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His views on Bernard Hopkins’ historic victory against Jean Pascal when he became the oldest man to win a major championship at age 46:
“I think that’s great. I think it’s great for one thing age-wise. I know Hopkins spoke of it one time before how he keeps himself clean without smoking and drinking and stuff. All of that’s good. All of those are good signs. I think that he did great and I think that he keeps himself up skill-wise. People doubt him and he probably doesn’t look like nothing, you know what I’m talking about, like a big, strong, physical person. What he did was he whooped Pascal with knowledge. That’s what he did. He took him to school. He did what he wanted to do with him, and then I think Pascal knew he lost the first fight and I think that he was nervous from that fight from just the way Hopkins was talking to him. He was calling him things and this and that and saying he’s scared and it showed.”
On whether he was surprised that Pascal was unable to make any adjustments in the rematch with Hopkins:
“It didn’t surprise me. I just really thought myself personally I thought he was a younger guy, much younger. They don’t need a third fight. I thought he was much younger and that he should have put the pressure on Hopkins and stayed on him. I’m just saying my thing is what he should have done, and I feel he should have stayed on top of Hopkins, and forced the fight, and kept Hopkins backing up. But hey! Everything he was supposed to have been doing, Hopkins was doing. Everything he was supposed to be doing to Hopkins, backing him up and keeping the pressure on him and stuff like that, Hopkins did it to him. He put it the other way around. Hopkins showed him that he was the much better fighter. Hopkins showed that he had much more knowledge. Hopkins showed that he was much more skilled. Right now you can’t take anything from him. You got to give Hopkins his just dues. He’s still in the game and he’s still fighting good.”
His views on accusations Pascal made about Hopkins using performance enhancers in the fight build-and the similarities with accusations team Mayweather has made against Manny Pacquiao:
“Well you know, look here! Let me explain something to you. I’m going to tell you something right now. You can watch me shadowbox now. I’m really fast right now, even at my age now. I’m just saying that Hopkins didn’t show me that he was on nothing, because he hit him over and over with right hands, and hooks, and body shots, and whatever it was he hit him with. Hopkins hit him with everything and guess what? Hopkins didn’t make anybody turn around and run away from him because he was hitting them so hard and Hopkins hit him with some good punches. Hopkins didn’t show nothing about having no drugs in him. Hopkins hit him with good strong body shots. Hopkins even shook him up and he even shook Hopkins up. But these people now that you’re hitting you know they got the stuff in them. You hit them and they ain’t moving. Some of them can be smaller than you and you’re a big old man and you’ve been hitting all the big men and knocking all the big guys out, but now you can’t even budge them, or shake them up, or nothing. I mean if they hit you with some kind of crazy punch that doesn’t even look nothing then they are hurting you bad! So I’m just telling you that do I believe Bernard Hopkins has something in him? No! I believe he has nothing in him at all whatsoever.”
His views on the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley:
“That one right there is a different story! That ain’t the same story about Hopkins. Hopkins beat him with skills and other things. Hey! That other thing right here was something totally different, like I said.”
On the fact that Pacquiao struggled with Mosley at times in that Mosley was successfully able to turn him, and whether or not he believes Pacquiao is slowing down:
“Look at here, let me tell you something! I’m just telling you my opinion. I’ just telling you on the up and up if they fought, he look! Shane still wasn’t going that bad enough to be done like he was done. I heard Shane say that man hit him harder than anybody he’s ever been hit by and we know Shane’s been hit by some big men. Shane said that. I’m just telling you what he told me. He got hit by Vernon Forrest and he said he wasn’t even hit that hard by Vernon Forrest who dropped him twice. And what does that say? Vernon Forrest was a puncher.”
His views on whether Pacquiao is beginning to show some signs of weakness and decline:
“Look here. It ain’t the point of him being weak. How can somebody be weak and still be messing up guys? I’m just trying to tell you. I mean as far as things with him being weak, can he fight? Hell no he can’t fight! He don’t even know how to fight! How in the hell do you think he’s still winning? That’s all I want to know! Now hell in the hell is he winning?! That’s all I want to know! How is he winning? He can’t fight! He can’t whop no damned body! I mean with the style he’s got? He’s getting hit with everything! Why he ain’t he ever getting hurt? He’s not even being buckled! He’s not even being knocked down! He’s not even being shook or nothing! Come on! Hey! Hey! It’s so plain a blind man can see that!”
Regarding previous remarks he has made when he stated he does not want his son fighting Pacquiao:
“Oh hell no I don’t! Even more now I don’t, because hey! You know. It ain’t nothing but a bunch of **** behind him and a bunch of people standing behind him. If people really wanted to get down to it, they could get down to the bottom of what’s going on! The whole deal! If they want to stop this kind of **** they can stop it. But they are letting it go on. You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. I’m just telling you my opinion is that I ain’t never seen a man that small—look at Pacquiao! Look at Margarito. Margarito is six feet tall! What the hell? It’s a bunch of bull**** if I’ve ever seen it. I’m not crazy and I’m not ******. I’ve been in this game too long. I know how this game goes and I know a small man like that who’s been knocked out a long time ago. Margarito, or Shane Mosley, or Cotto, or any of them other guys he fought, all of them would have whooped his ass! You know. It’s a bunch of bull****! They know it and everybody that’s behind him knows it. They know what’s going on. They got to know!”
