Demetrius Hopkins Clips Bernard, No Witter?
By Mark Vester
It was reported earlier today that 2007 mananger of the year, Cameron Dunkin, signed undefeated Demetrius Hopkins (28-0-1, 11KOs), who is scheduled to challenge WBC junior welterweight champion Junior Witter on March 22. It has now come out that Hopkins never agreed to the fight or even received an offer, and his contract with Golden Boy Promotions ran out on January 6, which made him a free agent during the negotiations.
Speaking with boxing scribe Dan Rafael, Demetrius says that nobody from Golden Boy Promotions has even been in contact with him for the last five weeks or sent him a proposal for the fight with Witter. Hopkins is willing to move forward with the Witter fight, but only for the right offer. If Witter falls through, other opponents like WBO champion Ricardo Torres may come into play.
"For one, I was a free agent and negotiating a [promotional] contract and I've been waiting almost five weeks for the proposal," Hopkins said. "My contract expired Jan. 6. I had no extension, no signing bonus, no nothing. I haven't heard from no one from Golden Boy."
Golden Boy's COO, David Itskowitch, tells Rafael that miscommunication is to blame. In light of the issues with Golden Boy, Demetrius appears to be at odds with his uncle, Bernard Hopkins, who is partner within Golden Boy Promotions. Demetrius Hopkins told Rafael that his relationship with Bernard has gotten really bad over the last few months and shades of Floyd Mayweather Sr. vs. Floyd Jr. is written all over the family situation.
Demetrius Hopkins claims that Bernard threw him, his 6-year-old son and his fiancée out of an apartment they rented from him in Philadelphia. He claims the reason was simply being two-weeks behind in rent and the late payment was caused by a switch in banks.
"The man kicked me out of his apartment," Demetrius Hopkins said. "He kicked me, my son and my fiancée out [in November]. He didn't show me any loyalty so why would I show him any? Yeah, I was two weeks late. I was switching bank accounts. He could have told me to pay a late fee. It's not like I didn't have the money. It's not even that he kicked me out. But when you kick my son out, then you got a problem with me. If you don't care about my son, you don't care about me.
"I don't want to do business with my uncle. It's the same thing with us as what goes on between Floyd [Mayweather Jr.] and Floyd Mayweather Sr., and [Bernard] isn't even my father."
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Demetrius Hopkins Clips Bernard, No Witter? - Boxing News
..they've been pretty quiet this year 
..time for them to make noise
