Hopkins says he's ignored because he's black, also brags he ruined Pavlik's life

[Hulk]

This is just Hop psyching himself up. For anyone who has watched the sport for a while, just think back to how he behaved prior to Tito and Pavilik. He gets himself worked up and increases the chip on his shoulder to get his mind right and get himself pissed off and motivated to go to war against a guy who is supposed to beat him badly. Hop always does this, and he usually performs well when he does.

I could be wrong, but I don't view Hop as a racist, and this is really no different to things Floyd has said before. Think of his comments about Jeremy Lin in basketball, or even Manny in boxing. There is a perception that because it is common for black boxers to be the most dominant, they don't generate the following that whites, hispanics, asians...etc. do because they (whites, hispanics, asians) are more of the anomaly/rarity.

You have to admit, there is some truth to what he is saying. It is remarkable what he is currently doing and there really isn't the publicity you would expect. Same with his story, the fact that he did hard time in the Pen and has been able to turn his life around completely and become a model citizen.

I agree completely about him psyching himself up. He says outrageous things and acts like a jerk leading up to big fights. Let him do it as long as he keeps on winning and proving critics wrong.


I'm white and I don't take it personally.


There was a very touching article years ago about how kindly Bernard treated a terminally ill white teenager. He treated the kid like gold and the kid passed away at home watching Bernard beat Pavlik as I recall.

[Spicoli]

Hopkins being Hopkins really nothing new. He doesn't care one way or another what fans or opponents think of him. He's a 50 yr old geezer who wears a Halloween mask to the ring and embarrasses kids half his age. More power to him....Kovalev was reached earlier for a response

[holmcall]

Chip on shoulder time. This guys makes me sick with his whining. He is worse than Holmes, Chavez, Sr, and JMM combined.