THE LAST STAND: BERNARD HOPKINS VOWS THAT THE EXECUTIONER WILL BE ON DISPLAY AGAINST JOE SMITH JR.

[nomoreneveragain]

 

[Gizza]

This fight the type of shyt you still talk about decades later.

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

Capricorn Boxers really don't know when to quit. It's almost admirable the dedication Capricorns have despite being embarrassed & downright washed.

Hopkins (51 years old)
Roy Jones Jr (He's still not retired)
Foreman
Ali
Glen Johnson

 

[BigBrown21]

Wow man I can't believe that just happened to Bhop.

 

[firemanBk]

Really is the right way to go out.

 

[AITheAnswerAI]

Capricorn Boxers really don't know when to quit. It's almost admirable the dedication Capricorns have despite being embarrassed & downright washed.

Hopkins (51 years old)
Roy Jones Jr (He's still not retired)
Foreman
Ali
Glen Johnson

These two had a lot of success in their older years. I wouldn't say they stuck around too long, because they won titles and a lot of fights in the later parts of their careers.

Hopkins would be in this category too, if he retired before this shyt.

 

[Achille]

Nah SoG ain't gotta fix that old slime slick c00n shyt. He talked that shyt about Naz and put his biz out there in the streets. That's exactly what I was wishing for. A hard KO to remind his c00n ass he ain't fukking special. He did not even have his last fight in his city. That slime c00n picked LA. fukk that negga. fukk him. He was the first resistance to PBC as well. He hated hard on Haymon and made fun of black fighters to get a giggle out that racist Ovalev (Ward took that killer instinct)

B-Hop is Harvey Dent / 2 Face and definitely not loyal. You saw what he did too is old trainer Bouie Fisher. He was talking smack about John David Jackson but now he working with him again. Then talking smack about Naz. Not good looks in my eyes.

Then he hating on RJJ saying he one dimensional, what Roy's done still overshadow what B-Hops done in the ring. Especially when B-Hop didn't want to take the rematch when it mattered at 60/40, then they fighting for Roy's titles but want it at a catch weight.

 

[scorpino]

He went out on his back...literally

 

[patscorpio]

These two had a lot of success in their older years. I wouldn't say they stuck around too long, because they won titles and a lot of fights in the later parts of their careers.

Hopkins would be in this category too, if he retired before this shyt.

glen johnson is pretty done and he def belongs..you should see his record now..foreman staved it off without getting legit embarassed

 

[LeVraiPapi]

Shouldn't have hopkins last fight be in philly?

SInce it's a bad weather out there, he was trynna milk this shyt. Have the shyt in Brooklyn or PA. Naaah, he gotta fukk over his city over a few bills. He looked concussed.

My negga, he was advised to fight Joe Smith by Dan Rafael during breakfast before the 97g-Brook fight. Lampley said it.

How the fukk you gonna take advice from Dan Rafalous during breakfast, when there's food all around for free ? I mean, on anything at all ? It's like taking advice from a alcoholic during St Patrick's day.

Dan Rafalous was probably thinking of ways to sneak out pork sausages and butter biscuits, and how many french toasts can fit in his pocket wihout getting notice.


B-c00n : So, I have 1 more fight. 1 mo. Last fight. I mean, last fight. That's it. I m shutting that door. WHo do you think I should fight ?

Rafalous : *40 more sausages left. If I put 5 in a napkin and and roll em nicely, they won't stain my pockets. Gotcha. Might as well get some of those french toasts too*

*snaps out of it*

Oh yeah, fight Smith


B-c00n : Cool, you can tweet on it now. I m going out with a bang. Excutioner is back. I m an ALien. I will be the first boxer to fight at 51 and come out on top.

Rafalous: Cool. I will let people know. I gotta go get some orange juice. *disappears for 15 mn*



Fast forward to tonight at 0040 AM Dec 18th 2016.


B-c00n: Hey, why u had me fight that guy, Dan. He killed Fonfara. I forgot it was him. It was too late for me to withdraw the contract. Thought it was a regular Joe

Rafalous: Hey, I meant Liam SMith. Not Joe Smith. That guy has heavy hands. I thought u picked him to show your Alien side. I'd never tell you to fight him. Did I ?

B-c00n:

 

[Achille]

Naazim Richardson: I Hope Hopkins Don't Go Out on His Back - Boxing News

Naazim Richardson: I Hope Hopkins Don't Go Out on His Back

By Ryan Burton

Future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins (55-7-2) will enter the squared circle as a professional fighter tonight at The Forum in Los Angeles, Calif. against Joe Smith (22-1). The fight will headline an HBO triple-header.

One of the stories lines of the fight is that Hopkins will not have long time trainer Naazim Richardson in his corner. Instead he will have former opponent John David Jackson, who he stopped in 1997, giving him instructions.

Neither Hopkins or Richardson have given a straight answer as to why they aren't working together for the final fight of Hopkins illustrious career.

"You have to ask him," Richardson old BoxingScene.com. "The way we and Bernard always did it - we don't hang out or go to fights together - we didn't do that. He would call me and say where you at? 'I'm in the gym getting my body together and you need to be in next week' and I would be in next week. (This time) I didn't get a phone call from him. I saw the fight was made. I didn't know the the other kid. Like I said you have to ask him. He's the one fighting."

The Philadelphia based trainer insists he harbors no hard feelings for Hopkins and hopes he leaves the ring healthy. He believes that the soon to be 52-year-old can leave he sport anyway he wants and wishes him the best versus the 27-year-old Smith.

"He earned the right to go out anyway he want to. If he said he wants to fight southpaw in this fight he earned the right to do it. This man walked the path. He done gave us everything he can give us," said Richardson.

"I don't want to see Joe Smith get hurt and I damn sure don't want Bernard Hopkins to get hurt. Let them fight their fight and get their money. Whatever Bernard is looking for I hope he finds it."

Richardson is a little nervous about how the fight may play out. When you factor in that Smith is almost 25 years younger than Hopkins and riding high off of a 1st round destruction of contender Andrzej Fonfara - with Hopkins' two year layoff and lopsided loss to Sergey Kovalev in his last fight, Hopkins could be playing with fire.

He believes that Hopkins may have stuck around too long in a sport that is very unforgiving to Father Time.

"Years ago he asked me what I thought when he had just fought (Antonio) Tarver. I said 'leave the sport' because you have done everything and the only thing he hasn't done in boxing was lose badly and he stayed long enough (after that) to fight Kovalev and lose all 12 rounds.

"So now he's done everything except for this - he's never been knocked flat on his back and I hope Joe Smith ain't the one," Richardson told BoxingScene.com.

 

[JahFocus CS]

It's gotta be the Knockout of the Year did B-Hop dirty

 

[Big Boss]

B-Hop is Harvey Dent / 2 Face and definitely not loyal. You saw what he did too is old trainer Bouie Fisher. He was talking smack about John David Jackson but now he working with him again. Then talking smack about Naz. Not good looks in my eyes.

Then he hating on RJJ saying he one dimensional, what Roy's done still overshadow what B-Hops done in the ring. Especially when B-Hop didn't want to take the rematch when it mattered at 60/40, then they fighting for Roy's titles but want it at a catch weight.

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

These two had a lot of success in their older years. I wouldn't say they stuck around too long, because they won titles and a lot of fights in the later parts of their careers.

Hopkins would be in this category too, if he retired before this shyt.

Yeah that's true.....

Still the fact the remains, they just don't give up at all even if they've had success. Boxing at Forman and Hopkins age is still crazy.

 

[Max.]