Is Hopkins a coward?

[The Fix]

hopkins is no coward. he makes a living punching people in the face

[Slipx]

your a whiny idiot *******, its cld strategy, and no he didnt bullrush delahoya, he fought the same way, ofcourse he was more aggresive against trinidad, you have to be, trinidad is constantly in your face asswipe, you dont know boxing you are finally showing your true colors and you should keep your mouth shut about stuff you dont understand, like BOXING. what you want him to stand there with his chin out so your boy can clock him? no chance moron

lessers don't understand these things.

[FrankJack]

If the little guys didn't wanna get beat up, they shouldn't have fought. That's how I see it, they didn't HAVE to fight Hopkins. DLH wanted to make some history, he had to go through Hopkins, he's the man with the belts. Tito wanted to be the champ at middleweight, he had to go through the Hopkins because, again, he had the belts. I don't understand why you have a complaint about Bernard beating up DLH and Tito, it's not like anyone would turn down that fight in his shoes. Maybe I'm missing something there, though.

As for his fight with Eastman, I would say that the fault of Eastman losing partially lies in Eastman. I always thought that boxing required you to be versatile. His strategy didn't seem to change throughout the entire fight. He got some okay shots in here and there, though. He kept getting hit with the same punches, why is no one getting angry at Eastman for this? The fight wasn't crowd pleasing in anyway (it's a fight I'd watch over though), but I think it is something that other fighters could take and learn something from.

[Palma]

I don't mind him being a boxer, I just don't like to see him *****-slapping the little guys and then doing the reverse to the big guys...

Sorry, but you lost me on that one.

But to answer your poll, I do not think Hopkins was fighting scared. I think he was cautious or maybe even fighting "not to loose". Hopkins is THE MAN! He will be upmthere with the legends of the sport. People said the same thing about Leonard when he fought Hagler. They said that he was scared of Hagler and that he did not fight him toe to toe. Of course he did not fight him toe to toe. Leonard would have been knocked out thus loosing the bout. Instaed he foguht cautious and out pointed Hagler to get the win. Both Leonard and Hopkins won their match against their much stronger opponent. they didn't win pretty, but non the less they won their match and in the end that is all that truly matters right?! winning!

[MetalVomit]

I don't mind him being a boxer, I just don't like to see him *****-slapping my countrymen, because I'm unbelievably biased in favoring english fighters. Which is why God'z Hand and many other members don't even respect my opinion anymore....

Couldnt have said it better myself. Tell Anorak not to waste his time responding to me, because I wont discuss boxing with an ignorant, close-minded person. I would be ignorant myself to do so. Hopkins is the king right now. Plain and simple.

[Kimmy]

Hopkins did what it took to win and he wasn`t gonna take a sily chance with someone like Eastman. Is it possible that someone is smarting over losing all their points and having to become the second lady of boxingscene? But fair play to Anorak, he kept his word and paid up. So I guess he is entitled to ***** a little about it.....but it should end now. Bernard Hopkins, P4P best boxer on the planet!

[Guest]

Couldnt have said it better myself. Tell Anorak not to waste his time responding to me, because I wont discuss boxing with an ignorant, close-minded person. I would be ignorant myself to do so. Hopkins is the king right now. Plain and simple.

"Tell Anorak"? What, I can't see what you've written or something?

You don't want me to respond to your knee-jerk comments? Fine. But don't keep name-checking me then.

[Guest]

... I do love the way people try and compare Hopkins' performance on Saturday with greats like Ali and Leonard. Sweet science... crapping your pants and running away... there's a difference.

[tyson]

If Hopkins is a *****, then I guess Lennox would have to be too.
You could make a case that he ran from the smaller guys
But we don't, we respect him as a true champ. Why not open your
union-jack- colored eyes and accept that Hopkins is a great champ?

[Guest]

If Hopkins is a *****, then I guess Lennox would have to be too.
You could make a case that he ran from the smaller guys
But we don't, we respect him as a true champ. Why not open your
union-jack- colored eyes and accept that Hopkins is a great champ?

Why not stop being racist? If you stick up for a US fighter do I accuse you of bias? What, because I'm English, I'm not allowed to say anything positive about English fighters otherwise I'm biased?