Comments Thread For: Hopkins' Trainer: Bernard is Motivated By The Danger

[MDPopescu]

Hopkins "entertained the idea of going to cruiserweight to fight James Toney and to heavyweight for a battle with David Haye". But did he go there?...

Instead he also "entertained the idea" to fight undefeated Bute at 168 and, lately, Mayweather at 160...

Though, B-Hop dispatched an undefeated Pavlik (it's true, at a catchweight near LHW...)

[parrish duke]

I respect Naazim and I definitely give BHop all the props in the world and I hope he beat Kovalev, but Naz is wrong when he said BHop didn't duck Chad. He ducked Chad for years until he had no other choice but to fight him. Depending on how you look at this, he could also be ducking Ward.

As good as he is, B-Hop was taken to task by a mediocre Chad Dawson twice.
Kovolev is a different animal.
He's savvy, patient and will hurt Bernard with each power shot landed.

If Hopkins escapes taking a nap in November, that would be a victory unto itself.

Bhop was not taken to task by Dawson - Dawson is a good athlete and a good boxer, he beat Bhop but did not school him. Dawson has not been the same since, I like the adjectives and verbs being used to describe Kovalev, but who has he fought? How many rds has he gone? Have you ever seen him dig deep? Have you ever witnessed an adjustment? how good is his chin - really? Even at 50 I know Bhop can do all of the above and yes we know he has a good set of whiskers. In life we deal in facts never speculation - Those fancy words should have been used to describe the old professor not someone we do not know the answers too...

[Nomadic]

Screw the Alien ppffffts Im tired of this guy milking Boxing, he hasnt had an exciting fight since he fought Trinidad, screw him and his negative aura ,hope he gets KTFO once and for all and get put back in his mother ship and send back to planet Getto ..

You seem to be taking this a bit personal.

[ScantsRants]

B Hop is going to beat Kovolev, mark my words. And it won't be with his hands, it will be with his feet. And I don't mean run like Lara.

[big_james10]

Kelly Pavlik was a better fighter and had fought better competition than Kovalev when he faced Hopkins. Hopkins made him look like an amateur. Antonio Tarver was a better fighter and had fought better competition than Kovalev when he faced Hopkins. Hopkins took him to school.

Hopkins is going to beat Kovalev the way Seattle beat Denver in the last Superbowl. By the time this fight is over, this message board will be lit up with comments about how overhyped Kovalev was.

[royjonesjrKTFO]

Kelly Pavlik was average at best, and he, along with practically all of BHop's opponent moved up TWO WEIGHT classes north to fight him. BHop got beat every time he faced someone with some talent. It doesn't have to be someone special, too, like Chad. He's been able to dominate fighters that are slow and coming straight at him. Pavlik, Tito, Cloud, etc.

[Reginald Ledoux]

Starting to think Kovalev is going to send Hopkins to the moon, then he will really be an alien.

[Reloaded]

Its absolutely amazing what Bhop is doing and has achieved , how anybody can rubbish him is total BS .

[firstborn]

Its absolutely amazing what Bhop is doing and has achieved , how anybody can rubbish him is total BS .

LOL, you must have forgotten that most boxing fans are a**holes that will literally criticize anything without remorse!!!!

Props to B-Hop, win, lose or draw.