some notes from the BHOP/Taylor press conference

from Taylor: -talked about how life has changed since the first fight -thinks he showed too much respect in the first fight -says Bernard knows how strong he is -feels he still has something to prove, trained hard, can't wait till this fight -going to train 100% still, can't wait to look forward to training camp from Hopkins: -says Taylor got the victory, but he didn't actually beat Bernard Hopkins -says its gets to a point with an industry champion or "future" champion, he must understand that there's alot at stake and involved in who should've won/who shouldn't have won -"if you just deal with the last round, it could've easily made it a draw" (the first fight) -"i'm at peace, if you've been following Bernard Hopkins, you understand im at my best, when it's comes to proving a point, to show that i'm the better fighter, better athlete, at 40 and a half years old" -"I'm at my best, when i know i gotta beat the system again!" -"This is my last fight of meaningful significance." -"I didn't expect to be here talking about a rematch" -"Last fight to me, for what i've stood up for." from Hopkins at the podium: -during the conference, Hopkins gave Taylor respect and thinks he could be a future great champ. -Hopkins says it'll be a great fight. -says it isn't about belts for him. -more of a fight of him instead of just Taylor -talks about the interesting after-fight comments from Taylor, the "I'm gonna do better next time" type comments, says he knew, in his heart, that he didn't deserve to become champion. -funny: said Taylor talks better than him! -says no third fight from Taylor: -never backed down from any fight, not scared -says, "i'm so sick of the crying, as a matter a fact, I brought him a little present." -brought him a toy that played the music twinkle, twinkle little star (Bernard stands up, laughing) -say's "if the toy doesn't work, maybe she's wet" (talking about his baby daughter) he pulls out a diaper "so i change her pamper" also pulls out a baby bottle -"All playing aside, im a fighter. That's what i do. I don't have anything to do with judges. To state the truth, yes, i was upset about that last round. In the second fight, it's not gonna happen. He has no power, has no speed, this man has nothing." *Taylor's speech was pretty funny oh, weeeee. im hyped for this fight. two months to go tho.