*At Age 45, Can Bernard Hopkins Dominate the Light Heavyweight Division?*

[IMDAZED]

Go away, Bernard. You're one of the greats but Roy aint the only one who needs to disappear after that miserable performance.

[Gorilla Dogs]

Hopkins should go after Pascal, very winnable fight too.

there is no gameplan to beat Pascal. Froch fought a less experienced Pascal. Pascal is top 5 p4p. if not 3

[BillyBoxing]

In the last two weeks, I saw the top four boxers in the light heavyweight division battle. The No. 5-ranked boxer is ready for any of those guys who wants a piece of him.

Bernard Hopkins is trying to reach the top of the division against the boxers almost half his age. The "executioner" isn't impressed with Tavoris Cloud, who beat an aging Glen Johnson recently. "I'm the new Hopkins. I'm taking over this division," Cloud said in the post-fight press conference.

That's a bold statement to make for a fighter with only 21 wins into his career.

"That's pretty confident, but there's only one executioner, and that's me," Hopkins said in the studio of ESPN's Friday Night Fights.

If anybody knew why they called him that nickname, the evidence left in the ring said it all. There was a stretch of his 20 straight wins with 15 knockouts, including 11 in the first round. Hopkins once stopped a fighter in 24 seconds. He also defended his IBF title 12 times without a loss and knocked out Johnson in the process.


The "executioner" was Fighter of the Year nine years ago with signature wins over Roy Jones Jr. the last two times and Oscar De La Hoya. He whooped Felix Trinidad so bad that his own daddy came in the ring to drag his son out.

Winky Wright and Kelly Pavlik saw defeat up front against Hopkins. And at the age of 41, Hopkins beat the younger, highly proclaimed Antonio Tarver.

So it gives Hopkins plenty of reasons of beating one of the young whippersnappers. Right now, he's not in training, but he's scoping out the competition.

"I'm just waiting for these guys to settle for who deserves to fight Bernard Hopkins," he said.


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Of those five wins,4 guys moved up 1 or 2 divisions to fight Hopkins,and one was shotter than ****.

Not hating,just saying...

Hopkins can beat Could in my opinion,not Dawson and Pascal at this point,they are too fast and not punching balls like Cloudy.
Hopkins was trash again Roy and that mex guy.

[street bully]

Of those five wins,4 guys moved up 1 or 2 divisions to fight Hopkins,and one was shotter than ****.

Not hating,just saying...

Hopkins can beat Could in my opinion,not Dawson and Pascal at this point,they are too fast and not punching balls like Cloudy.
Hopkins was trash again Roy and that mex guy.

Hopkins dominated that fight, won with ease and threw more than he has thrown in years in it. It was a flawless performance, I don't know what you are talking about. A textbook Hopkins schooling.

[King Ju-Ju]

hopkins is too old i think. he didnt impress me at all vs a shot roy so i doubt he would beat any of the live dogs at 175.

[ИATAS]

The "executioner" was Fighter of the Year nine years ago with signature wins over Roy Jones Jr. the last two times and Oscar De La Hoya.


uh What?

100% correct, Reed don't you know your history? Newb

[BillyBoxing]

Hopkins should go after Pascal, very winnable fight too.

Not sure street.

I can see Hopkins vs Pascal turning worst than Hopkins vs Taylor cuz of Pascal's speed and Nard's age.


Pascal ain't no Pavlik who was a walking mummy,he will move his head,use his legs and throw very fast punches.

Cloud is a walking punching bag,he's fast,but not as Pascal,and has a **** defense while Pascal's defense is decent.
Cloud is to me the easier fight.

[Doorag]

Hopkins should go after Pascal, very winnable fight too.

That would be an awful fight to watch.

Like most fights Bhops involved in.

[BillyBoxing]

Hopkins dominated that fight, won with ease and threw more than he has thrown in years in it. It was a flawless performance, I don't know what you are talking about. A textbook Hopkins schooling.

I'm talking about an average middleweight contender who moved up 2 divisions(as usual) and was able at least to win 2 or 3 rounds and make the distance which isn't impressive at all.
Pascal,Dawson are differents cats.

I'm talking about that.

And I'm not talking about the Roy fight.

[mines a pasty]

I very much doubt it, but he has a chance. He's fortunate to be active in the weakest division in boxing, so never say never.