Bernard Hopkins: Your general opinion

[Rican]

of him as a person?

Perhaps this thread has been done before but it really dosen't matter because I wasn't here to see it.

I lost alot of respect for what the man said in the stand off against Joe Callzage, he just appeared to be another stereotypical thug.
I can not respect a fighter who can not respect my race.
Any views?

I respect Hopkins as a fighter and also the fact that he has come far from his time in jail. I also do not think that there are many out there that have the in-ring boxing IQ that he does. However, I lost a lot of respect for him as a person during his behavior leading up to the Trinidad fight. Putting down Puerto Ricans the way he did was really unnecessary and classless. His remarks on Calzaghe were typical of Hopkins. Surely there has to be a better way to sekll fights than cultural insults.

[leftylee]

great boxer and really admire his skills.

[El Kabong]

He's a tough guy, a blue collar fighter, cagey difficult to beat and even more difficult to beat looking good.

He's a new version of Marvin Hagler...not the same style but the same aura and the same fighting spirit