I'm proud of Hopkins!

[bojangles1987]

He get's props for his great career.

Not sure what he deserves props for tonight, though.

Except being 47 and still being good. But we knew that before the fight.

He was awful tonight from the holding, to the headbutt's, to the falling to the ground, all the way to considering a Kermit Cintron jumping out the ring part 2.

I laughed so hard at that, it looked like it was a joke though. I'm not sure.

[BrotherDudeJack]

you didn't answer the question at all. hopkins went into the fight thinking he could win, if he didn't think he could compete any more he would retire.

and when hopkins is elected into the hall of fame and considered an all time great he'll be standing tall with more dignity and pride than anyone on this board so don't bring up dignity. what have u accomplished? exactly.

Plenty in my chosen field of work, but that's beside the point. I'm not a professional fighter. Sounds like you're taking this a little to personal to me.

Hopkins has been fighting this way for years so don't give me that bullshyt. He's a flagrant cheater that's giving the sport a bad name. Holding, headbutting, flopping , crying, jumping on backs, faking injuries is not the actions of a man with dignity. Maybe you should look the word up.

[IronDanHamza]

I laughed so hard at that, it looked like it was a joke though. I'm not sure.

You just don't know do you

I thought faking low blows was joke. Turned out he was deadly serious. Like there wasn't camera's on him

[kadyo's]

Props to Bernard, he didn't need this fight at this point of his career but who are we to decide for him?

Keep on punching, champ.

[ИATAS]

Plenty in my chosen field of work

nothing compared to bhops accomplishment in his line of work.

Hopkins has been fighting this way for years so don't give me that bullshyt. He's a flagrant cheater that's giving the sport a bad name. Holding, headbutting, flopping , crying, jumping on backs, faking injuries is not the actions of a man with dignity. Maybe you should look the word up.

skipped over this i see:

and when hopkins is elected into the hall of fame and considered an all time great he'll be standing tall with more dignity and pride than anyone on this board so don't bring up dignity.

[bojangles1987]

You just don't know do you

I thought faking low blows was joke. Turned out he was deadly serious. Like there wasn't camera's on him

I mean, he went towards the ropes, and then there was that split second where his body tensed like he was about to go through the ropes. Then he didn't, and as he walked towards the corner smiling and laughing. So was he laughing because he pretended he was about to go through the ropes, like he was mocking the people who think he quit the first time, or was he laughing because for a split second he actually considered going through the ropes? I'm not sure.

[IronDanHamza]

now your going to criticize him on something he didn't even do too? their feet got tangled, hopkins went towards the ropes and that was it, he even waived at the crowd after.

man, i'm not saying this was his best fight obviously not since he lost, but he did give chad a tough fight. yes he made it ugly but that's what he was supposed to do. jesus give the man some respect he did what he could

I don't consider being dominated and losing almost all the rounds a tough fight.

I respect Bernard Hopkins I have made that clear on several occasions but I'm not going to give him respect for his performance tonight whether he was 27, 37 or 47.

I don't respect someone's performance when they holds every 5 seconds and consistently headbutts in a fight. Like I said, doesn't matter what age they are. If you can't perform without doing that due to your age then you simply shouldn't fight at all.

You can't expect people to respect it either. No one besides die hard Hopkins fans are going to respect his performance tonight and the responses are clear evidence of that.

[IronDanHamza]

I mean, he went towards the ropes, and then there was that split second where his body tensed like he was about to go through the ropes. Then he didn't, and as he walked towards the corner smiling and laughing. So was he laughing because he pretended he was about to go through the ropes, like he was mocking the people who think he quit the first time, or was he laughing because for a split second he actually considered going through the ropes? I'm not sure.

That's just simply a mystery that we will never know the answer to.

[Tmann400]

Someone mentioned he's held his whole career?...No he hasn't. Go watch his fights with Trinidad, Glen Johnson, Jackson etc etc. He started doing this as he got older. Look obviously this was no great performance all Natas is saying is give him respect for how much he's done in his career and how much he's accomplished from age 40 on alone. What's so hard about that? I also notice a lot of this BS hate is coming from RJJ fans, go figure.

[Mr. Philadel]

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