The 19th is eXXecution day for Bernard Hopkins, He has stated many times after his 20th execution that the belts will mean nothing to him, Bernard hasnt done it in a while due to the war in iraq and recent decapitations (we had three this week in my town craziness). Should the Executioner come out with a special entrance and represent the henchmen and executioner mask???
A grand entrance didnt work for Spinks, with the EA curse and an entrance it may come into effect...Who knows, Just throwing a bit of superstition into the board...
But what do you all think? Would you be offended or would it be in grand fashion to do so?
Margarito couldn't beat Santos...The Killer by KO :D
yeah right :rolleyes: he goes up in weight to kick santos ass and get a hometown robbery out of it, but keep telling yourself that santos won :rolleyes: we all know who really won that fight
My money is on Nard but I will root for Eastman...EA curse baby!!
My only statement about the EA curse is this, Remember Glen Johnson was supposed to be a tune-up for tarver and was a journeyman with 9 losses and according to boxing "experts" the style he fought roy (which was the way you fight a defensive fighter) was very "childish" of him used by one commentator if I do believe. :D
Eastman might have dwindled a bit, but he is probably Bernards hardest fight to date. Sure he has some big names on his resume but a lot of those guys were smaller, Eastman is a natural middleweight who packs a punch and has a solid chin. Expect the unexpected, I feel while this will be his last defense it will be his toughest one as well.
Right...but something tells me that the Nard-Eastman fight will be boring as hell.
Im picking Eastman by KO, but that is just my prediction. The fight will most likely play out with Eastman pressuring Hopkins and Bernard counter punching all night, I believe Eastman will be the faster of the two though and with his strong beard and heavy punching may give Hopkins trouble. Common sense says Bernard but my heart says Eastman.
I don't give a sh!t bout the mask...the "REAL" main event is Taylor's fight.
Jantuah vs Ouma was supposed to be the real main event on the gatti vs Leija card.
Dont expect much.
Entrances are cool, masks are not. I figure since Hopkins is in x-zibits last music video he should some good rappers to bring him in. Make it like an MTV half time show type of thing. Maybe we could even see Janet Jacksons boob.
Daniel "The Haitian Sensation" Edouard 16-0-2 9ko's...I don't know much bout him but I've heard that he's pretty good..BoxRec have him rank #33 at 160.
Whats Taylor ranked?
Hopkins biggest wins are from the lowerweight classes, his last loss happened to Roy Jones, who started at the same weight. That is the case, C and D level fighters on his record, but even at 40 Eastman wont do better than Joppy did, cause Eastman couldnt even beat Joppy, in boths prime.
I think Eastman got screwed in the Joppy fight.
Spinks ring entrance this time didnt really bother me cuz he was in his home town and he was tryin show off. But everyother time he came in just dancing to the ring pissed me off. But B-Hop just walking to the ring with that stupid mask is just gay and i hope he gets knocked out Feb. 19th and the Ea Sports curse prevails
Totally understand that but Spinks does his dancing into the ring in honor of his brother, he has said that in many interviews. It is a tribute to his brother who also taught him boxing. So I dont complain.
Hopkins targets Johnson!
By Karl Freitag
Undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins said today that following his January 19 title defense against Howard Eastman in Los Angeles, he plans to have two pay-per-view fights later this year. Hopkins said he's relying on "numbers man" Richard Schaefer to set up "something that I want to do as history and that's win the light heavyweight undisputed championship against a guy named Glen Johnson who's a friend of mine down here in Miami, to do what Ray Robinson couldn't do and that's to go right from middleweight and the light heavyweight championship of the world." Hopkins also named Tito Trinidad and Jermain Taylor as possible foes. However, first he has to take care of Howard Eastman, whom he labeled as a "B- fighter," on February 19 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Anyone find this a bit odd of Bernard? He has never been one to talk down fighters before the fight, He is now labeling Eastman a B-Level fighter...Hell if thats the case his whole resume is built on C and D level fighters. I predicted Spinks would lose due to insufficient training and Since Bernard relocated to California, I am calling it now.
Bernard will get upset, He has NEVER made a comment like that.
i think flashy entrances are ok, but when you get to dancing and shit before you fight for your life I think it's counter productive.
you never saw marvin hagler dancing, nope, he'd wear his 'War' hat and come fuck u up in round 1 np
david tua never danced
mike never danced
zab dances, but mostly only after he lands a clean shot or wins
george foreman never danced
dancing is just a bad idea imo, not the thing to do before you risk getting paralyzed for life.
ALI DANCED
Spinks ring entrance this time didnt really bother me cuz he was in his home town and he was tryin show off. But everyother time he came in just dancing to the ring pissed me off. But B-Hop just walking to the ring with that stupid mask is just gay and i hope he gets knocked out Feb. 19th and the Ea Sports curse prevails
I think Hopkins should just fucking bolt into the ring...just make a dead sprint and then start shaking up all the ropes like the Ultimate Warrior used to do.
That would be so awesome as to defy words. Many props for reminding me about the Ultimate Warrior. I haven't thought about that ring entrance in many a year.
my wife cracked me up the first time she saw hopkins come out in his mask, i had told her how good he was, a real mean looking hard fucka,ex con etc, then he came out, she laughed an said 'it's time to bring out the gimp', nice one nard real scary