Who else is inspired by Bernard Hopkins' story?

[sugarshanenas]

Just watched it right now it was pretty good

[ИATAS]

Wait until Kayjay sees this ****!! Or is it K-nan?

lol, Kayjay is hopkins #1 hater. "Man, **** hopkins, doing four years in prison aint ****!!!" "where he's from, in philly, aint no ******, and I should know exactly how it was back then too in the 1970's even though I'm only in my 20's!!"

[Sin City]

someone who brags of their misery gets nothing from me..

[Sin City]

lol, Kayjay is hopkins #1 hater. "Man, **** hopkins, doing four years in prison aint ****!!!" "where he's from, in philly, aint no ******, and I should know exactly how it was back then too in the 1970's even though I'm only in my 20's!!"

KayJay isn't in his 20's...

[*Lucky13*]

Not one bit, Popkins NEVER impressed me.

[ИATAS]

KayJay isn't in his 20's...

he is the number 1 hater of hopkins though. And he damn sure isn't 43 years old, so my point is there is no way he could possible know what it was like when bhop was growing up.

The guy has spent hundreds of hours talking down on hopkins and tries to discredit each and every accomplishment he ever done. Its borderline obsessive. He acts as if hopkins ****ed his wife or some **** (maybe he did, who knows?).

[Xyei]

lol, Kayjay is hopkins #1 hater. "Man, **** hopkins, doing four years in prison aint ****!!!" "where he's from, in philly, aint no ******, and I should know exactly how it was back then too in the 1970's even though I'm only in my 20's!!"

Yep, that's the thread I was referring to. Pretty convincing thread. I still like Hopkins though. I think the truth is somewhere in between.

[ИATAS]

Yep, that's the thread I was referring to. Pretty convincing thread. I still like Hopkins though. I think the truth is somewhere in between.

I thought it was pretty much proven kayjay was just a hater with the counter thread someone made:

In addition, I seriously doubt KayJay was around (or even alive for that matter), when Hopkins was growing up there 25-30 years ago (late 70's/early 80's). Remember, Hopkins is pretty damn old

All of Philadelphia was a rough place during the 70's and 80's. That is the time when "white flight" had hit the city the hardest. The economic base pulled out (white business owners ran away and manufacturing started to move overseas) and drugs moved in. i didnt even think about it, but it's kind of funny to try and judge the socioeconomics of a place 30 years ago from todays statistics...

todays statistics:

Originally Posted by Thread Stealer View Post

http://philadelphia.about.com/od/nei...germantown.htm

Demographics

According to 2000 U.S. Census data, Germantown's population of 50,614 is 86% Black or African American, 10% white, 1.5% Hispanic and 2.5% other or mixed race. Almost 25% of Germantown residents live below the federal poverty level.

About 40% of the residents reside in owner-occupied housing units and 60% in renter occupied housing units.

The median household income is $29,066.

http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/...tml/102497.asp

A dozen neighborhoods - Fairhill, Tioga, Mantua, Kingsessing, Hunting Park, East Germantown and parts of North Philadelphia - are besieged by violent crime. Rates of murder, **** and robbery are twice as high as for the city as a whole, and 15 times as high as in the city's safest neighborhoods.

[-Hyperion-]

he's as big a ***** inside the ring as he was when he robbed innocent people...

[ИATAS]

he's as big a ***** inside the ring as he was when he robbed innocent people...

******.

a lot of people make bad decisions when they are kids (like de la hoya ****in 14 year old girls for example), especially if you live in an unpleasant environment. Point is hopkins turned all that around and lived a great life since making those mistakes. That's the point of the thread.