Official: HBO- Bernard Hopkins VS Joe Smith Jr. RBR Thread

[HAMMER77777]

I always respected him. Be a man and respect your opponent and shake hands with him. Dont make excuses like this. You are better than that. Come on man.

[PainfromUkraine]

Imagine after any KO guys would just say "uuuuhhh yeah the punched glazed me and the momentum pushed my body down"

"man i'm in shock how me going down by the momentum of the guys body mass going through the punch knocking me down - and you gonna give the guy a TKO????"

[Slip Stream]

I wonder how Hopkins managed to twist his ankle by get smacked on the chin?

[mlac]

bernards ego is too big to admit what was what.

Even though we all saw it...he's still pretending

He should just admit he got KOD give props to the winner and move on...

[Enayze]

Man I have been a huge fan of Hopkins since the 90's, and this is just sad. Whoever hand picked Joe Smith for Hopkins needs to be smacked on the back of the head. A 51 year old shouldn't ever be fighting a fighter with a 80%+ KO ratio and someone who is still in his 20's. This fight should've been against a 40 year old tomato can with limited power who has somewhat a little bit of name recognition.

[HI-TECH Boxing]

I was never a huge B-Hop fan, but I didn't want to see Hopkins go out like that.
Smith was not an easy opponent for his last fight.
51 years old and coming off a, over, two year inactivity.
Brutal...

[-Hyperion-]

Kellerman should apologise publicly for that pathetic interview....he saw the replay and still wasn't professional enough to tell Hopkins he was KO'ed fairly.

[MasterPlan]

Man I have been a huge fan of Hopkins since the 90's, and this is just sad. Whoever hand picked Joe Smith for Hopkins needs to be smacked on the back of the head. A 51 year old shouldn't ever be fighting a fighter with a 80%+ KO ratio and someone who is still in his 20's. This fight should've been against a 40 year old tomato can with limited power who has somewhat a little bit of name recognition.

Dan Rafael. Right before it happened the crew was actually talking about it.

[asgarth]

wow hopkins has nothing left. No work rate, his punches looked really soft with no force and what was up with his weird baby steps? Was it to conserve energy? lol

[Pigeons]

Hopkins looked the way he should have, a frail 51 year old. Vicious stoppage.

Joe Smith Jr, the only white American in the top 10 rankings of any weight class. He'll lose to the skilled guys but it will be fun watching his slugfests.