Hopkins: "If it was the old Roy Jones Jr I would have been an dead man"

[Come∂ian]

http://espn.go.com/boxing/ under the down with roy video

[IconBoy]

Hopkins telling it like it is.

[Pullcounter]

Is Hopkins learning to be humble in his old age?

Hopkins telling it like it is.

did u guys even watch the vid? he was talking about the rabbit punching.

[etlux]

http://espn.go.com/boxing/ under the down with roy video

you guys aren't understanding the interview properly.

Hopkins is saying that due to the rabbit punch he suffered, he was hurt and seeing spots during the entire fight from round 6 onward to round 12 and thus fighting on instinct. So what he's saying is that, in his fouled condition, the old Roy Jones would have beaten him because Hopkins is saying he was at a disadvantage at this point because he was so badly hurt from the supposed rabbit punches.

[IMDAZED]

Hopkins is right, Roy Jones has been remarkably silent in recent days. Not a peep. Maybe he realizes it's over. Heck, he behaves like he realizes when he's in the ring. But I think Hopkins also realizes that his "win" over Jones didn't provide any sort of redemption, vindication...anything. His performance was pretty horrible as well and the rabbit punch excuse is a little lame. Hops may not want to go out on this note but either Jones has some sort of mental hold over him that causes him to fight that way against him or he's aged enough to where he could get seriously hurt against a top opponent.

[MOTHER DUCKER]

Hopkins is a joke.. i mean Jones and Calzaghe are known dirty fighters and have had numerous instances of them fouling in there 80 + combined fights.... NOT!!

Yet Hopkins is down plenty of times crying fouls.. I saw Hopkins hit Roy on the ****ing Cup constantly going in with his head down trying to butt, Roy doesn't fall down like a little ***** even in his shot state. Yet Hopkins goes down 3-4 times with stuff which looked alot weaker then the **** he was doing to Jones

[General Zod]

did u guys even watch the vid? he was talking about the rabbit punching.

Nope, I don't watch Hopkins interviews.

I just assumed he was being a bit more humble in his old age I guess I was wrong. As for the so called "rabbit punching" then f**k him. What about all the guys he has Rabbit punched and headbutted over the years.

[johnm is...]

Well, at least Hopkins recognizes that this win meant nothing.

[etlux]

Nope
I just assumed he was being humble, but if his still going on about the so called "rabbit punching" then f**k him. What about all the guys he has Rabbit punched and headbutted over the years.

these ******s need to learn reading and listening comprehension. I'm not saying I agree with him, I'm sure he was acting from those light rabbit punches. But Hopkins in this interview is saying that those punches affected him so badly in rounds 6-12 that he was fighting completely on instinct and thrown off his game plan and THAT'S why he's saying the old Roy Jones would have taken advantage of this weak, hurt Hopkins and would have beaten him.

[General Zod]

Hopkins is right, Roy Jones has been remarkably silent in recent days. Not a peep. Maybe he realizes it's over. Heck, he behaves like he realizes when he's in the ring.

After watching Jones-Toney, I couldn't in a million years imagine that his career would end like this, shot, being headbutted for free, with a crowd of 6.5k watching.