Comments Thread For: Hopkins Hopes Beating Kovalev Eliminates The Haters

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

WBA/IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard 'The Alien' Hopkins (55-6-2, 32KOs), despite his many achievements and continuing to be one of the top boxers in the world at age 49, believes there are still a lot of "haters" out there.

The haters, as Hopkins views them, continuously doubt his abilities and traditionally pick against him.

On November 8th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Hopkins will face the very dangerous WBO champion Sergey Kovalev (25-0-1, 23KOs) in an HBO televised main event.
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[Slimjoe]

If Hopkins manages to do the unthinkable and beat KOvalev. He should be rated among the best that ever laced. KOvalev is a beast man.I wish him the best, If I were to be his manager, I would advise him not to take the fight.Hopkins is alien anyway.Good luck Champ.

[jas]

He's right. He gets undeserved hate

"Hopkins on PEDs"
"Hopkins is racist"

Jaja

[PAC-BOY]

How the *** can anyone Hate on Hopkins? Thats just pain ******. No real Boxing fan can hate on bhop. Just feeble minded morons!

[Boxing Goat]

His new nickname should have been 'The Idiot' instead.

This Alien crap is really old and annoying already.

[U_TALKING_2_ME?]

If he does beat Kovalev or not the man will all ways have haters that will not even give the man credit for stepping up to the plate and trying.

People who achieve extra ordinary thing in life all ways will get hate from those who have never achieved anything.

It is human nature.

[Tuavale]

Nard is a unique individual and has been impressive over a long period of time. He's a hard worker and dedicated to his craft. He does not get sidetracked with problems out of the ring. That is his greatest attribute. I also think he has done a tremendous job in managing his own career. He's been an amazing match maker for himself. That said, I do see him as a bit of a conman. Many shady defenses at 160 (against weak & small opponents), feigning pain at low blows and rabbit punches a la Calzaghe and Jones 2. The Robert Allen 1 fiasco where he seemed in jeopardy of a loss and feigned the ankle injury. And the Dawson 1 shoulder caper. So I see Nard as competent, smart with some elements of being a "ConMan" all thrown in together. His match making skills have proved mostly excellent but I think he made a mistake with Kovalev. I think Nard has a bias against white punchers and white fighters in general. He thinks they are soft, ****** and inferior. He doesn't see Kovalev as anything special. But I strongly believe BHOP has made a terrible miscalculation on this one. Kovalev IS special and he is the ultimate destroyer and will be the 1st to stop Hopkins. If Hopkins wins, I will never say another negative thing about him again. That's my promise.

[TyrantT316]

It's not always cut and dry. Many of those "haters" may respect the heck out of what he's accomplished in his life and in Boxing, but that doesn't mean they automatically HAVE to love his personality. That doesn't mean everyone HAS to love his soundbites. Or that they can't question his tactics in the ring.

I am a big Hopkins fan and respect what he's done. But I don't think that everyone should be a fan.

[Foreign Soil]

It's not always cut and dry. Many of those "haters" may respect the heck out of what he's accomplished in his life and in Boxing, but that doesn't mean they automatically HAVE to love his personality. That doesn't mean everyone HAS to love his soundbites. Or that they can't question his tactics in the ring.

I am a big Hopkins fan and respect what he's done. But I don't think that everyone should be a fan.

Agreed. Got to respect how he's schooled so many fighters his junior and outlasting his generation, but he is a drama queen with the ref on his side that allows him to get away with abhorrent tactics. His respect from many is a measured level.

[St. Johns Gent]

there will always be haters hatin on hopkins because ignorance is abundant and haters are 90% of the time the most ignorant of all