The shocking facts of where Bernard Hopkins grew up

[supremelygifted]

Tyson is not even close. Robinson is not acclaimed for his abilities as a finisher. Marciano is not a finisher, he is a one punch knockout artist, Archie Moore while a better fighter than Pavlik, once again was not a finisher.

Ray Leonard and Joe Louis would have been acceptable answers.

How about Tommy Hearns,Aaron Pryor,Marvin Hagler,Salvador Sanchez, besides Louis and Leonard. I have no idea how you come to your conclusions or what your criteria for judging the finishers but you ask ANY boxing historian or just someone like myself that has been watching the sport non stop for the past 30 or so years and you'll hear that Pavlik is great, In fact, I picked him to destroy the over hyped Taylor but a top 5 of all time, not many will concede that . You appear to be focusing on the present but any of those guys I named would rank higher than him but in time he should be there.

[C'MONMANG']

That's exactly the point, Ray. Hopkins refers to his special ****** sense in EVERY interview, as if it gives him some kind of edge. Even if he were from a ****** it wouldn't matter.

But the fact is that he is from a nice neighborhood and only fabricated some history about coming from a ******, which is a bunch of silliness on his part (yet effective PR apparently).

um. no he doesnt

[C'MONMANG']

As a Philly native I didn't need to do any demographic research, but I did it anyway.

Germantown is one of the more peaceful and affluent neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Bill Cosby is from there as well, as was Sun Ra. White collar workers outnumber blue collar workers by about 9/2. The median income is over $40,000/ year.

Crime rates are some of the lowest in the city.

I didn't grow up in the roughest "hood" either, but even I grew up in a tougher Philly neighborhood than Hopkins did, with higher crime rates and lower median income. So I can't help but laugh when he refers to his tough background: he's a middle class kid! Sure he went to prison, but anyone can do that.

He's built a false image on being "street." But it's not him. Sorry if you thought he would be too "street" for Calzaghe or anyone else, but you have the wrong guy.



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$40,000 ?

LMAO....

thats not even middle class..thats nothing!!

yeah BHOP was RICH!! and he went to prison just fool everyone in the boxing community!..LMAO ..

and his brother was killed too!! it was all conspiracy !!

[215Chaingang]

the bad part is somebody need to get there facts straight

how bout u just say u hat hopkins

[215Chaingang]

i'm from north philly and have live in g-town

[Vladimir303]

As a Philly native I didn't need to do any demographic research, but I did it anyway.

Germantown is one of the more peaceful and affluent neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Bill Cosby is from there as well, as was Sun Ra. White collar workers outnumber blue collar workers by about 9/2. The median income is over $40,000/ year.

Crime rates are some of the lowest in the city.

I didn't grow up in the roughest "hood" either, but even I grew up in a tougher Philly neighborhood than Hopkins did, with higher crime rates and lower median income. So I can't help but laugh when he refers to his tough background: he's a middle class kid! Sure he went to prison, but anyone can do that.

He's built a false image on being "street." But it's not him. Sorry if you thought he would be too "street" for Calzaghe or anyone else, but you have the wrong guy.



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http://homes.point2.com/Neighborhood...ographics.aspx

He is street. Just going to the big house for 4 years makes him his street tough guy credibility what it is.

Of course he is not a Zab Judah dip**** thug. He is a thinker.....a street smart wise guy who has educated himself over the years. An experienced veteran of life and boxing.


Sidenote: Why would a black person like Hopkins risk going to jail doing what he did unless he needed the money because he was living in a ****ty situation. What just for the thrill of it???

[aristotlemoses]

what section of philly you from. i used to live in south philly for awhile to i had to treck over to jersey.

[215Chaingang]

my parents are both two years older than b-hop. they are from logan and north philly .... both said that it was a ok but it had it bad spots and you didn't want to be there at night. the thing is what is hood now was not the same back then. and everbody from philly know bill cosby is from richard allen project(which was one of worst places to live other kesington).
you are really trying to paint this picture that he had some normal middle class life. normal went out the window when your 1 one 8. and mom is working 2-3 jobs and no dad esp. in those times

[215Chaingang]

i'm from north philly

[215Chaingang]

kayjay you in your mid 30's and b-hop is in his mid 40's two different era's