Is Bernard Hopkins a dirty fighter?

[Freedom]

Interesting video here. Hopkins uses every illegal trick imaginable and usually gets away with it.

[jon09]

He is savvy.

[ruthless rocco]

He's like ebola meets aids meets ghb meets alcool meets old spice dirty.

...and I'm pretty sure he's Lance Armstrong dirty as well.

[mikeeod]

Yes, very dirty. He insists on punching people in their faces. Not gentlemanly at all. Boxing matches shouldn't be rough after all, I hate wh n people refer to them as fights....

I question someone's standing as a fan when u have a 50 year old fighter go out of his way to fight a unification against a killer likeKov, and the idiots best observation is that the 50 year old is dirty andon PEDs. Pretty much exactly what I expect from the OP...

[IamInuit]

Hop knows where the ref and the cameras are at all times and takes advantage of it. With all due respect to the slanted video maker you could put together with clever editing the same kind of video for just about anyone and make them look dirty.

Compared to guys like Greb, Saddler, Norfolk and even Pep, Hopkins is an infant. Even in his own time he's not all that questionable. He's been involved in ugly fights the last couple of years but he's been a fighter for over 26.

[Master]

He knows the tricks of the trade but he is not dirty. He pushes boundaries and fakes things and cheats but not dirty.

[ruthless rocco]

He has been very dirty. I don't see how you could argue otherwise. He deliberately throws low blows, punches the hips, taps the cup, leads with his head, pretends to be hurt, grabbing, holding, spinning, rabbit punches, hitting on the break, etc...

The video at the start of this thread alone should be evidence of how dirty he is.

Also, no drug testing before fights. Have we learned nothing from the Lance Armstrong situation? If it's too good to be true. It probably is. Even his trainer says it in the 24/7. No one should be able to do what Bernard is doing. Getting bigger and stronger at 40-45- 50 years of age??!? No one wonders how he's doing it? AND no drug testing for his fights.

Give me a break! Bernard is playing everyone!

[mikeeod]

He has been very dirty. I don't see how you could argue otherwise. He deliberately throws low blows, punches the hips, taps the cup, leads with his head, pretends to be hurt, grabbing, holding, spinning, rabbit punches, hitting on the break, etc...

The video at the start of this thread alone should be evidence of how dirty he is.

Also, no drug testing before fights. Have we learned nothing from the Lance Armstrong situation? If it's too good to be true. It probably is. Even his trainer says it in the 24/7. No one should be able to do what Bernard is doing. Getting bigger and stronger at 40-45- 50 years of age??!? No one wonders how he's doing it? AND no drug testing for his fights.

Give me a break! Bernard is playing everyone!

One more stupid posts to add to all of your other ones I guess. I hate when your mom lets you use her computer. So you really have two points: 1) Hop is dirty and 2) Hop is on PEDs.

1) it's a fight moron, it's supposed to be rough. Hop is the master at getting the other guy flustered and capitalizing on it. Yes, he fights dirty. That is one of my favorite aspects of his game, it's a fight and he uses every advantage he can.

2) Hop isn't any bigger than he was due his prime. He just doesn't dry out now to make weight. The guy is tiny compared to Kov n has a 28 inch waist. His Spartan diet and training are legendary, and the guy has great genetics and never abused his body. Still, he has shown significant decreases is stamina and punching power since his prime.

Your problem is that you are new to the sport so you have nothing to reference and assume that PEDs are the only way to remain effective at an advanced age. You've never seen what an animal and machine Hop was during his prime or how other older fighters like Jersey Joe Walcott and Archie Moore remained formidable into their later years (without today's nutrition advantages, scientific research and hops discipline) so you assume PEDs. One more thing genius: EVERYONE, including Hop is tested for PEDs. You should pay me for all I teach you...

[bradlee180]

Yes. Yes he is. Very dirty.

Winning a World Middleweight Title in 1995 at 30 years old, I wouldn't say he was dirty then through the next few years until about 1999 at the Antwun Echols fight.
Terrific bout, dirty tactics by both guys.
For fans like myself who saw Hopkins' progress from Contender to Champ, it was clear that Hopkins' physical prime was beginning to fade, but hey, he was a month short of 35 years old.

He got very dirty after that, every crafty trick in the book, and even changed his style, to compensate for his fading physical abilities.

Up to 2001, Hopkins put on exciting bouts.
After 2001, most of the fights have been pure boring $#!t-fests (aside from the Trinidad and the Pavlik fights), marred by every dirty tactic in boxing, and bad-acting by Hopkins when the opponent retaliates.

Still a legendary career.
Amazing fighter.


..and dirty.

[Spicoli]

Yes clearly he's dirty, obviously its the root of his success and has nothing to do with guile, skill and being at top for 20 years. The fuck. I can watch any random joe 6 pack over 10 rounds and find something borderline if not "dirty" . Every weekend. Watch him introduced 50+ times in the ring and we'll be convinced he is the second coming of Fritzie Zivic or Golota themselves.