Bernard Hopkins Shows a Lot of Class

[Spicoli]

A clinic.Thought he could take it but not like that,Much respect !

[TitoFan]

I've never been a Hopkins fan... but you have to give credit where credit is due. The man fought an excellent fight, and spoke well to Pavlik afterwards. Who WAS that masked man, anyway?!?!?

[The Shadow]

Well, although I've always been a big fan of Hopkins, I didn't see him winning this fight. I thought that Pavlik would have secured a solid decision victory for himself. I caught the fight
from the second round on, and by the fifth round it was pretty obvious that I was watching something special: Hopkins put on the performance of performances and defined the pace of the fight on his own terms from the opening bell onward. You don't have many opportunities to witness something like that. It was a really special night for the sport of sports.

[DC Amateur Boxing]

Well, although I've always been a big fan of Hopkins, I didn't see him winning this fight. I thought that Pavlik would have secured a solid decision victory for himself. I caught the fight
from the second round on, and by the fifth round it was pretty obvious that I was watching something special: Hopkins put on the performance of performances and defined the pace of the fight on his own terms from the opening bell onward. You don't have many opportunities to witness something like that. It was a really special night for the sport of sports.

I am with you. I would have loved to see BHop win, but I wouldn't have take the 4:1 odds either. But I'm glad he proved me wrong and this was really a great night for boxing in general. I don't know how we can top that either, but if someone comes along with another $3 Million plus, you better believe he will try.

[Master]

Hopkins should retire and train Pavlik.

[zupg]

Never been a huge fan of Hopkins, but always respected what he did. And being a huge Pavlik fan, I have to give Bhop all respect in the world. He showed great respect for Kelly after and I hope Kelly was listening cuz Bernard was being truthful to him. Guess we will have to wait and see. But congrats to Bhop for that performance and class.

[armin]

I do think bhop says lots of shit that he doesn't mean or does just for publicity but I think what he said to kelly he really meant. I mean you got to remember bhop isn't really someone blessed with natural boxing finesse necessarily, he's a guy who learned the trade as he went along, getting better as he got older. Maybe, just maybe bhop saw a little bit of himself in kelly, and as someone said hop should retire and become a trainer I think he'd be rather good at it. As for kelly dam stay at 160 and don't go near crafty boxers for a few years...