Hopkins starting to fade and being real about it

[jabsRstiff]

he should fight taylor..and get owned for a story book carerr and retire

..............................What ?

[Dark Destroyer]

B-Hop is retiring this year,
before he turns 41, but
until he does it he can still,
beat the **** out of anyone.

I hope your right but i think he is going to push it too far. Fighting Tito again maybe the beginning of the end if Tito beats Winky.

[+= El Jefe=+]

Promise

I hope your right but i think he is going to push it too far. Fighting Tito again maybe the beginning of the end if Tito beats Winky.

He promised his mother
he would not fight after 40
he turns 41 this year

[Dark Destroyer]

He promised his mother
he would not fight after 40
he turns 41 this year

As a Hopkins fan what fight do you think shows his full capabilities as a fighter?

[Kornhusker]

I won't be surprised if he retires after beating Eastman.There isn't anything left for him to accomplish that is worth tainting his legacy. In the record books 21 defenses wouldn't look that much better than 20. The only fight I can see him taking would be Wright, if he gets passed Tito, and that is a big if.

[DiegoFuego]

Hopkins will still beat his next 2-3 opponents unless Jermaine Taylor is the real deal

[Dark Destroyer]

I won't be surprised if he retires after beating Eastman.There isn't anything left for him to accomplish that is worth tainting his legacy. In the record books 21 defenses wouldn't look that much better than 20. The only fight I can see him taking would be Wright, if he gets passed Tito, and that is a big if.

Don't you think he'll fight Tito again if Tito beats Winky? That fight would be worth alot of money.

[Kornhusker]

Don't you think he'll fight Tito again if Tito beats Winky? That fight would be worth alot of money.

No, I don't think he will. He is getting to the age and has enough on the line for the sake of history that money probably won't be as big a factor. I could be completely wrong, but nobody is going to accuse him of ducking a fighter he has previously dominated. Hopkins will be 64 years old before Taylor does something to even earn a title shot.

[Dark Destroyer]

No, I don't think he will. He is getting to the age and has enough on the line for the sake of history that money probably won't be as big a factor. I could be completely wrong, but nobody is going to accuse him of ducking a fighter he has previously dominated. Hopkins will be 64 years old before Taylor does something to even earn a title shot.

He doesn't have anything to prove but the fight fans would want it again just like most would like to see Taylor get a shot. I hope Bernard retires with his record and defenses intact.

[+= El Jefe=+]

You might be surpriced about this

As a Hopkins fan what fight do you think shows his full capabilities as a fighter?

YOu might think this is weird, but i like the RJJ
fight, B-Hop lost the decition:
Judge: Al DeVito 112-116 | Judge: Eugene Grant 112-116 | Judge: Lynn Carter 112-116.
but Hop showed what he was all about
and well al of his other fights wheren't even close,
and his other lost was his first Pro- Fight
so i take the loost against RJJ as his biggest fight.