I don't know if anyone caught it, I'll have to find what round, but there was this brief moment in the second half of the fight where bernard looked down at the canvas and his body like froze for a moment or two and he was just stuck, jones kinda looked at him paused and then hit him and bernard grabbed him and the fight went on. It was very bizarre body language from hopkins.
I'll make a gif of it when I find it but it was definitely weird and concerning, my friends pointed it out live so I know I'm not the only one that caught it.
I feel he probably felt queezy and light headed because of his advanced age and probably not the rabbit punch, which is something I wish hopkins would realize. Hopkins admitted the 2nd & 3rd foul he did to get some extra time after a foul, I think that shows he was fatigued, similarly to the calzaghe fight which it seemed clear he was trying to catch his breath.
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