Anyone who wants Hopkins to win wants boxing to fail!

[Texanballer]

Seriously. We should all be rooting for Pavlik. Boxing's next big star. Anyone who wants Hopkins to win is rooting for boxing to stall and to continue with the old names. Out with the old in with the new. Its time for the young guns to take over and time for the veterans to hit the showers

[ßringer]

Not true. Many people just love their favorite fighters and support them even in the twilight of their career, rather than jumping ship to the next big star.

Believe it or not Hopkins has fans around here. I'm at the forefront of that fanbase, along with several other guys like Precision, Ryn0, El Dominicano, and many other intelligent fans.

I'll be backing Bernard until the day he retires. Even if that means he's fighting in 2012, bet your ass I'll drop 100K or so on him to win.

[NeXt In Line]

No, those who want Hopkins to win want to see one of the great of this era to overcome adversity once again, and prove his intelligence in the ring. I'm a Pavlik fan, before anyone gets on my ass with that bull****, but Hopkins has a quality about him that I identify with, he's cagey, but he's also tactical and smart.

[jcarr71]

I made this point with Sam/Vitali, but it doesn't really hold true here. Pavlik can be great for the sport, but it doesn't hinge on him nearly as much as it does other things. It would be a minor blow, but it'd be forgotten in short time.

[NeXt In Line]

Not true. Many people just love their favorite fighters and support them even in the twilight of their career, rather than jumping ship to the next big star.

Believe it or not Hopkins has fans around here. I'm at the forefront of that fanbase, along with several other guys like Precision, Ryn0, El Dominicano, and many other intelligent fans.

I'll be backing Bernard until the day he retires. Even if that means he's fighting in 2012, bet your ass I'll drop 100K or so on him to win.

Thatta boy.

[Texanballer]

I made this point with Sam/Vitali, but it doesn't really hold true here. Pavlik can be great for the sport, but it doesn't hinge on him nearly as much as it does other things. It would be a minor blow, but it'd be forgotten in short time.

Boxing lacks the big white american star. Pavlik gives young white americans someone to root for. That is one of the arguments mma fans tell me when they dont watch boxing, it is because there are no white american stars.

[MJ406]

eh come on, race aside

im white and don't really care who/what I watch.

on the contrary I can't stand Chuck Liddell .. the UFC poster boy

if people really don't watch boxing cuz lack of a "black" or "white" star

that sounds kinda shallow if you ask me.

amazing how in 2008 race is still an issue.

[The Gully Gad]

Seriously. We should all be rooting for Pavlik. Boxing's next big star. Anyone who wants Hopkins to win is rooting for boxing to stall and to continue with the old names. Out with the old in with the new. Its time for the young guns to take over and time for the veterans to hit the showers

Well someone needs to step up and knock that old man out then
looking forward to the fight and dont mind who wins..

[ßringer]

Unless he begins to completely erode, which is possible........Hopkins is still a threat to nearly everybody in his division. He's got the physical talents, natural advantages, and ring smarts to pull the upset on anyone at LHW.

Forget all this "old" man bull****, come talk to me about how old he looks when he Tarver's Kelly's ass. Make sure to follow it up with "Pavlik was a hypejob anyway".

[El Dominicano]

I understand B-Hop is old and everything. I just hope that (ATLEAST) the version of B-Hop that beat Tarver can show up. If that happenz Pavlik is getting owned