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Pretty interesting interview with The Executioner about his preparations for the fight, Roy Jones, Kelly Pavlik, Jermain Taylor, and Manny Pacquiao.
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Here's just an excerpt:
Interviewer: I think that's a difference between you and a guy like Pacquiao, who had to fight your way up, had some early losses, and now aren't afraid to take risks, guys like Mayweather, and Jones, for most of their career, seem scared to lose their zero.
Hopkins: Yeah, I think that when you fear losing you don't challenge everybody. When you fear losing you challenge some, but you don't challenge everybody. I understand that there's a chance to win, there's a chance you can lose. But you gotta get that chance to win first. If you don't want to take the chance you won't be respected. That's why Roy Jones will be recognized, yes, a great fighter, a hall of famer, but a lot of fights that he fought like the mailman and the policeman, those names will haunt him no matter what he does. No matter what he does in boxing. I mean you talk about it to this day, I talk about it. I mean, yes, he's the first middle weight to win the heavyweight championship, but come on now. He had the opportunity to fight not only me, but the German guy. (Dariusz Michalczewski)
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Here's just an excerpt:
Interviewer: I think that's a difference between you and a guy like Pacquiao, who had to fight your way up, had some early losses, and now aren't afraid to take risks, guys like Mayweather, and Jones, for most of their career, seem scared to lose their zero.
Hopkins: Yeah, I think that when you fear losing you don't challenge everybody. When you fear losing you challenge some, but you don't challenge everybody. I understand that there's a chance to win, there's a chance you can lose. But you gotta get that chance to win first. If you don't want to take the chance you won't be respected. That's why Roy Jones will be recognized, yes, a great fighter, a hall of famer, but a lot of fights that he fought like the mailman and the policeman, those names will haunt him no matter what he does. No matter what he does in boxing. I mean you talk about it to this day, I talk about it. I mean, yes, he's the first middle weight to win the heavyweight championship, but come on now. He had the opportunity to fight not only me, but the German guy. (Dariusz Michalczewski)
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