I would suspect that seeing this makes everyone judge mayweather in a slightly better light. This is the real him, mayweather is definately very concious of the act he is portraying during 24/7 and other appearances. As he says, "there has to be a bad guy", for the sake of publicity for the fight and hence the revenue generated for the fight.
In a way, you probably have to have a bit of respect for Floyd for taking on the bad guy/idiot role and the negative opinions it generates when you remember that him doing this get them BOTH paid. He's the one who has to be hated so that everyone including trainers, promoters, managers...etc all get paid.
That's just my two cents
Oh man, he's now gonna look so stupid of he loses. From then on i'm always gonna refer to him as Bernard "I ain't never gonna lose to a white boy" Hopkins. Hell, I might even start from now.
Yeah, I didn't even realise the chinese were into boxing, although i guess in a country that big all you need is a few per cent of people to be interested to get huge numbers.......
......DAMN, I should go and get me some money in China
Joe Calzaghe was just finishing up a radio interview when he spotted Bernard Hopkins and, simultaneously, Hopkins spotted him. Hopkins made a beeline straight for him and the two rivals went face-to-face and nose-to-nose. It was difficult to make out everything above the din, but the back-and-forth went something like this:
Bernard Hopkins: Will you take the fight?
Joe Calzaghe: Will YOU take the fight?
BH: I already said I'll take the fight.
JC: OK then, let's fight. When you want to do it?
BH: I'm gonna mess up your face.
JC: Nobody's messed up my face. Look at my face. Twenty-five years of fighting and not a mark.
BH: That's because you're fighting in Europe. You're not fighting a legend.
JC: I am a legend.
BH: In Europe.
JC: There's no way you can beat me.
BH: I will never let a white person beat me.
JC: If you fight me, you'll lose.
BH: I will never lose to a white person.
JC: I can't wait man, I can't wait to kick your ass. -- Kieran Mulvaney
Oh man, thanks for posting more of the dialogue. I can't wait for this one if ever happens
This just makes me more certain this fights gonna happen, I don't think Hopkins can get away with been seen to avoid Calzaghe in any way after todays out burst.
And I don't even know why he's now decided to bring race into this. All of a sudden he's now gonna be putting even more at stake when he fights Calzaghe. And if he ends up losing he may just have to shut up for long time.
what he say guys ?
Take a look at the Calzaghe Hopkins face off thread.....the whole conversation he had Calzaghe is there. He claimed "he ain't never gonna let a white person beat him"
Damn i'm really looking forward to seing this. Will wrap up the preifight build up nicely. Hell...if i'm organised i might even 2 hours watching all 4 again back-to-back on saturday evening before the fight
And on live tv as well. How does anyone expect to be able to get away with charging into ring on live tv at Madison Square. It's hard to think of a situation where you would have more witnesses