I don't really like the term 'done' for Bernard, to me that's a descriptor you attach to a former great who simply has nothing left, Morales, Tyson and Gatti, although clearly Gatti was never a true great.

BHop hasn't deteriorated to that level yet and would still be a tough fight for anyone from 160-175 but his days of winning the big fights seem to be over.

There comes a point where, if all you can do is come up with a gameplan of spoiling, holding, tying up your opponenent in order to lose by a narrow decision then the fans won't be too excited about seeing it.

BHop has become irrelevent to current boxing in terms of challenging for titles etc. He's no longer the future of any division but rather a past star who should move on and make way for the youngsters coming through.

He could probably give Dawson or Pavlik a hell of a fight, in terms of competitiveness but neither fight would be particularly exciting. He'll just try to spoil, stop their offensive arsenal and keep the fight close on the scorecards, probably to lose another close decision.

It's possible he could even beat them with the judges help, but honestly do we really care? I want to see guys like Pavlik and Dawson develop into genuine champions and take on the best of the new era.

Taking on an ageing ring genius like BHop as he attempts to take away all of the action in a fight from them and subject them to the tedium of a 12 round equivilant of rock, paper, scissors with Hopkins constantly negating everything they do but not doing anything exciting himself is just not something I want to see any more.

Bernard is/was a modern great, he's had an extraordinary career, but I hope for boxing's sake he decides to call it a day now. Unlike the likes of Morales and Tyson he'll probably never embarrass himself in the ring, but also very unlike those former greats he'll bore the hell out of the audience in order to keep the fight close.