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Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City - Bill "Two Scoops" Emes cathces up with Bernard "The Alien" Hopkins, following his HBO televised twelve round decision loss to Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev in their IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight unification. Hopkins talks about his future, as a promoter with Golden Boy Promotions, different strategies used by him and Kovaev during the fight, thoughts on Kovalev as a fighter, questions regarding his own future as a fighter, being the first man to go twelve rounds with Kovalev. [Click Here To Read More]
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I was never a big fan of Bhop but I appreciate what he has done and I wish him well in what ever he decides to do. Good luck to you!! -
Classy interview from Hopkins, One of the all time greats for sure. I hope he calls it a career now though, nothing left for him to do; I don't want him to fight Stevenson either so he doesn't give Adonis a way out of the Kovalev fight and try to sell us the notion of he wants to knock Hopkins out because Sergey wasn't able to.Comment
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That was by far, the most honest and classy interview by a losing Champion, that I have seen.
Mucho Props to both these guys.
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Bernard Hopkins is a true warrior. He ducked NO ONE!!! This is a sad day because Bernard is truly the last of the greats.
I'm still disgusted with Golden Boy; namely Oscar De La Hoya; how on earth can you say the winner of Khan V Alexander deserves a shot against Floyd Mayweather? What about Keith Thurman? What about Danny Garcia who mopped the floor with glass jaw gets hit by the slowest of counter punchers Amir Khan? How in the world can golden boy try to sell that fight to us? Especially after saying Canelo demanded a fight on that same date? And even after Oscar said that Canelo Cotto is a bigger fight than even Mayweather Paqiou. This is double talk by Oscar De La Hoya and he needs to be called out on it.
The writing is on the wall already; Mayweather will fight Khan on Cinco de mayo weekend and Golden Boy is putting Canelo on another date.
What a shame for boxing. This is the only sport where the best don't fight the best.
Every shooting guard and small forward had to play against Michael Jordan, and Michael Jordan didn't B I T C H out and say i'm only playing against this guard or forward, there was no picking and chosing, the best have to play against the best in the regular season and have no choice but to face the best in a tournament and for the championship title.
The same with the best pitcher going up against the best batter in baseball; you can't pick and chose, you face the competition.
Soccer, Hockey, Tennis, and the real fight game UFC/MMA, they all play by the same rules; the best fight the best for the title.
Golden Boy, Mayweather, Al Haymon; a G O D damn shame to the sport of boxing. I spit on all of you for destroying my favorite sport.
Mayweather should never be allowed to be considered for the hall of fame. What a joke.Comment
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all class by hopkinsComment
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You feeling better homie???
I can tell you really wanted to get those statements out there, since you posted the same comments in two different threads
BTW: Fans have been crying out for the best to fight the best for decades. But due to the politics of boxing, that rarely happens. Boxers, in most cases can't be held fully liable because this or that fight didn't happen. As there are always extenuating circumstances between Promoters, Networks, Managers and huge egos of the fighters themselves .... Any of which can easily derail a potential mega-fight.
Sometimes its just complicated.Comment
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Props to bhop for taking this fight and good luck to Kovalev going forward im glad he isnt using the age excuse, if you step in the ring you cant say a damn thing. ive been watching Kovalev for a while but i didnt think he would do Bhop like this, he dominated him!!!Comment
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Legend....Comment
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Real class. Excellent stuff. Both guys are great, and Kovalev is the real deal. Unfortunately most young fighters don't have the balls Hopkins does.Comment
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