Team Robert Allen: Hopkins is an old worn down fighter.

[ИATAS]

The question that inevitably rises is: WHY did Hopkins fight this guy THREE times??

Very simple:

First fight Allen was Bernard's mandatory, the fight was a NC, due to an unfortunate event involving Mill Lane. The fight had to be immediately rescheduled.

Second fight: Hopkins lays down an ass whoopin.

Third fight: 5 YEARS LATER Allen worked his way back up the ranks to #1 contender of the middleweight division, and once again he was made Bernard's mandatory. Hopkins didn't want the fight at all but he would have been stripped a belt if he didn't fight him. So Hopkins beats him easily.

A lot of it was boxing politics. Hopkins struggled to get a big name fight for years, so he was forced to beat everyone the organizations put in front of him. As he put it, every fight was a must win to him because he knew if he ever lost the belts, he would never in his day get a big pay day.

[MR.CHICANITO]

Yeah I remember that. People have been calling hopkins old for 10 years now. haha

yeah robert allen was a fool trying to cheat by winning on the floor in the rematch he needs to give b hop his just due

[street bully]

The question that inevitably rises is: WHY did Hopkins fight this guy THREE times??

First fight was ano contest. Second fight he prooved Allen was ascrub, and the third fight was because he worked his way up to a title shot and demanded it, otherwise Hopkins would have been stripped.

[razor.thin]

who can forget this famous triology, hopkins really is a great fighter.

[Chr0nic]

kinda ****ed up how someone like allen(fighting the opponents he fought) managed to get back up the rankings in the middleweight division

[Chr0nic]

****in hell, im a hater..............

[VipersThunder]

The question that inevitably rises is: WHY did Hopkins fight this guy THREE times??

Well the first fight was a no contest so they had a rematch immediately. Then like 7 years later Allen earned a #1 ranking and a mandatory shot at Hopkins title.

[Benny Leonard]

And this was 1999 if I may add. (4:00).

Well many "fans" that follow boxing and have only seen Hopkins from Tito on think he was continually getting better and that was his "Prime" when in my opinion, it was clearly not. He has lasted as long as he has because he is Smart and learned how to be a technically sound boxer/fighter and knows how to live a healthy life...but nobody beats Father-Time...but Hopkins learned to slow it.
Physically, Hopkins was on a decline in his mid-30's. Hopkins would have taken apart Goldy if the fight had been even been 2 years before, let alone 4+ years prior.
If people want to see why he deserved the name "The Executioner," then watch his career all the way up to Tito.

This Man used to handcuff bitches, walk them down a long hallway to a room that opens up to pitfalls of hell...where he would pressure them down kneeling for mercer before he took their head while standing over their corpse.
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[Chr0nic]

Well many "fans" that follow boxing and have only seen Hopkins from Tito on think he was continually getting better and that was his "Prime" when in my opinion, it was clearly not. He has lasted as long as he has because he is Smart and learned how to be a technically sound boxer/fighter and knows how to live a healthy life...but nobody beats Father-Time...but Hopkins learned to slow it.
Physically, Hopkins was on a decline in his mid-30's. Hopkins would have taken apart Goldy if the fight had been even been 2 years before, let alone 4+ years prior.
If people want to see why he deserved the name "The Executioner," then watch his career all the way up to Tito.

This Man used to handcuff bitches, walk them down a long hallway to a room that opens up to pitfalls of hell...where he would pressure them down kneeling for mercer before he took their head while standing over their corpse.
"X"

so all this time all these bhop fans were'nt fans at all