Re: Hopkins disses Roy Jones Jr. and Talks about the Chance of Ring Return...
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Originally Posted by raleights
I agree, but still when Bernard says there's no fights out there that interest him, you know thats another way of saying at this age I can't beat Joe :)
No. I truly beleive that that is not what it means in the least. It's saying that he was never a 168 lber before and he's not going to travel to Whales to prove...nothing. Two different weight classes. Unless Calzaghe would travel to 160, why would that fight interest him?
Re: Hopkins disses Roy Jones Jr. and Talks about the Chance of Ring Return...
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Originally Posted by SecondRoundKO
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Originally Posted by raleights
I agree, but still when Bernard says there's no fights out there that interest him, you know thats another way of saying at this age I can't beat Joe :)
No. I truly beleive that that is not what it means in the least. It's saying that he was never a 168 lber before and he's not going to travel to Whales to prove...nothing. Two different weight classes. Unless Calzaghe would travel to 160, why would that fight interest him?
Because, unlike that milk dud he fought a few months ago Calzaghe is on Bernard's level. He admitted not going after the best fights available because of the middleweight defense nonsense (sorry I want to see the best fights, not have records broken). Now he's bored and admitting that if there was a fight that interested him, he'd come out of retirement to do it. So to once again to ignore Calzaghe who's been calling him out for years, a guy who Bernard knows is on his level (unlike Tarver), well it shows Bernard once again is playing it safe. Not being confrentational or anything, but you're coming off as if a Hopkins/Calzaghe fight isn't mouth-watering. It's one of the best fights that could be made in the world right now. Forget the fact that Joe doesn't have huge American recognition (although it still isn't much less than Tarver's), he's one of the best fighters on the planet and Nard is playing it safe.
I refuse to enter any kind of amateur boxing tournaments right now because my cardio isn't where it needs to be. I refuse to get in the ring with a person who isn't capable of doing half of what I can, but lose because I get gassed after a couple of rounds. Thats pretty much what Bernard would go through, he would lose to Joe simply because of his age. Not because he's better, worse, prettier, uglier, fuckin age and thats it. So I can see why he wouldn't want to make the fight happen, but come out and say that you can't deal with pressure fighters like him anymore instead of acting like they don't exist
Just my opinion though :)
Re: Hopkins disses Roy Jones Jr. and Talks about the Chance of Ring Return...
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Originally Posted by raleights
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Originally Posted by SecondRoundKO
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Originally Posted by raleights
I agree, but still when Bernard says there's no fights out there that interest him, you know thats another way of saying at this age I can't beat Joe :)
No. I truly beleive that that is not what it means in the least. It's saying that he was never a 168 lber before and he's not going to travel to Whales to prove...nothing. Two different weight classes. Unless Calzaghe would travel to 160, why would that fight interest him?
Because, unlike that milk dud he fought a few months ago Calzaghe is on Bernard's level. He admitted not going after the best fights available because of the middleweight defense nonsense (sorry I want to see the best fights, not have records broken). Now he's bored and admitting that if there was a fight that interested him, he'd come out of retirement to do it. So to once again to ignore Calzaghe who's been calling him out for years, a guy who Bernard knows is on his level (unlike Tarver), well it shows Bernard once again is playing it safe. Not being confrentational or anything, but you're coming off as if a Hopkins/Calzaghe fight isn't mouth-watering. It's one of the best fights that could be made in the world right now. Forget the fact that Joe doesn't have huge American recognition (although it still isn't much less than Tarver's), he's one of the best fighters on the planet and Nard is playing it safe.
I refuse to enter any kind of amateur boxing tournaments right now because my cardio isn't where it needs to be. I refuse to get in the ring with a person who isn't capable of doing half of what I can, but lose because I get gassed after a couple of rounds. Thats pretty much what Bernard would go through, he would lose to Joe simply because of his age. Not because he's better, worse, prettier, uglier, fuckin age and thats it. So I can see why he wouldn't want to make the fight happen, but come out and say that you can't deal with pressure fighters like him anymore instead of acting like they don't exist
Just my opinion though :)
But you never heard of Sugar Ray Robinson moving up from 160 to 168 did you? ;) He's expressed his desire to move up to
175 to finish his career since he hit 35.
And the fact is that he is 41. I mean are you going to say a 41 year old is ducking someone? He's 41, fought the very best competition for years and years, he doesn't owe anyone anything, especially someone who was a division above B-Hop his whole career.
Re: Hopkins disses Roy Jones Jr. and Talks about the Chance of Ring Return...
The weight is irrelevant IMO, as Hopkins said himself fighting at 168 or 175 would of been very easy with his big frame. I'm not gonna say he is ducking, I'm saying he's never been interested in fighting the best otherwise we'd of seen Roy Jones win another UD over him :)
