I do find it amusing how Hopkins is always making these grand pronouncements about being too close to Ward to ever want to fight him, and Ward's just like "Whatever, if it happens it happens."
Shoulders are the worst with boxing. If you tweek, tear, minor tear, just get the surgery done as fast as you can dont try working around it
I wish Hopkins would stop with all this 'he's my brother we'll never fight' talk, he can make big money fighting Ward and even though he'd be a big underdog it would be great motivation to win and even a loss wouldn't hurt his legacy one bit not to mention he'd have a chance to scalp a HUGE name for his resume.
I don't think there's big demand for that fight given that Hopkins is not the #1 at 175. Not to mention the style matchup would produce a very ugly fight.
Ward has ascended Floyd P4P #1. Good question by interviewer in asking that. Rios-Alvardo is also a tossup.
Hopkins doesn't want to fight a fighter as clever and skilled as Ward. At no point in his career has he been embarrassed, would seem silly to take an obvious schooling now.