Hopkins targets Johnson!

[borikua]

By Karl Freitag
Undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins said today that following his January 19 title defense against Howard Eastman in Los Angeles, he plans to have two pay-per-view fights later this year. Hopkins said he's relying on "numbers man" Richard Schaefer to set up "something that I want to do as history and that's win the light heavyweight undisputed championship against a guy named Glen Johnson who's a friend of mine down here in Miami, to do what Ray Robinson couldn't do and that's to go right from middleweight and [win] the light heavyweight championship of the world." Hopkins also named Tito Trinidad and Jermain Taylor as possible foes. However, first he has to take care of Howard Eastman, whom he labeled as a "B- fighter," on February 19 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Thursday, February 10 2005

[borikua]

WTF? Fight Johnson...Nard really thinks that that is a PPV fight...C'mon at least take on Tarver, Lacy, Calzaghe, etc...

[elveiel]

I'm really shocked Hopkins is calling out a bigger fighter again

I doubt we'll ever see Nard move up the Super middle nevermind Light heavy!! With no chance of the big guys making middleweight Hopkins can will keep bluffing us.

I wish he'd man the **** up and face Calzaghe.

[dansweeney]

I'm really shocked Hopkins is calling out a bigger fighter again

I doubt we'll ever see Nard move up the Super middle nevermind Light heavy!! With no chance of the big guys making middleweight Hopkins can will keep bluffing us.

I wish he'd man the **** up and face Calzaghe.

Calzaghe is a scared little girl, he doesnt want to fight anybody, and seriously who the **** is calzaghe anyway? you talk like he is feared or respected or something like that, he is a ***** nowhere near the level of Hopkins

[bandito]

hopkins is talking **** again. he wont' move up. he has talked before. hopkins, just fight tito and taylor and shut up about light heavy!!!

[neils7147933]

Ummm. Hopkins already beat Johnson quite easily once. Why would you doubt he doesn't want him again?

[Floydmayweather]

He will do it to make history and because he knows he can win. Then take out Tito again and beat Taylor and retire.

[spinksjinx]

It's all about legacy for him, he will have his 20 defenses and possibly move up and beat a light heavyweight and retire. Looks good on the resume, especially since Johnson is the top guy right now.

I think it would be great for hopkins to make his 20th defense, rematch tito and put a whooping on him and then kill the prospect everyone thinks is the king to your throne when you go and then move up and defeat Johnson.

That would be an ideal way, of course if he beat Taylor everyone would scream rematch and say he chickened out and moved up to fight a fighter he already knocked out.

[hitterwitter]

Calzaghe is a scared little girl, he doesnt want to fight anybody, and seriously who the **** is calzaghe anyway? you talk like he is feared or respected or something like that, he is a ***** nowhere near the level of Hopkins

Calzaghe would have to much power for Hopkins.

Calzaghe would win by ko inside 6.

[jabsRstiff]

Calzaghe would have to much power for Hopkins.

Calzaghe would win by ko inside 6.

You're just a tad biased. You'll be taken seriously around here when you show you're thinking with your head.....& not with a ****ing MAP.

This goes for all of you numbnutted fools who suck a fighter's **** because he looks like you, or lives near you.