Benard Hopkins on Floyd Mayweather

CIANI: I have to ask you quickly, fans were really disappointed with the way the Floyd Mayweather Junior fight ended recently. A lot of fans, the same kind of guys who text me during your rematch with Jean Pascal, they tune into these fights to see Floyd lose. As a fighter with an old school mentality, in your opinion what is the key for somebody to beat Floyd Mayweather?

HOPKINS: There is no key.

There is no key.

There is no key to beat Floyd Mayweather. Mayweather right now in that weight class that he fights in, up and down, a notch up and a notch down—so whatever weight is a notch down, junior welterweight and I guess a notch up is junior middleweight. With his style, his old school style and his IQ, he can box until he’s 50 if he wants. Yeah! This isn’t the first time that I’ve said this. See, you take all of that stuff that you think about a person. You got to remember, I’m the one that jumped in and got Shane in the buzz to do that fight when HBO and Max Kellerman were doing an interview. I said, “Fight Shane”, and he beat Shane easily! It started off rough, but he showed me moxie. He showed me that he had something where nobody had ever seen him in that position.

Then of course you have to understand, he has a father that’s an encyclopedia! When I start talking about Emanuel Steward and the great trainers, you know Freddie Roach, the IQ, Eddie Futch. Freddie Roach learned from Eddie Futch! When you start talking about these guys you can’t rule out Floyd Senior and Roger Mayweather. You can’t rule out these guys, man! That is history there! In today’s crop of fighters, and there are some good ones—even in Golden Boy, even on our side, even on Top Rank’s side—with today’s fighters, being 30-plus years old, seasoned, he keeps his body clean, stays in shape all the time. The only negative is that he doesn’t fight as often, but he doesn’t abuse his body where he’s 200 pounds. Me and you both know you have fighters who take off two months and then they’re 80 pounds overweight! No name, no blame. We ain’t got to mention names. But at the end of the day man, you asked me a legitimate question and I have to give you a legitimate answer. If he wants to fight until he’s 50, with the style, the IQ, and the father and uncle in your mind, hey man—the only person who could beat Floyd Mayweather is Floyd Mayweather!

 

Really? you need to improve your reading compehension if that's what you got.

 

All respect due, but Dorf didn't say what you are saying. He said that, " Floyd makes mistakes, gets too much confident, loses his concentration and someone, somebody is there to make him suffer from that... That's what i got from the interview." Which is in no shape or form what Benard said.