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By Jake Donovan - The city of Philadelphia knows a thing or two about bullies. Their hockey team (the Philadelphia Flyers) was long ago given the nickname “Broad Street Bullies”, a status popularized by the team’s brawling ways during the mid 1970’s.
It wasn’t pretty – or even within the rules of the National Hockey League – but it eventually led to their becoming the league’s first expansion team beyond its original six to win the championship (better known as The Stanley Cup).
If you had to pick the boxing’s version of a Broad Street Bully, you needn’t look any further than the City of Brotherly Love, in fact Broad Street itself. It’s where Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32KO) first cut his teeth as a prizefighter.
Tonight, it’s where he makes his return after more than a year away from the ring. The future Hall-of-Famer fights in his hometown for the first time in nearly seven years when he faces Enrique Ornelas at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia (Wednesday, VERSUS, 8PM ET). [Click Here To Read More]
It wasn’t pretty – or even within the rules of the National Hockey League – but it eventually led to their becoming the league’s first expansion team beyond its original six to win the championship (better known as The Stanley Cup).
If you had to pick the boxing’s version of a Broad Street Bully, you needn’t look any further than the City of Brotherly Love, in fact Broad Street itself. It’s where Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32KO) first cut his teeth as a prizefighter.
Tonight, it’s where he makes his return after more than a year away from the ring. The future Hall-of-Famer fights in his hometown for the first time in nearly seven years when he faces Enrique Ornelas at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia (Wednesday, VERSUS, 8PM ET). [Click Here To Read More]
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