Bernard Hopkins Psychological Warfare

lol bhop made the entire population of PR want to slice his throat. That's what you call a master troll.

Boxing is mostly psychological, you must be motivated to train and go that extra mile every day. I have never once thought of holding back or easing up on training. Mind games is my speciality and i have always used them my whole career, even "The Executioner" is enough to send chills down my opponents spines. Great stuff:D Any chance of a Toney fight before you retire?

Boxing is mostly psychological, you must be motivated to train and go that extra mile every day. I have never once thought of holding back or easing up on training. Mind games is my speciality and i have always used them my whole career, even "The Executioner" is enough to send chills down my opponents spines.

is JDJ and allan green related? they both have them crazy arched brows

Bernards The Man :boxing:

Bhop's bark is bigger than his bite, since the Trinidad fight. He's gonna do this and do that..... still waiting homey. I got love for Bhop but damn. If he fight Dawson, I'll give him love, til then... nada. I appreeciate his fine record as a champion for many years and his legendary status. BUT, just like I say for my personal favorite fighter Roy Jones, there is a time and a season for everything and retirement is overdue. Roy, Hop, I love yall man, but let it go, Please, yall two are the greatest fighters since 1992 without question, and your atg statuses are in tact, and have been for quite some time, but let the young boys shine, it's time.

didn't even compare to whitaker-chavez...lol I would compare it to Hopkins-Hakkar:D

I remember people during the buildup to the fight saying it might compare to Leonard-Hearns or even Hagler-Hearns, lol didn't even compare to whitaker-chavez...lol

can't say that i got much enjoyment out of any of hopkins fights... It was the strategy he used that impressed me in those fights, but I have to admit most of his fights are hard to watch

i wasn't a big fan of nunn either...did too much leaning way back on the ropes...got lazy when he became champ Nunn was a gifted athlete, he basically glided around the ring. His problem was that he couldn't walk away from the street life, shame what happened to him. Jones Nunn would of been a great fight as well, shame it didn't happen when it supposed to

i agree that he was using lateral movement and boxing very well in the first half...second half he was running...he was listening to gil clancy tell him he had the fight in the bag too early, and thought he could coast to a decision on name recognition alone...NOT...thats why after he evaluated the fight days and weeks later, clancy was 86'd... Either way its an embarrassing way to win a fight, I've got enough rounds in the bag so I wont fight anymore. I can't see how he can blame Clancy, he must of known that's not how a Mexican fighter supposed to fight I remember people during the buildup to the fight saying it might compare to Leonard-Hearns or even Hagler-Hearns, lol

Im assuming you mean my sig, its Michael Nunn the former ibf mw champion i wasn't a big fan of nunn either...did too much leaning way back on the ropes...got lazy when he became champ

who's that in your avatar? Im assuming you mean my sig, its Michael Nunn the former ibf mw champion

Hopkins-Tito and Hopkins-Pavlik, I think are the only two Hopkins fights I enjoyed watching can't say that i got much enjoyment out of any of hopkins fights...

I agree, I still think he did enough to eek out a ud, but obviously the judges were using a different criteria to me. Either way it would of been a Pyrrhic victory at best if he won, due to the fact that he embarrassed himself using such tactics. Hopkins-Tito and Hopkins-Pavlik, I think are the only two Hopkins fights I enjoyed watching who's that in your avatar?

This was a very silly mistake made by oscar. He basically gave the fight away when he had it won. I agree, I still think he did enough to eek out a ud, but obviously the judges were using a different criteria to me. Either way it would of been a Pyrrhic victory at best if he won, due to the fact that he embarrassed himself using such tactics. Hopkins-Tito and Hopkins-Pavlik, I think are the only two Hopkins fights I enjoyed watching

Oscar was using lateral movement, to stop Tito from planting his feet and throwing bombs. He would then do a "Leonard" and trade at the last 30 seconds to "win" the round. He was actually landing the cleaner punches during the first 2/3 of the fight. His mistake was that he thought he had the fight in the bag, so he ran for the last 2-3 rounds. i agree that he was using lateral movement and boxing very well in the first half...second half he was running...he was listening to gil clancy tell him he had the fight in the bag too early, and thought he could coast to a decision on name recognition alone...NOT...thats why after he evaluated the fight days and weeks later, clancy was 86'd...

Oscar was using lateral movement, to stop Tito from planting his feet and throwing bombs. He would then do a "Leonard" and trade at the last 30 seconds to "win" the round. He was actually landing the cleaner punches during the first 2/3 of the fight. His mistake was that he thought he had the fight in the bag, so he ran for the last 2-3 rounds. This was a very silly mistake made by oscar. He basically gave the fight away when he had it won.

I don't think so, Oscar willingly gave away the rounds when he thought he had the fight won. He was back pedalling aswell. At most I would say Oscar gave away the last 2 rounds, to make the fight closer than it should of been. Even if he had got the nod he basically embarrassed himself for fighting like that. Any way Hopkins strategy was basically a variation of Oscar strategy using feints and lateral movement to stop Tito from getting set. He also used the jab as well to break Tito's rhythm, If I remember correctly, Tito would plant his right foot before throwing a punch. So Hopkins jabbed him every time he planted his right foot.

a gift decision? lmmfao...since when do they give out gifts to a fighter who had his opponent in retreat for the second half of a fight?...had oscar so scared of going toe to toe, that he was actually running from contact... Oscar was using lateral movement, to stop Tito from planting his feet and throwing bombs. He would then do a "Leonard" and trade at the last 30 seconds to "win" the round. He was actually landing the cleaner punches during the first 2/3 of the fight. His mistake was that he thought he had the fight in the bag, so he ran for the last 2-3 rounds.