http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/bernard-hopkins-espn-body-issue
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“It’s an honor to be there because I’m representing boxing and representing myself,” Hopkins told For The Win. “I’m 49 and a half years old and 50 is great number for people to understand the transition and turning 50. It’s a milestone and to me is halftime of a lifetime. You’re in the halftime. It’s really a testimony to what I’ve been preaching or speaking about for the majority of my career. I’ve been asked to display an art, my body, my temple, to the world. Hopefully it motivates someone to say ‘He’s 49 and a half looking like that, I’m going to do something different in my lifestyle.’”
whats up with the male athletes doing this lol has anyone seen prince fielders?
http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/7/8/2/83681782/cuts/prince_cover2_kwwjrswa_stu7mo9j.jpg real men have curves lol
Wtf is 'clean food'? Y'all bleach your food before eating?It means no pesticides. Whole Foods Grocery is expensive but the quality is worth it for many items.
All I know is cotto or Canelo would be a better choice....and You know there is no way they could take a picture standing like that without us seein all their goodies
Because of the way many of them are choosing to live and follow? go look at worldstar hip hop, guys like B hop are considered lames or losers to these youth, Broner and Floyd are the ones they aspire to be. flashy, arrogant and loud.
You must be living under a rock if you haven't notice this sad epidemic.
B hop is an inspiration to me, right now im going to try and eat healthy, if he can do it I know I can. only problem is eating organic clean food is expensive, and the McDonalds dollar menu is so tempting when a broke ass mofo like me is hungry.
Really?? I get the clean life style and being in shape at 49 yrs old. It's just taking a nude picture of himself seems British to me, European. Not native to the Americas.. Could he have sent the same message maybe wearing yoga pants? I think so..Not need for those Oscar De La Hoya images wearing stockings and pantie hose popping up in my head again.That was sick and disgusting and there's no room for that in boxing..IMO..!
PRPP:puke:
Awesome Bernard Hopkins interview
This is an online exclusive story from ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue 2014, which hits newsstands July 11.
I'm an alien. Being able to do what I do in the ring and out of the ring is evidence that I'm not from this world. I'm less than seven months away from being 50 years old and representing a sport that normally has "young" written all over it. To be where I'm at now -- competing against fighters who could be my kids and are half my age -- any other reason would be suspect. But I'm not suspect. I am the alien.
I understand humans but they don't understand me.
What's a diet? I don't have a diet. Jenny Craig got a diet. Seriously. I eat to live, not to die. Put that quote down there: I eat to live, not to die. A diet is going to win; it will every time.
I see prison as a business more than a punishment. I realized that it cost $60,000 for me to be in prison. And I started saying to myself, "Wait a minute, you mean to tell me that for me to be here that I employ all these people -- the guards, the social worker, the nurse, kitchen worker, the warden? You mean to tell me from my ignorance, I employ people? And the taxpayers paid $60,000 per head, per customer? And there's 3,500 inmates in this place?" I said, "Whoa, I can't be a part of this hustle." I never looked back, man. It's been 26 years.
There is no secret. It's more of a discipline, more of a lifestyle. When someone sees me and they don't know anything about boxing, they never ever can imagine that I am almost 50 and competing and winning and a two-time champion headed to be three before the end of this year. It is well-documented how I treat my body. If you read Bernard Hopkins name in the dictionary, the definition would be "discipline."
Hit them before they hit me. That's my philosophy on fighting.
The gods of the world with the pens say I play mental games. I hear reporters say that. But mental don't have anything to do with physical. If I can convince you that I'm going to beat you up and you believe me, that's your fault.
People that are afraid of age are afraid of life. They are afraid of time. I'm not afraid of these things -- for what?
My screen saver is a mug shot of me in 1984. I look older there than I look now. The drinking, smoking weed, hanging out, cheesesteaks, hoagies, hamburgers, cheese fries -- that's it. That's the answer right there.
