Comments Thread For: Hopkins: "When Will Pacquiao Face a Top Black Fighter?"

[boxingfan76]

probably right

didnt delahoya fight hopkins? didnt pac beat delahoya ? easily I may add? hopkins should fight pac, afterall hopkins is 45 just like pac loves his opponents old and washed up, whatsamatter u scared ogf an old washed up dude beating your boy???

[Left Hook Tua]

Yea I know. The problem is that people cant say Clottey was a American "black" slick fighter... lol Just because he's black doesnt mean he has the "style" that Hopkins is talking about...

just because he's african-american doesn't mean he has the style bhop is talking about.

he's trying to set up mosley but mosley ain't even slick. never was.

[crown mac]

I didnt see margarito, crying like pac was crying after morales whupped his ass. I wanted margs to win but seeing how mosley alredy beat him , I dont see your point of greatness dude.

funny azz vid................

[puga]

I didnt see margarito, crying like pac was crying after morales whupped his ass. I wanted margs to win but seeing how mosley alredy beat him , I dont see your point of greatness dude.

admit it ..that was you!...

[Left Hook Tua]

Well based off of what Hopkins comment was, are they "SLICK" (more importantly) BLACK AMERICAN fighters?

Clottey was #5 but was not American and you cant sit here tell me he's slick, fast and powerful. Let alone actually win an important fight. He IS a stepping stone who could only beat Judah who is a stepping stone. lol

Plus 4? lol 4, EVEN if that was true. What year was this and how many fights has he had? lol 4? lol Come on man.... really....

ledwaba was pretty slick. that's why hbo was ****riding his ass before the fight. it was a setup. pac was nobody at a time.

julio had some skills. olympic medalist and 2 time bantamweight champ before moving up to 122.

agapito is not slick but he was a wily vet and champion. hopkins should appreciate agapito's style. agapito was dirty as hell like hopkins was.

[Boxing's Truth]

Check out ESPN's Dan Rafael current rankings.

Welterweights - Top 5

1. Floyd Mayweather

2. Manny Pacquiao

3. Andre Berto

4. Shane Mosley

5. Joshua Clottey

You dumb ass fans get all wet when Pac beat Margarito who wasn't even ranked in the top 10 in any division. You act like he just beat Marvin Haglar.

Why would Dan Rafael have Floyd Mayweather ranked number one after Pac just beat the hell out of Margarito??

Isn't Pac the undisputed conquerer and king of the world?

I think Dan knows what the hell is going on and is not convinced that Pac can do the to Floyd what he did against these other soup sandwiches.

[Phatfarm1980]

Isn't Manny chasing a Mayweather fight? Isn't Mayweather the best active black fighter?

I respect Hopkins but hate it when people bring the race issue into sports! As if there wasn't enough racial issues in the world without professinal athletes bringing it up aswell.

So much for his comment - 'Listen, this ain't a racial thing, but then again, maybe it is'

[WESS]

just because he's african-american doesn't mean he has the style bhop is talking about.

he's trying to set up mosley but mosley ain't even slick. never was.

He had his chance at fighting Mosley from 141-147 ("manny weight") but didnt want anything to do with it. So using the floyd haters logic, does this mean Mosley "ducked" Pac? lol

Mosley's style WAS a threat to Pac, reason they didnt want the fight. I'm sure Mosley's style is or around the style Hopkins is getting at.

My question is WHY would Pac want Mosley now. He's not #1 anymore. He's been beat by Mayweather (when Mayweather was suppsed to be scared) and then went 12 with Mora for draw. He hasnt looked good in a long time now but right, I forgot this is Pac's trend of "selecting". Arum says they are looking to fight FLoyd but have Mosley on deck for that retirement check.

Mosley's no threat to Mayweather (post fight theory) but a BIG prime threat for Pac now? Damn Top Rank.....

[BattleHardened]

Why is Koncz doing so much talking for Manny lately. I'm tired of hearing his orphus open.

[Left Hook Tua]

He had his chance at fighting Mosley from 141-147 ("manny weight") but didnt want anything to do with it. So using the floyd haters logic, does this mean Mosley "ducked" Pac? lol

Mosley's style WAS a threat to Pac, reason they didnt want the fight. I'm sure Mosley's style is or around the style Hopkins is getting at.

My question is WHY would Pac want Mosley now. He's not #1 anymore. He's been beat by Mayweather (when Mayweather was suppsed to be scared) and then went 12 with Mora for draw. He hasnt looked good in a long time now but right, I forgot this is Pac's trend of "selecting". Arum says they are looking to fight FLoyd but have Mosley on deck for that retirement check.

Mosley's no threat to Mayweather (post fight theory) but a BIG prime threat for Pac now? Damn Top Rank.....

ehhh..... they made the right move fighting cotto.

cotto was more money , was right up there with mosley in the rankings , was also top rank and has a win over mosley.

no brainer for arum.


i think they're looking at mosley now because arum has no one left at 140-154.

also arum might be ****ing with gbp.

notice how now he's trying to get mosley to go free agent and not have gbp involved.

also notice how they keep mentioning jmm now who is also gbp but they're talking about marquez can have the fight if gbp has minimal involvement in the promotion.