Oh, I see, you hate Hopkins. Thats understandable with the things he has said.
Nevertheless you cant ignore his level of skill. Herol Graham was the most skilled boxer I've seen in Europe at MW, and hes not exciting to watch but he was left you fully admiring his ability. The same can be said for Hopkins, he shocked me the way he kept unlocking Joe early on. JCs face would screw up all red in shock as he was thinking 'how the hell did he do that?' I wanted to know how he did it too!
I think I used to be like you, into exciting young fighters (young Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Nigel Benn, Dave McAuley, Terry Marsh) but as I have got older and my own lung power has dropped off, its fascinating seeing how someone older can make a monkey out of a younger man just through pure skill - mainly because its the only way an older guy can beat a younger man! That elicts a certain pride in your age to see Bhop outclassing Pascal and (for the first half of the fight) Calzaghe. I still need to see exciting fighters too, dont get me wrong, but a chessmatch isnt a bad watch to break up all the knockouts and wars.Its almost like watching boxing as tennis.
But I agree that hes a rotten loser and far from a gentleman. I must join you in your dislike for Bernard hes far from a decent representative of the human race.
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