"Mayweather Jr: "I would like to see Bernard Hopkins face a better challenge".

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  1. SchweitzerMan

    SchweitzerMan Active Member Full Member

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    Used to, not anymore. Don't know what happened between them but Dawson is trained by Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
     
  2. dmoney5787

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    I am interested in this fight. It will sell better than if either of the two fought Dawson, and it is lower risk for both fighters. Floyd is justified in his criticizim of Hopkins based on how Hopkins acted after Floyds last fight. In my opinion Floyd is just trying to make the point that Hopkins has no right to judge Mayweather based on who he fights if he is not going to fight the best himself.
     
  3. pngo

    pngo #1Contender Full Member

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    Jones has been done at the elite level for years now, he doesn't have his footwork, he lost his reflexes and lost almost all of his power.
    He just stays on the ropes and tries to counter from there, I just don't see what Jones brings that will actually bother Hopkins.

    This fight doesn't prove ANYTHING, I just hope that Jones finally retires(which he should have done like 5 years ago).
     
  4. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hypocrite.
     
  5. Kush

    Kush Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :rofl what's next, " MC Hammer shouldve been more careful with his money"
     
  6. jso416

    jso416 F U Nutthuggers!!! Full Member

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    Maybe Floyd is mad because of this......

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBsAd7Tk9kg[/ame]
     
  7. Ziggy Montana

    Ziggy Montana The Butcher Full Member

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    I've long given up the idea that this board would gather true boxing fans, appreciative of ring skills and athleticism. No, what we've got here instead is a bunch of girly men with hairdresser attitude getting their pants wet over newspaper headlines, gossip and misc. magooish PBF statements. Why don't you all go watch some Perez Hilton reality show and leave adults speak amongst themselves. You're not cut for boxing anyway.
     
  8. DAGOBOY

    DAGOBOY Active Member Full Member

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    as much as i like bernard hopkins i agree. jones is pretty past it. hopkins as well but he has way more left than jones.
     
  9. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    are you using floyd fans to describe floyd critics?
     
  10. renyo

    renyo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    At 45 Hop could go downhill in any fight. The man already has his legacy and after he's gone it will continue to grow. the Pav fights and the Tarver fights over the age of 40 are huge where he wasn't given much of a chance either time. I think he's faced top notch and should get ready for retirement.
     
  11. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Mayweather is nothing more than an egotistical prima donna who was blessed with incredible natural boxing talent. Unfortunately he was given the heart & cojones of a gnat. How anyone can still support a guy that basically has wasted his God given talents defeats me:barf
     
  12. Ziggy Montana

    Ziggy Montana The Butcher Full Member

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    Yeah those 6 world titles in 5 different weight divisions are a total waste of his God given talents. :patsch
     
  13. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    He cherry picked his opponents as everyone knows he ducked real opposition like Tony Margarito & Shane Mosely
     
  14. Ziggy Montana

    Ziggy Montana The Butcher Full Member

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    So big ****en deal, he'll retire as a great one whose resume as a WW may not have been up to everyone's expectations (i.e. ducking a subpar mw shrunk into a ww who will be remembered for his creative use of plaster of paris and the EPO offender who kicked his ass).

    Wouldn't be the first time a great boxer's legacy is tainted with questionable matchups or the fights he didn't fight.
     
  15. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    There are 4-5 belts boxers fight for in each weight class. Stating that poor boy accomplishment doesn't hold the same weight as it used to.