Hopkins: "They will love me when I am gone..."

[THE REAL NINJA]

i said it before i never found him as boring at all winky on the other hand . Hopkins was just hard to judge as far as all time middleweight greats but as far as just being a great fighter there is no argument

[ROSEWOOD]

He said this years ago....I am glad to see more love for Hopkins as a great fighter...and not so much focus on his style...I have personally always enjoy watching Hopkins...mainly because I love defensive and crafty fighters (Mayweather, Whitaker, Toney...etc)...but he got a lot of slack for the way he fights...but it is sure effective...and he can still speak and think when he retires...

its his style thats won him championships...its his defense that has kept him on his feet...the man is a great and he will reign in somebody'e top five all time....

[Floydko1]

WHICH IS WHY HE GOT KNOCKED THE **** OUT EARLY - TWICE- IN FIGHTS WITH LESSER OPPONENTS...RIGHT?

Yeah and what happend in the rematchs with both Rahman & Mcall?

Mcall had a Mid life Crisis in the center off the ring

Rahman got a total beat down and had a sleep in the center off the ring

Enuff said

[jason100x]

Hopkins has been one of my favorite fighters. It's too bad to see that he's finally reaching the end of his career but it's better not to stick around too long.

[SquareCircle]

I think Hopkins should go after Jermaine Taylor again and then hang em up. He can beat Taylor... Normally when I see an old guy like that fighting I think it's time to quit too, but Bernard rarely takes blows to the head, and as you can see, has no problem speaking clearly and his reflexes are still off the charts,...

if hop was was slurring his speech id be singing a different tune