Hopkins Was Getting Openly Booed At De La Hoya vs. Forbes

[Southpaw Stinger]

Alexis Arguello got blanked?

[βetamax]

LOL...Stallone got by far the biggest reaction at Hopkins vs. Calzaghe as well during Buffer's celebrity name calling...people seem to forget that he never actually was a boxer.

[MELLY-MEL...]

he made his mark, and chose his path. no matter what way the public feels, he is a hofer, and atg.

[VIVA MEXICO!!]

Forgot to mention that.. Bernard Hopkins was booed when his name was announced along with Mike Katsidis, Alexis Arguello, Juan Manuel Marquez and others. Hopkins was the only celebrity or athlete who was booed during Michael Buffer's hype trim fanfare for the big shots in attendance.

Hopkins might just be one of, if not the, most disliked fighters in Boxing to the general public and fairweather contingent. He isn't especially popular within the community either from what I can tell. Any thoughts on that?

There were a couple of guys sitting behind me who had spent a big dough to be there and they were talking about how Bernard had beaten Jones and lost to Tarver.. I walked around the Home Depot Center at several points during the 4 or so hours I was there and didn't manage to stumble into one Boxing fan - but they hated Hopkins for some reason.. LOL. Nobody knew jack **** about Boxing. Sylvester Stallone got the loudest reaction. There was virtual silence when they announced Katsidis - and outrageously; Alexis Arguello. No reaction at all for Arguello.. I was dumbfounded. And insulted.

Sorta made me wonder what kind of reception Floyd Mayweather or some of the other active champions and fighters would have gotten in front of almost 30,000 in Southern California..

he deserved the boos. he fights like a coward and hes very boring. i hope he will retire.

[ИATAS]

He's always played the role of the villain, and he played it well. There have only been a couple fights that I can remember where he wasn't the villain: Tarver for one and maybe against Winky Wright (and of course his fights in Philly).

Also it sounds like the boxing IQ of that crowd was pretty low. The typical Oscar fan is pretty ****** when it comes to boxing.

[bsrizpac]

Addison, btw. he didn't land more than three clean punches on Joe. Those were not hard ones.


If he fought with a little more enthusiasm he'd have some fans

Maybe not three hard punches, but at least two.

[Addison]

Addison, btw. he didn't land more than three clean punches on Joe. Those were not hard ones.


If he fought with a little more enthusiasm he'd have some fans

I know you're kidding.. HaHA.. Hopkins landed half a dozen good hard shots in the 6th round alone. How many times have you rewatched it? Any?

[Addison]

Alexis Arguello got blanked?

He was, SS. I was livid.. Couldn't believe it.

LOL...Stallone got by far the biggest reaction at Hopkins vs. Calzaghe as well during Buffer's celebrity name calling...people seem to forget that he never actually was a boxer.

HaHA.. True. He must have said the Rocky business there as well.

[rebmogul]

Stunk up the calzaghe fight, deserves it

ditto, he gets booed cuz he fought like a little coward ***** after talking all that smack..

[Bobby Shaw]

Forgot to mention that.. Bernard Hopkins was booed when his name was announced along with Mike Katsidis, Alexis Arguello, Juan Manuel Marquez and others. Hopkins was the only celebrity or athlete who was booed during Michael Buffer's hype trim fanfare for the big shots in attendance.

Hopkins might just be one of, if not the, most disliked fighters in Boxing to the general public and fairweather contingent. He isn't especially popular within the community either from what I can tell. Any thoughts on that?

There were a couple of guys sitting behind me who had spent a big dough to be there and they were talking about how Bernard had beaten Jones and lost to Tarver.. I walked around the Home Depot Center at several points during the 4 or so hours I was there and didn't manage to stumble into one Boxing fan - but they hated Hopkins for some reason.. LOL. Nobody knew jack **** about Boxing. Sylvester Stallone got the loudest reaction. There was virtual silence when they announced Katsidis - and outrageously; Alexis Arguello. No reaction at all for Arguello.. I was dumbfounded. And insulted.

Sorta made me wonder what kind of reception Floyd Mayweather or some of the other active champions and fighters would have gotten in front of almost 30,000 in Southern California..

He was among hispanics,lets not pretend here,they dont like blacks down there.