Not good: Bernard Hopkins showing signs of being a little punch drunk...

Punch dr unk is rare. If your a youngster now you probably don't know what it means you've unlikely seen a boxer who can't talk. When they watch Paul mallignaghi, David aye, klitsco wladimir talk kids coming into sport might mistakenly think taking punches for a living improved your vocabulary

i dont notice any difference really seems like all his other interviews

I just hope Kovalev avoids him. He can probably beat him, but even if he does, he'll be a ruined fighter. Bernard Hopkins ruins fighters. He'll never be the same afterwards. :lol1: :lol1:

Bernard sounds like a poet laureate compared to Riddick Bowe and James Toney.

I've heard him on a radio show, unfortunately he sounds pretty bad. Didn't even recognize it was him initially until I heard what he was talking about then I realized it was B-hop

I just hope Kovalev avoids him. He can probably beat him, but even if he does, he'll be a ruined fighter. Bernard Hopkins ruins fighters. He'll never be the same afterwards.

He is not drunk or drugged - he never drinks. It's the loud music. Try it yourself. He is perfectly fine. I wish him all the luck against the Kovalev. Although I am Kovalev's fan I wouldn't mind if Bernard takes this one. Man is the legend!

Hopkins sounds fine to me, especially for someone who has been prizefighting for 26 years.

OMG! I was thinking the same thing when watching the interview, something didn't seem right with bernard-like his years of fighting is catching up to him. Either that or he was just actually drunk or high on cocaine

No he's just really long winded, boring and self indulgent. This guy spends 15 minutes answering a yes/no question and trying to sound intelligent.

Probably just drunk. I dont Think the man has been drunk, ever.

Probably just drunk.

He speaks better than most inner city youths or Youts

Definitely slurring in parts, a huge shame. Hope he doesnt start trailing down the road Toney has gone down.

...slurring his words and stuttering a lot. Hopkins talks about his showdown against Kovalev - 02 Aug 2014 He speaks better than most inner city youths or Youts

Don't know about punch drunk, but is becoming a wily old dude

Didn't watch everything but there was loud music playing, while he was speaking. Sometimes I know for myself, it can distract you a little bit, I don't think he's punch drunk, god forbid, from what I heard. It's hard to speak when you can't hear your own words, that's why deaf people sometimes have a big problem talking, after they've become deaf. That loud techno music was the reason for all this shenanigens.