dirty fighters

[IamInuit]

Calling Hopkins a "dirty" fighter is not really an insult, just about everyone he's ever faced has called him "dirty," and he himself has admitted so in several interviews, seemingly taking great pride in being seen that way.

He doesn't view it as cheating, he sees it as him being smarter than everyone else - the ref, judges, opponent.

He calls himself dirty because he sports the vocabulary of a duck billed platypus. He's certainly no all time dirty fighter, actually paling in comparison to others. He may take a few cheap shots here and there and then call himself dirty during a vapour lock in an interview but he does not meet the requirements that he is credited for.

[Fenster]

Calling Hopkins a "dirty" fighter is not really an insult, just about everyone he's ever faced has called him "dirty," and he himself has admitted so in several interviews, seemingly taking great pride in being seen that way.

He doesn't view it as cheating, he sees it as him being smarter than everyone else - the ref, judges, opponent.

He calls himself dirty because he sports the vocabulary of a duck billed platypus. He's certainly no all time dirty fighter, actually paling in comparison to others. He may take a few cheap shots here and there and then call himself dirty during a vapour lock in an interview but he does not meet the requirements that he is credited for.

You're probably right...

Just saying he is not offended by this label, to him it's about "tricks of the trade" etc. As long as you win you win. And he's a bloody good winner.

[Beanz]

Ward
Wlad
Tyson Fury
Tszyu could be just as bad as Hatton
Tyson ( Mike )
Holyfield
Chavez Snr

They have all bent/broke the rules on occasion. There are many, many more but I can't think of them right now.

[Spicoli]

I just don't see bending and working a ref, finding advantage as dirty by definition. A guy can be boarderline street ish, guile and exploiting a less experienced fighter. To me that's Hopkins. Theatrics etc, that's not 'dirty'. Every single fight night has headbutts occur. Hopkins works the system on top of being a masterful craftsman and his biggest advantage may also be he could care 100 percent less what anyone thinks, who he offends or how many friends he makes. In large part it's how he's able to still be at the top of the game pissing off kids half his age.

[roberto duran legend]

Two Ton Tony Galento,and Roberto Duran was no saint.