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by Cliff Rold - Imhotep, Pythagoras, Mozart, Edison, Einstein…
…their names live on long after they have left this plane. Moments might be fleeting, but genius lives forever.
Bernard Hopkins hasn’t written a great medical treatise, composed an enduring symphony, or invented the light bulb but, like those men, he is a genius in his field.
Long after he finally retires, long after he too has left this plane, he will be remembered as such. Just as fighters like him were able to study the work of men like Ezzard Charles, or draw inspiration from another ageless wonder like Archie Moore, those who wish to unlock the formula of ring immortality will study Hopkins one day.
He’s 48 years old and, while he isn’t the outright champion of the Light Heavyweight division, he again holds one of its more sought after belts. After five straight contests against men rated among the top four or five in the 175 lb. field of now, he takes on what for most is a run of the mill mandatory challenger in Iraqi-born Karo Murat.
Is anything really run of the mill at Hopkins’ age? [Click Here To Read More]
…their names live on long after they have left this plane. Moments might be fleeting, but genius lives forever.
Bernard Hopkins hasn’t written a great medical treatise, composed an enduring symphony, or invented the light bulb but, like those men, he is a genius in his field.
Long after he finally retires, long after he too has left this plane, he will be remembered as such. Just as fighters like him were able to study the work of men like Ezzard Charles, or draw inspiration from another ageless wonder like Archie Moore, those who wish to unlock the formula of ring immortality will study Hopkins one day.
He’s 48 years old and, while he isn’t the outright champion of the Light Heavyweight division, he again holds one of its more sought after belts. After five straight contests against men rated among the top four or five in the 175 lb. field of now, he takes on what for most is a run of the mill mandatory challenger in Iraqi-born Karo Murat.
Is anything really run of the mill at Hopkins’ age? [Click Here To Read More]
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