Hopkins Admits Hes Not A Great Champion

[BlueArsedFly]

“To me, a great champion can go anywhere in the world, out of his comfort zone and still deliver.”.......

.....And Hopkins, 42, reiterated that he would only meet super-middleweight king Calzaghe, 35, in the United States.

[Fox McCloud]

“To me, a great champion can go anywhere in the world, out of his comfort zone and still deliver.”.......

.....And Hopkins, 42, reiterated that he would only meet super-middleweight king Calzaghe, 35, in the United States.

Haha, funny.

[BmoreBrawler]

“To me, a great champion can go anywhere in the world, out of his comfort zone and still deliver.”.......

.....And Hopkins, 42, reiterated that he would only meet super-middleweight king Calzaghe, 35, in the United States.

haha, not bad journalism.

[tito yuca]

I used to be a huge Hopkins fan and now I hate him more every day. He's said so much negative **** about Floyd and Calzaghe, who are the two most talented boxers out there right now, but also says that boxing is alive and well - how can it be if people are constantly bashing its two most talented performers? He says contradictory **** all the time, and his arrogance overshadows any charisma he may possess. **** like what this topic quotes is ****** as ****.

[tito yuca]

Now that I think about it, while this quote makes him a hypocrite now, he HAS gone out of his comfort zone and delivered. In 2001 he went to an overwhelmingly pro-Tito MSG crowd and gave a masterful performance.

[WLAD OWNS]

“To me, a great champion can go anywhere in the world, out of his comfort zone and still deliver.”.......

.....And Hopkins, 42, reiterated that he would only meet super-middleweight king Calzaghe, 35, in the United States.

Ol' Popkins should come to Wales to fight Calzaghe. Calzaghe is the bigger star and the better fighter, why should he go to America to possibly get robbed?

On Second thought, I wanna see Calzaghe come over to America so he can dominate Ol' Popkins and taunt him in the ring as he is whooping his ass. Ol' Popkins has no chance in hell, he will probably try to duck Calzaghe again.

[sonofisis]

“To me, a great champion can go anywhere in the world, out of his comfort zone and still deliver.”.......

.....And Hopkins, 42, reiterated that he would only meet super-middleweight king Calzaghe, 35, in the United States.

Hopkins didn't admit anything..you simply took him out of context. If you're suggesting that Hopkins isn't a great Champion, then maybe you should find another sport to be a fan of. This can be considered trolling.

[deuce_drop]

Now that I think about it, while this quote makes him a hypocrite now, he HAS gone out of his comfort zone and delivered. In 2001 he went to an overwhelmingly pro-Tito MSG crowd and gave a masterful performance.

don't forget he went to Ecuador to fight segundo mercado and was knocked down twice in mercado's hometown and still got a draw because he fought so hard, and he almost had mercado out in the last round too. not to forget that fight was also held in the mountains of Ecuador at 11 thousand feet in elevation, try fighting in that thin air, mercado was acclimated to the thin air because that was his hometown where he trained. the old man is a tough mofo.

and although the old man hasn't been out of the country a bunch, he has fought in a lot of other peoples backyard. hopkins hasn't had a whole lot of fights in philly, his hometown, and he's gone into others and won.

the thing is, when you are a fighter in the states, other fighters tend to migrate to the states to try and make it into the big time, so in reality the US is basically the melting pot of the world when it comes to boxing.

and from going from the east coast to the west coast, north and south, all those places are like going to another country, especially if you go to the south, that is like going into another world but that's a different topic all together.

in all fairness hopkins is traveled and has fought world competition. seriously trying to discredit him make no sense other then the fact that people are haters.......................the man has accomplished more then most could ever dream to. be realistic ya'll.

[hugh grant]

Full of himself now BH. Calling himself a legend and stuff. And why does he say he would beat JC easy?. Why not say he would just beat him, but go overboard with the EASY word?.

[JoartCC]

“To me, a great champion can go anywhere in the world, out of his comfort zone and still deliver.”.......

.....And Hopkins, 42, reiterated that he would only meet super-middleweight king Calzaghe, 35, in the United States.

Good anaylysis. A mixture of common sense and solid logic.

Hopkins isn't really much of a champ.