Who else is inspired by Bernard Hopkins' story?

[Danny Gunz]

I live in philadelphia and where bernard hopkins was from which was germantown it wasnt really that bad of a place. I mean you wouldnt wanna walk through it at night but there were much worse places.

I know he had a messed up childhood and he was in and out of jail but everytime he talks about it he acts like he grew up in the baddest town. I still respect him though.

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And the right hand lead+Headbutt combo is all around. He leads with his right hand and his head. It wasn't just against Calzaghe. He gashed Winky up with it too..

Oh you mean this one, where he puts his head down?



Yeah, he uses this all the time. It's actually a great tactic, as manny steward explains he does it so his opponent have almost no target to hit. In other words, he throws a power shot but leaves no room for himself to be countered. he's knocked a lot of people down/out with this shot.

But you feel how you feel, and I can agree to disagree. I didn't really wanna revisit this, neither. I know it sucks to have a fighter you like get criticized, man.

Like I said, I don't care if people criticize b-hop. I just don't like when people downplay his achievements or twist the facts.

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from his yonger days (I wonder how many people have actually watched hopkins before he turned 40 years old).

Against Lipsy when Bhop was a young 33:

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Against Glen Johnson when hopkins was 32:



Watch this and compare that to how he looks against Winky and Calzaghe. Completely different fighter.

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And here is Hopkins when he was 25 years old, his 5th pro fight, Hopkins took this fight on a days notice:

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And yes, even here against Trinidad (this is the final KO):



People try to discredit hopkins for beating Trinidad (even though Trinidad WAS a title holder at middleweight) but the fact of the matter is hopkins put on when of the great performances and Trinidad was completely outboxed by the better man. This wasn't a case of the "bigger man" muscling his way to victory, hopkins performed beautifully- his defense, footwork, handspeed, tectnique, everything was suburb that night and that shouldn't be taken away from bhop.


And this video goes back a bit further then the above, which really shows how well hopkins performed. Especially about 2:00 into the video when bhop is against the ropes: