Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
Even if injured Hopkins clearly brought it upon himself. You don't flop over and molest your opponent like he was doing. You are perfectly entitled to free yourself from the grip of someone. As for believing the latest update on Hopkins shoulder, I would like to know more than just be told that he has injured it. Let's see some evidence. The fans deserve that.

Also there is clear footage of Hopkins saying that he could not continue and was banging his other hand on the canvas. Now he was asked if he could continue repeatedly. Post fight in the Kellerman interview Hopkins said that he was never asked if he could continue. He has not only screwed up from having tried to smother his opponent by leaning all over him and being pushed away, he has been caught lying.

He was asked if he could continue and he said that he couldn't. Post fight he had gone into denial mode.

Hopkins is lame. At least go out on your guard or at least ask for 5 minutes first. But immediately, it was 'I can't continue!'. Quite a sad exit, but I guess it seldom ends that well for these old types.
I think Dawson got it right, "Gangster" Hop just fucking quit, but I believe Hop wouldn't have quit if he'd known they were going to award Dawson with a TKO.

For what it's worth, I liked the way Dawson was fighting before the fight got stopped, it looked to me like Dawson might be on his way to a KO or at least winning a decision. I've got no sympathy for Hopkins whatsoever, he's used dirty tactics his entire career, and it's finally come back to haunt him.