I wasn't a good guy. Just plain and simple. I was just as disciplined in boxing the past two and a half decades as I was undisciplined on the streets of Philadelphia. I wasn't a good guy. I'm going to leave it at that.
I have two stab marks on my back from when I was a teenager. I got stabbed in Philadelphia. I had a punctured lung, and I had to stay in the hospital to drain the fluid out. I had a machine attached to me, a tube running through my chest -- boom -- 30 days. That was when I was in my teens; I remember it like it was two days ago. That was the worst experience.
I pamper myself. I get my facials, I get my nails done. I got a pedicure yesterday. I take care of myself like I take care of my car. If the service light comes on, I get the oil changed. What's wrong with that thinking? It's called thinking ahead.
I normally drink my vegetables. I stay away from processed foods. I don't eat pork, red meat or dairy. However, I probably have to go to cheesecake rehab. That's my treat and that's my weakness.
Before a fight, don't eat nothing too tart. Or too creamy. Can you imagine if you got an upset stomach and you've got to use the restroom and you're in the eighth round?
I don't let a car make me. I don't let a suit make me. I don't let money make me. I don't need to have things to make who I am -- to build character and to talk a certain way. But everybody ain't like that.
You think it's hard for me when I go in the ring and fight? That's the least of my problems. I think about the five years that I did in prison. I think about the nine years on parole. Nothing -- nothing! -- can compare to that struggle. I'm telling you, from being an ex-convict with 30 convictions, a degree nowhere to be found and black? I'm done.
I don't even like wine on my shrimp scampi. I don't drink. I don't drink occasionally. I don't drink on holidays. I don't drink on anniversaries. I don't drink, period.
I'd rather have eight abs than six. That's what I'd change about myself.
I don't like buying clothes all the time. I got tailored suits, and I can always fit in them. I fight at 175. Three weeks after my fight in DC, I was 175! I was 179 yesterday. Don't you know that 99 percent of fighters go up 30 pounds after a fight? I can wear suits from three years ago. And I'm saving money. See my mindset?
A lot of people around me died before the age of 50.My parents died before the age of 60. They didn't have a lifestyle of what I'm talking about right now. Staying healthy, and keeping my brain active -- constantly reading books and figuring out crossword puzzles to keep that muscle energized. Not eating bad foods, processed foods.
I told you I'm not human.
Pretty good read, nice interview. It's too bad about how BHop feels about people of other races in general though. Kinda turns you off of him.
Hectari is spot on, more youngsters need to look at this guy as inspiration not so much Broner/Floyd.
mayweather sells way more ppv's than hopkins so hectari has a valid point.......
hectari also didnt need to resort to name calling.
The idea that a group of people relate more to one thing than the other is a generalization. The idea that a racial group leans toward a particular stereotype is racism.
Second, I call it like I see it. That comment reeks of idiocy, and based on the other racial comments I've seen him make, I'd say idiocy is his nature. You're welcome.
I think i am more tired of grown ass suppose to be straight men actually looking it up and posting it so other grown ass men can judge it
Lol are you referring to me?
I didn't grow up in Calabasas and I'm also black, which further shows how ignorant you are with your stereotyping.
No you are ignorant you called me a racist for what? so you are black what does that have to do with anything? there are rich spoiled black kids too. I grew up in the ghetto, did you? oh but because im white my opinion holds no credibility and my observations are RACIST! and what is with your neg reps to me saying Judaism is not a ethnicity. please explain to me what you are saying.
Anyone tired if seeing more than we need to of boxers?
I think i am more tired of grown ass suppose to be straight men actually looking it up and posting it so other grown ass men can judge it
Racist? Dude you live in Calabasas, you have no clue about ghetto, I live in the fuking ghetto and lived in Inglewood and longbeach all my life.
What does a rich boy who lives near Malibu like you know about the hood?
Get off it you probably watch those political white guilt shows.
I didn't grow up in Calabasas and I'm also black, which further shows how ignorant you are with your stereotyping.