not gonna beat him cuz ur big you gotta have skill like JMM....its just good tv but means very little to me. Nard has acheived more than Roy imo but a prime Roy still beats anyone from 160-175 that ever lived, he just never did enough with it partially cuz there weren't many names around n the big names he did fight he made them look like chumps.

[Kris Silver]

Why was he so unwilling to face Dawson, now is?

Isn't beating Pascal whom beat Dawson, enough?

It'd be good if Bute beats the SMW tourney winner, then Hopkins beats Bute.

[Bushbaby]

This clown is going to fight Dawson? lol
When was the last time Hopkins fought a live naturally bigger opponent?

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=26321
Great reasons for not fighting Dawson

Bro seriously??U do know he just fought Pascal right??

[tomjo]

Honestly, if he beats them all, that's brilliant.

[Toney616]

Bro seriously??U do know he just fought Pascal right??

Pascal moved up to lhw at the end of 2009, Hopkins has been a lhw since mid 2006

[MR.CHICANITO]

Looks like his confidence is brimming.Sounds like the greatest of the currently active fighters,wants to go out with a bang.

Yup i believe the ol man is motivated to to become the oldest fighter ever to win a championship and beat these top 175 ponders and go out with a bang and make history at the same time.

[ИATAS]

why you hatin IronMike? Hopkins just beat pascal who beat the crap out of dawson.

showing pics of the roy jones fight doesn't do nothing for your case

[Sweet Jesus]

Hopkins turns 46 today.