The World Light Heavyweight Ring Belt

[Jim Jeffries]

More like Joe didn't want to have the task of making 168 again. Heaven forbid. Joe doesn't care if this is at 168 because he's been looking for an excuse to move up, and you shouldn't either.

I'm not looking for excuses, but we all know Bernard has every advantage possible in this fight, yet all we hear about is how he's 96 years old and washed up, so as not to give Calzaghe any credit if he wins and so they can pin the infamous "exposed" label on him if he loses.

[sterling]

lol yeh tarver wil lose his belt soon so joe can get one at light heavy hehe

[RichCCFC]

If Joe some how loses this I will instantley blame the weight and the location of the fight before shooting myself in the head.

[RichCCFC]

They should also put that vacated WBA belt up for grabs here, it makes sense. **** the mandatory.

[raysan]

Wow, yeah the Hopkins-Johnson fight is ancient. 1997, I think. Johnson hadn't fought much great competition at that point but was a solid fighter. One of Bernard's best wins, IMO.

I wasnt necessarily referring to that match in 1997, more to the fact that Tarver and Johnson had some pretty even matches, and we saw how Bernard dismantled Tarver just recently. Some people say Tarver was "shot", but he just won another belt Saturday, so i think its fair to say Bernard was just better than Tarver and made him look bad like he does every fighter that steps in the ring with him.

[ИATAS]

Wow, yeah the Hopkins-Johnson fight is ancient. 1997, I think. Johnson hadn't fought much great competition at that point but was a solid fighter. One of Bernard's best wins, IMO.

yeah, it was ancient news no doubt. Still, Johnson was 32-0 at the time and to this day never got beat down like that. He may have not faced that great of opposition, but that version of b-hop on that night was about as good as it gets. Too bad he couldn't have fought Joe back then.