“I think that’s great. I think it’s great for one thing age-wise. I know Hopkins spoke of it one time before how he keeps himself clean without smoking and drinking and stuff. All of that’s good. All of those are good signs. I think that he did great and I think that he keeps himself up skill-wise. People doubt him and he probably doesn’t look like nothing, you know what I’m talking about, like a big, strong, physical person. What he did was he whooped Pascal with knowledge. That’s what he did. He took him to school. He did what he wanted to do with him, and then I think Pascal knew he lost the first fight and I think that he was nervous from that fight from just the way Hopkins was talking to him. He was calling him things and this and that and saying he’s scared and it showed.”
On whether he was surprised that Pascal was unable to make any adjustments in the rematch with Hopkins:
“It didn’t surprise me. I just really thought myself personally I thought he was a younger guy, much younger. They don’t need a third fight. I thought he was much younger and that he should have put the pressure on Hopkins and stayed on him. I’m just saying my thing is what he should have done, and I feel he should have stayed on top of Hopkins, and forced the fight, and kept Hopkins backing up. But hey! Everything he was supposed to have been doing, Hopkins was doing. Everything he was supposed to be doing to Hopkins, backing him up and keeping the pressure on him and stuff like that, Hopkins did it to him. He put it the other way around. Hopkins showed him that he was the much better fighter. Hopkins showed that he had much more knowledge. Hopkins showed that he was much more skilled. Right now you can’t take anything from him. You got to give Hopkins his just dues. He’s still in the game and he’s still fighting good.”
His views on accusations Pascal made about Hopkins using performance enhancers in the fight build-and the similarities with accusations team Mayweather has made against Manny Pacquiao:
“Well you know, look here! Let me explain something to you. I’m going to tell you something right now. You can watch me shadowbox now. I’m really fast right now, even at my age now. I’m just saying that Hopkins didn’t show me that he was on nothing, because he hit him over and over with right hands, and hooks, and body shots, and whatever it was he hit him with. Hopkins hit him with everything and guess what? Hopkins didn’t make anybody turn around and run away from him because he was hitting them so hard and Hopkins hit him with some good punches. Hopkins didn’t show nothing about having no drugs in him. Hopkins hit him with good strong body shots. Hopkins even shook him up and he even shook Hopkins up. But these people now that you’re hitting you know they got the stuff in them. You hit them and they ain’t moving. Some of them can be smaller than you and you’re a big old man and you’ve been hitting all the big men and knocking all the big guys out, but now you can’t even budge them, or shake them up, or nothing. I mean if they hit you with some kind of crazy punch that doesn’t even look nothing then they are hurting you bad! So I’m just telling you that do I believe Bernard Hopkins has something in him? No! I believe he has nothing in him at all whatsoever.”
His views on the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley:
“That one right there is a different story! That ain’t the same story about Hopkins. Hopkins beat him with skills and other things. Hey! That other thing right here was something totally different, like I said.”
On the fact that Pacquiao struggled with Mosley at times in that Mosley was successfully able to turn him, and whether or not he believes Pacquiao is slowing down:
“Look at here, let me tell you something! I’m just telling you my opinion. I’ just telling you on the up and up if they fought, he look! Shane still wasn’t going that bad enough to be done like he was done. I heard Shane say that man hit him harder than anybody he’s ever been hit by and we know Shane’s been hit by some big men. Shane said that. I’m just telling you what he told me. He got hit by Vernon Forrest and he said he wasn’t even hit that hard by Vernon Forrest who dropped him twice. And what does that say? Vernon Forrest was a puncher.”
His views on whether Pacquiao is beginning to show some signs of weakness and decline:
“Look here. It ain’t the point of him being weak. How can somebody be weak and still be messing up guys? I’m just trying to tell you. I mean as far as things with him being weak, can he fight? Hell no he can’t fight! He don’t even know how to fight! How in the hell do you think he’s still winning? That’s all I want to know! Now hell in the hell is he winning?! That’s all I want to know! How is he winning? He can’t fight! He can’t whop no damned body! I mean with the style he’s got? He’s getting hit with everything! Why he ain’t he ever getting hurt? He’s not even being buckled! He’s not even being knocked down! He’s not even being shook or nothing! Come on! Hey! Hey! It’s so plain a blind man can see that!”
Regarding previous remarks he has made when he stated he does not want his son fighting Pacquiao:
“Oh hell no I don’t! Even more now I don’t, because hey! You know. It ain’t nothing but a bunch of **** behind him and a bunch of people standing behind him. If people really wanted to get down to it, they could get down to the bottom of what’s going on! The whole deal! If they want to stop this kind of **** they can stop it. But they are letting it go on. You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. I’m just telling you my opinion is that I ain’t never seen a man that small—look at Pacquiao! Look at Margarito. Margarito is six feet tall! What the hell? It’s a bunch of bull**** if I’ve ever seen it. I’m not crazy and I’m not ******. I’ve been in this game too long. I know how this game goes and I know a small man like that who’s been knocked out a long time ago. Margarito, or Shane Mosley, or Cotto, or any of them other guys he fought, all of them would have whooped his ass! You know. It’s a bunch of bull****! They know it and everybody that’s behind him knows it. They know what’s going on. They got to know!”
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