Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Smith

[Dia bando]

Do you no something I bet on Hopkins to win I lost and I don't give a shit.

[imp]

Hopkins is still a legend and Duran did worse and so is he.

Agree.

Terrible way to leave the game though..I mean how many of us can remember someone actually being knocked out of the ring to the floor?!

Nigel benn nearly fell out against Gerald MC but with Hopkins it was a complete royal rumble elimination.

He is 51 years old (but so greedy) that I expect him to fight again against a complete novice for a better exit.

[holmcall]

Is it true that one judge had it for Hopkins one had it for Smith,and one had it a draw? If so, that is a sickening disgrace and warrants an investigation.

[holmcall]

Here is my "nephew's" quote on another site and I essentially agree with it:

"EZ E Yep, a terrible loser. It reminded me of the first Bhop vs Dawson. He played his way out of that one with that "I hurt my shoulder..." routine. My granddaughter has fallen harder on the Monkey Bars and gets up undaunted and she's not a chiseled career athlete. Anyway, I've watched the ending 3 times and Bhops was at it AGAIN. He wasn't complaining about his back, nor his head. He was saying the he hurt his ankle, "It's throbbing" "It hurts" "I can walk but I can't move around..." With the same crybaby face of before he whined, "he pushed me" just like my kids used to say. He DIDN'T hit his ankles. From what I saw his ankles were IN THE AIR as he feel! He was making all kinds of excuses, trying to convince all those commission guys, Doctors, reporters... Raise the volume and listen well for yourselves, he knew he had no other way out. As for the official scoring, a joke! I don't always agree with Lederman but I did this time, round for round. Kellerman was hugging Bhops nuts throughout, sickening. Lampley as well, but to a lesser degree. Russell made a fool of himself having Bhops ahead. Time for him to get it together or retire along with Bhop. There's no denying that Hopkins has had a magnificent career. He was boring for the most part, relied a lot of intelligent fouling, shrewd bullying, not one to abbey by the rules.. but that's all part of what made him great. He was special and EXTRAORDINARY in every sense of the word. But.. he sort of went out like a Sammy "The Bull" Gravano. This could be the one fight many fans will remember most. Not because he lost BUT.. by the way he carried on after going through the ropes. If he had just refrained from 'sore losing' and watched the tapes and later admitted defeat nobly it would've been a GREAT way to enter retirement regardless of the loss. No, I'm not big Bhops fan, but not a hater. I recognize greatness, his greatness. Peace to all."


Joe hit him with some monster bombs. He had 20 seconds to get back in. He didn’t make it. End of fight, In fact, he was lucky he did not get back in there.

A rematch would be like authorizing a “killing”. Hops is done and has been for some time. The way he was taking those short steps around the ring was painful to watch but reflected the fact that once again, you don’t beat Father Time.

He has always been a sore loser and whines more than JMM. or Duran. That didn't change last night.

[Dia bando]

Sorry old Hopkins is a cheating SOB he has fouled and play acted his way through fights.
Only in America would you put up with his dirty style of fighting .
He is bloody crap to watch and the SOB cost me £100.

[holmcall]

sorry old hopkins is a cheating sob he has fouled and play acted his way through fights.
Only in america would you put up with his dirty style of fighting .
He is bloody crap to watch and the sob cost me £100.

lmao