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

[$tate of Mind]

Former two division champion Bernard Hopkins is never afraid to speak his mind. So it came at no surprise when Hopkins gave his opinion on the question that many black fighters are afraid to discuss in public - "when will Manny Pacquiao face a top notch black fighter." There has always been that lingering rumor circulating around in the sport, that Pacquiao and his handlers were avoiding African American fighters who fought with a "slick boxing" type of style.

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The fights against Marquez has him SHOOK. He wants no part of anybody with top notch boxing ability.......

[paulf]

Racist clown is at it again. Ignore his buck-toothed ass.

[Twako]

that was ****** of bhop to say. he's living in the past when blacks were dominating. today, they're not. you got all these european and big latinos in the higher weights. does bhop consider himself slick, or just a top black boxer. he lost to calzaghe for ****s sake, if joe just had the power of manny p4p, bhop's face would be like tony's.

this ******ed interview might just backfire on him and floyd. some will see it as daring floyd to man up and get this fight going for the sake of the black boxing community.

[$tate of Mind]

Racist clown is at it again. Ignore his buck-toothed ass.

Why because he called Pac out?

[$tate of Mind]

that was ****** of bhop to say. he's living in the past when blacks were dominating. today, they're not. you got all these european and big latinos in the higher weights. does bhop consider himself slick, or just a top black boxer. he lost to calzaghe for ****s sake, if joe just had the power of manny p4p, bhop's face would be like tony's.

this ******ed interview might just backfire on him and floyd. some will see it as daring floyd to man up and get this fight going for the sake of the black boxing community.

Why do you think Pac refuses random blood testing?

[switchsouthpaw]

Boxing is a a lot like the political arena. You need a fighter than connects with a broad base of people, not just there constituents. That doesn't mean that these individuals aren't talented, it just means you can't sell them to the "mainstream". Sponsors aren't going to line up for guys that have been mismanaged and have no personality. Who besides Mayweather and Pac --- have both the talent and personality that garners mainstream attention? At least Pac can get a 60 minutes feature done on his life, no way in hell Mayweather could ever land on 60 minutes for a feature. De La Hoya was talented and viewed as good looking by women, easy to market. Mike Tyson as crazy as he was, is incredibly interesting to people. Mayweather never fought the Bertos,Margs,Cottos,Clotteys,PWill or SMartinez. It has nothing to do with race, has everything to do with what you can sell.

Every Mayweather fan creamed themselves when May beat Mosley. But now Pac wants to fight Mosley and it's like he broke one of ten commandments--double standards much?

[letsgobrady]

another example of the hippocracy,koncz clearly said manny only fights fighters dependin on their drawin power but when floyd was doin the same thing he was duckin fighters but when manny does it u don't hear no complaints

[Twako]

Why do you think Pac refuses random blood testing?

HBO Greenburg on the 2nd negotiations: "I don't know why Floyd Mayweather didn't want to fight...smh."

[Plat]

This is the ******est **** I ever heard....

[Nuurzhaelan]

Former two division champion Bernard Hopkins is never afraid to speak his mind. So it came at no surprise when Hopkins gave his opinion on the question that many black fighters are afraid to discuss in public - "when will Manny Pacquiao face a top notch black fighter." There has always been that lingering rumor circulating around in the sport, that Pacquiao and his handlers were avoiding African American fighters who fought with a "slick boxing" type of style.

I think hopkins is suggesting that he wants to, yet again, try to beat on a smaller man. Way to go, hopkins!