Comments Thread For: Analyzing Bernard Hopkins' Comments on Manny Pacquiao

[M.I.C.]

I'll tell you why this **** writer Is analyzing B hops words, because there true *****!

[Allucard]

whoever wrote this article is NOT a African American....you can tell from the angle he took....the writer seems to be offended by those B.Hop remarks....I guess the writer FORGOT to mention Roach turning Shane down AFTER he beat the dog **** outta Marg at the Staples....but its all good!!

B.Hop says things that will ALWAYS be criticized....and who the **** gave this dude analytical credentials to analyze?!?

I knew that from the get go. Just take a look at the tittle "Analyzing BHop's comments" like BHops could be more clear lol. There's nothing else to the comments than the quoted part.

Bernard Hopkins went to jail dude, the first thing they do to you is separate you from the whites, the northen mexicans, the southern mexicans so that you can live to see another day. So Bernard Hopkins has no regard to politically correct. If you are offended don't listen to him. Bhop will still talk crap about your race but if there a little white kid out there who's a fan and needs Bernard, he's there for him, no matter what color he is.

[JSS]

Ok,I agree with Hopkins. He wasn't trying to be racial, he was telling the truth. I love Manny and his style of fighting, but a slick fighter with pop in his punches would give him huge problems. What Manny did against Margarita was impressive, but imagine what Tommy Hearns or Ray Leonard would have done to Margarita. Now imagine Leonard or Hearns in the ring with Manny. It would be competitive but Manny would not be able to handle the combination of power, speed, and skill. Manny is so successful because he does have that rare combination that mostly elite african americans have.He even imulates them. I've watched him do the Ali shuffle a few times. What other fighters do the Ali shuffle besides african american fighters? The truth is, Manny should fight the winner of Bradley vs Alexander.He only has a few fights left and its his responsibility to allow other fighters to reach that star status by fighting him. That is what Oscar did for him. Mayweather has that same responsibility. He should fight Berto.This would spring shot these guys to superstardom if they perform at a high level. Then it would set up huge fights against each other in the future and the sport stays strong in the 140, 147 and 154 divisions. I don't think Manny is scared to fight anyone, but I do think that Arum is protecting him against these younger up and coming black fighters.Even if Manny beats them, he would not look good doing it.

IMO, Bradley & Alexander are not on the level of MP - you can already hear what boxing fans are going to say when MP beats these two should they fight. They're too green, not enough fights at welterweight for the both of them. Dude, please. Who is the top "AA" fighter out there right now? Fraud Mayweather, the self procliamed greatest boxer of all time. Like the writer said, MP has been trying to get a fight with him for the better part of last year; yet still Fraud is on vacation. I hear from certian circles that there are, right now on going negotiations with Team Pac and Team Mayweather; but again just here-say. Berto is not at the level of Fraud Mayweather, but I wouldn't miss that fight at a friends house. With Mosley, should MP beat him - you can already hear, he was too old, ring-worn, too many battles before, Mayweather left-overs. My list of who MP should fight next (in the following order): 1. Mayweather, 2. Mosley, 3. Marquez; one of these three makes more good economic sense then any of the young bucks (Bradley, Alexander, Berto). But then again, you'll have the haters saying that Mayweather, Mosley, and Marquez were too old. You can't win.

[Sugar Q]

Where is your boy Mayweather at again? Hiding like the punk he is......tell him to fight Matt Hatton or Alvarez....

He's the same place you would be if you just made over 70 million in a year :-)

[millcitymauler]

theres no black fighter right now except for floyd that can see manny, call me racist but it is what it is.. stop complaining already, this is one thing i notice between african american boxers, they complain and whine. They never give credit to the one who deserve it. Theres always gotta be something else that they point out just like what was said in that article about how manny never fought any slick black boxers.

Qualify this statement...I remember Zab giving Kostya his credit by actually saying he was privileged to just be in with such a champion, even after his post KO meltdown. I also remember Hopkins himself comforting a very incorrigible Kelly Pavlik after that ass-whoopin by saying Kelly fought like a black fighter, and that he was now "family". I could go on, but I think you get the picture...then again, maybe you don't.

[JoeDaWg]

ouch, b-hop just got ***** slapped...damn facts...getting all up in the way of a ****** idea....I hate it when they do that!

[JSS]

Pac's punk ass hasn't called out nobody. He won't even fight Marquez again. You dumbass *******s need to get a life. When pac was just asked about Floyd his words were "I'm not afraid to fight Floyd" but who asked his ass about being afraid. Yall can talk all the **** you want but "Manny doesn't wanna fight PBF" He made 15 million for Cheato but turned down 50 million for Floyd. That fat ass coward from ESPN needs to call Manny a coward but he won't because he's a coward himself. 50 million for 15 million, go figure.

The only coward is the one who beats up on women and threatens his OWN children...YES, your hero FRAUD "THE COWARD" MAY-NEVER. Only coward, who is trained and makes it his occupation to beat up other MEN, would ever hit a WOMEN!!! Let alone the mother of HIS CHILDREN!!! So go ahead and call Manny a coward, for fighting Clottey instead of Fraud, for fighting Margarito instead of FRAUD. But honestly, who is still fighting and who is still on vacation?

[JSS]

He's the same place you would be if you just made over 70 million in a year :-)

Yup, hiding and waiting for his trail date. Money doesn't buy you morals you don't have. Fraud may have made that amount of money, but why does have so much IRS problems?

[mathed]

He's the same place you would be if you just made over 70 million in a year :-)

Not boxing and getting ready to fight felony charges?

[Sugar Q]

My dude Montoya broke Manny down like a pro. Line up boys, girls and ****tards:

David Diaz: barely won a paper belt against Erik Morales. A slow, face-first fighter with heavy hands but not one-punch power. Perfect for Manny.

Ricky Hatton: a face-first brawler who had been manhandled by Collazo and knocked out before with a volume attack and no real one-punch power to speak of.

Oscar De La Hoya: Hadn’t been at 147 for a decade. Granted, he asked for that weight, not Manny, but let’s be real. When did you really believe Oscar, who lost most of his elite fights, was last a major threat? It’s been awhile and certainly a decade since you felt that about him at welterweight.

Miguel Cotto: That’s a tough one. Had Cotto not been at a catchweight, we might see this one differently. I thought it was a masterful performance by Pacquiao. Hell, they all are. But the weight bugs us. Like with Paul Williams vs. Sergio Martinez II for the HBO middleweight title, if two pounds is not a big deal, then why did Manny and Paul ask for them? Everyone knows that the last three or so pounds are the worst. That will always hang over that fight, regardless of how fast or great Manny is. It just will. What did Manny do to earn a shot at a vacant title at 154? He hasn't even earned a real title at welterweight. He won that one at a catchweight and the title he won was won in a box off between Miguel Cotto and Michael Jennings. Not a real title.

And the Cheato fight: Well, Manny beat the ass of a slow guy who outweighed him by 17 pounds. Yeah, it’s impressive that he was able to take the shots and do what he does. But let’s be real. Margarito was never an elite 154-pounder. That vacant belt is as legit as Jose Sulaiman’s “Man of the Year” award he gave to Jerry Jones. It’s ceremonial. It says, “Here, Manny. You fought and won another exciting fight in another weight class. Here is the belt that commemorates that achievement.”

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