People on here seem to hate this man for many reasons yet they forget the things this man has accomplished...
1) 10 Years Middleweight Champ
2) 20 Title Defences
3) Oldest Man To Be Middleweight Champion
4) Jumped up 2 weight classes to school and beat Antonio Tarver and takes his IBO LHW title..
Bernard Beat The Following..
-Felix Trinidad (Handed him his 1st Pro Defeat)
-Antonio Tarver (Jumped Up 2 Weight Classes And Took His Belts)
-Glen Johnson (Handed Him His 1st Pro Defeat)
-Oscar De La Hoya (Handed Him His First KO Loss)
-Kelly Pavlik (Handed And Schooled Him to his 1st Defeat)
-Winky Wright (Beat Him)
-Roy Jones Jr (Schooled Jones Jr)
tarver beat roy jones....just after roy lost 50pounds of mucsle after going going down like 3divisions......you no how weak and drained jones would have been???and tarver beat johnson....big deal.....so he aint shit at all.....
50 pounds of muscle lost???? That is an exaggeration,but he did lose a substantial amount.Again,nobody forced Roy to move down in weight,he only did this because he couldn't get the fights he wanted at HW.
Tarver was decent-not great.Same as Glen Johnson,but these guys were the very first to beat Roy and his common opponents before he lost that weight. They are still very solid fighters,not bums as you may suggest.
yes but instead of fighting these lil guys....why wasnt he going for the guys his own size???adamek,dawson,paul briggs,green even the guys from the super6
lol@Paul Briggs....Adamek was called out by Hopkins but he didn't want none.Paul Briggs is a no-name even here in Oz. Danny Green couldn't sell sh1t to flies anywhere other than Australia.
The Super 6 tourney is at SMW!!! Hopkins is a LHW and 45 years old,yet you expect him to shrink down???? Be reasonable.
It was skills that beat Oscar,Pavlik,etc-did their styles even look different before fighting Hopkins? Pavlik has always been slow and plodding even at MW.
At 45 years old,this guy is allowed to have a pass and fight Roy Jones-especially when you guys give Calzaghe and Danny Green big credit for manhandling Roy....
People on here seem to hate this man for many reasons yet they forget the things this man has accomplished...
1) 10 Years Middleweight Champ
2) 20 Title Defences
3) Oldest Man To Be Middleweight Champion
4) Jumped up 2 weight classes to school and beat Antonio Tarver and takes his IBO LHW title..
Bernard Beat The Following..
-Felix Trinidad (Handed him his 1st Pro Defeat)
-Antonio Tarver (Jumped Up 2 Weight Classes And Took His Belts)
-Glen Johnson (Handed Him His 1st Pro Defeat)
-Oscar De La Hoya (Handed Him His First KO Loss)
-Kelly Pavlik (Handed And Schooled Him to his 1st Defeat)
-Winky Wright (Beat Him)
-Roy Jones Jr (Schooled Jones Jr)
He's is a great fighter no doubt but to be honest he sometime makes a fool of himself imo. He beahaviour during the Jones rematch was quite frankly pathetic. He brought shame to the sport. He's supposed to be a big tough guy but he get's a bit of a rabbit punch and he's down for 4 minutes!!! C'mon! He can give it but can't take it what a dick, he acted like a prick throughout that fight. Constant headbutts and low blows awful to watch. Roy was shite too but at leat he isn't a cry baby.
tarver beat roy jones....just after roy lost 50pounds of mucsle after going going down like 3divisions......you no how weak and drained jones would have been???and tarver beat johnson....big deal.....so he aint shit at all.....
yeah i know about weight drained and what it does to you..
tarver was the 1st man to KO RJJ so he aint shite...and pavlik had an option to fight anyone else who he wanted to fight but he went to b-hop out of his own free will
tarver beat roy jones....just after roy lost 50pounds of mucsle after going going down like 3divisions......you no how weak and drained jones would have been???and tarver beat johnson....big deal.....so he aint shit at all.....
Exactly bro :fing02:.....I gave up trying to school the kids!!....Good luck :cool2:
He beat shot and small fighters. He defended his title 20 times, against mostly nobodies. But it's always great to protect your titles for that long.
pavlik might have been the same height as him....but he had to put weight on to fight him at the catchweight......andd pavlik didnt look comtable at all at that weight.....he lookd real slow,lost his power and energy.......yea bhop and tarver would have been the same size.....but tarver is shit.....
tarver was the 1st man to KO RJJ so he aint shite...and pavlik had an option to fight anyone else who he wanted to fight but he went to b-hop out of his own free will
Pavlik and Tarver were the same size as him
pavlik might have been the same height as him....but he had to put weight on to fight him at the catchweight......andd pavlik didnt look comtable at all at that weight.....he lookd real slow,lost his power and energy.......yea bhop and tarver would have been the same size.....but tarver is shit.....
yes but instead of fighting these lil guys....why wasnt he going for the guys his own size???adamek,dawson,green even the guys from the super6
Pavlik and Tarver were the same size as him
no one forced them guys to fight Hopkins though did they? they did it in their own free will and got schooled..
yes but instead of fighting these lil guys....why wasnt he going for the guys his own size???adamek,dawson,paul briggs,green even the guys from the super6
pavlik,trinidad and de la hoya arnt they naturaly smaller man????hopkins likes fighting these lil guys,cause he no's he has the advange...........he fought pavlik at a catchweight where pavlik has never fought at b4.......and trinidad and la hoya where beter at ww or lower.....
no one forced them guys to fight Hopkins though did they? they did it in their own free will and got schooled..
Kelly Pavlik,Tarver,Trinidad,De La Hoya were not nobodies...although i did find the rematch against jones jr boring..i would have preffered that fight to have gone down in 2002 when they both were in their prime and roy didnt lose to tarver etc
pavlik,trinidad and de la hoya arnt they naturaly smaller man????hopkins likes fighting these lil guys,cause he no's he has the advange...........he fought pavlik at a catchweight where pavlik has never fought at b4.......and trinidad and la hoya where beter at ww or lower.....
Hopkins is a legend!! A future hall of famer, nobody can take that away of him. BUT the rematch against Jones should be forgotten, a senceless rematch that nobody needed. And it was a bad fight! I just dont know why a 45 year old man has to act like this.
true...:fing02:..and WAR ARTHUR!!
just because freddy is in his corner or whateva doesnt mean bhop likes the guy....its cause freddy is 1 of the best at what he does......and ive seen near all of hopkins fights and there wernt to many good 1s that i seen....its just his dirty style that makes it boring......but he does look good against no body's.....
Kelly Pavlik,Tarver,Trinidad,De La Hoya were not nobodies...although i did find the rematch against jones jr boring..i would have preffered that fight to have gone down in 2002 when they both were in their prime and roy didnt lose to tarver etc
Hopkins is a legend!! A future hall of famer, nobody can take that away of him. BUT the rematch against Jones should be forgotten, a senceless rematch that nobody needed. And it was a bad fight! I just dont know why a 45 year old man has to act like this.
hes 45 so obvs his prime is long behind him...as for the white people thing i didnt approve of that and think he should have been fined for saying that but apart from that it was hopkins as usual playing mind games...and if he was against white people why does he have freddie roach in his corner or assistant trainer time to time?
just because freddy is in his corner or whateva doesnt mean bhop likes the guy....its cause freddy is 1 of the best at what he does......and ive seen near all of hopkins fights and there wernt to many good 1s that i seen....its just his dirty style that makes it boring......but he does look good against no body's.....