Shocker: Bernard Hopkins Wants Oleg Maskaev

[mECHsLAVE]

what a joke this is, it will never happen...

LOL This was good for a laugh. Hopkins made his name beating up smaller guys who tried to move up too high in weight, so it would be fitting if his career ended with him getting beat down trying to move up too far himself. LOL

[paul750]

LOL This was good for a laugh. Hopkins made his name beating up smaller guys who tried to move up too high in weight, so it would be fitting if his career ended with him getting beat down trying to move up too far himself. LOL

He beat Tarver, you can't take that away from him.

[potatoes]

He should fight Evander Holyfield as a tuneup.

The oversized and overrated Sam Peter would be a better condidiate for a tune-up. Peter is generally believed to be dangerous, but that is only true if he hits you. Hopkins ain't all that easy to hit.

[AintGottaClue]

B-Hop has the right and skill to do whatever the hell he wants

[Two Fisted Piston]

i think he can do it

Mos def...

[Xcel]

While I do give him a chance, I think those guys are really too big for him. Hopkins, let this one ride.

[Tha Greatest]

OMG...

I hope Nard does this..
but if he does, it just shows how sad the HW division is...

Hopkins should fight Toney...

[ben41193]

hopkins vs Maskaev!!!!

Im not sure what too think. Any thoughts or comments. Im genuinly shocked.


There is no typo in the headline. Former middleweight, light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins told boxing scribe Tim Smith, that he wants to replicate the feat which rival Roy Jones, Jr. completed several years ago, by moving up to the heavyweight division and winning a title.

Hopkins, now 41-years-old and coming off a one-sided beating of Antonio Tarver in June, was said to be hanging up the gloves for good, but you can't keep a good man down. Hopkins wants to meet Maskaev in the main event of a June HBO pay-per-view. Hopkins is said to be 185 pounds at the moment, and would fall around 200 pounds for the bout. Of course the money must be right for Hopkins to fight.

For the fight to actually happen, Maskaev must still be the WBC champion by June, he is scheduled for a voluntary defense of against Peter Okhill on Dec. 23 in Moscow, and must then face mandatory challenger Samuel Peter.

"The state of the heavyweight division in America is dead,'' Hopkins told Smith. "Bernard Hopkins is the only boxer who can bring the title back. I was watching that fight (Maekaev-Rahman) and it when it was over, it hit me. Rahman was supposed to be the last line of defense for the America heavyweights. He couldn't do it. But I was inspired to comeback and do it. It's not something that is unheard of. Michael Spinks did it. Roy Jones did it. I can do it.''

Hopkins does know that fans will give him a hard time about returning to the sport after he said that he would never fight again.

"I know people are going to give me a hard time about coming back,'' Hopkins said.

[Nacho_Analstain]

shocked,suprised,worried,excited...i have no idea,this is the most random thing ever,who would of thought?

[ben41193]

shocked,suprised,worried,excited...i have no idea,this is the most random thing ever,who would of thought?

I dunno about this one man. I think maybe if hopkins had done this 5 years ago he coulda pulled it off. But i mean c`mon he is old. Im not saying he cant do it. I actualy think he will. Im just not gonna be surprised if he fails. But if he does this and actualy wins it is gonna secure him a firm place in boxing history. I can even see putting him on an atg p4p list if he pulls this off.