Why I like Bernard Hopkins. Ode to mediocrity.

check ma sig and tell me why tis guy is great. that is artistry displayed by nard that I respect as much as his boxing ability. Is it any different than a taller fighter leaning on a smaller fighter, hitting an opponent low, on the hip punching off the break. "By any means neccesary" this is a hurt sport the refs job is to decide when it is done in excess. one guy is better at it than the other, to me, it is a skill. I know that the majority of you will disagree but io am just as impressed with a well placed head as I am with a laser like jab, and I cannot wait to see god given talent versus veteran craft saturday night

But to me I don't think racism from a black person really matters, WTF are you serious

People like me are ruining boxing.... LMAO

check ma sig and tell me why tis guy is great. i disagree with you pare... ur basing that on one moment in the whole fight..

check ma sig and tell me why tis guy is great.

you ahve to consider where he comes from and what he has been through.. if u've been in those situations i think you would act like he did.. you the system is against him..

hopkins is and always has been overrated. PapiShasho is back!

I see your point. Personalities are important. There are good and bad sides to every person. But to me I don't think racism from a black person really matters, just my personal opinion. What are they going to say that white people havn't allready said or done 1,000 times worse? B-Hop is definitly not the best role model for kids, but then again, this is boxing, not golf or some shit. And how many X-cons do you know that come out of prison and become millionares legally? Also he doesn't smoke or drink and he has been with the same woman for 20 yrs. Do you know very many boxers like that... I don't. That's because you're a fucking moron. What's been done in the past is in the past. Racism is just as bad no matter what end of the spectrum it's on. You're a tool, for thinking that, and for the reasons you like Hopkins. This is boxing, who cares what the guy comes from, or what kind of talent he is born with? Floyd is better technically than almost any boxer in the world right now. It's the type of attitude that you have that's helping to destroy boxing. "Who cares how good he REALLY is, he has to be an interesting person, with a great life story.. A regular guy... Someone with limited abilities..." blah blah blah. It's rubbish, all of what you wrote. Easily one of the dumbest things I've ever read in my life.

hopkins is and always has been overrated.

On the other hand, do you identify with a racist, egotistical prick who respects no one? That's the other side of Hopkins that ihs fans seem to ignore or not think about. I can't watch him speak or fight without feeling some type of anger towards him. He's a dispicable person who thinks only of himself and like most egotistical people, has an excuse for everything he's done wrong/fights that he's lost. He's a good boxer, but I'll never like the guy because he's not an example of how I want my sport to be perceived. I see your point. Personalities are important. There are good and bad sides to every person. But to me I don't think racism from a black person really matters, just my personal opinion. What are they going to say that white people havn't allready said or done 1,000 times worse? B-Hop is definitly not the best role model for kids, but then again, this is boxing, not golf or some shit. And how many X-cons do you know that come out of prison and become millionares legally? Also he doesn't smoke or drink and he has been with the same woman for 20 yrs. Do you know very many boxers like that... I don't.

On the other hand, do you identify with a racist, egotistical prick who respects no one? That's the other side of Hopkins that ihs fans seem to ignore or not think about. I can't watch him speak or fight without feeling some type of anger towards him. He's a dispicable person who thinks only of himself and like most egotistical people, has an excuse for everything he's done wrong/fights that he's lost. He's a good boxer, but I'll never like the guy because he's not an example of how I want my sport to be perceived.

:( :( :( I think I actually just shed a tear. Also, somewhere a Mountain Lion is crying his eyes out.