When Hopkins is done fighting, he should become a Trainer .

In what aspect is he abnormal? He doesn't break the laws of physics like Jones Jr. does.

 

I highly doubt it, but it would be interesting to see them collide :think

 

I think that would work against them for creating a gym together, but a fight. That would be another matter.

 

Roy Jones is what Carl Lewis is to track and field..

Roy Jones is what Michael Jordan is to basketball..

I was born in 1986..

1986 - 2008

Roy Jones has been the greatest, most gifted, athlete in this sport...at any weight.

 

He's a gym rat and an insanely disciplined one at that, but I don't think that disqualifies him as a trainer.

 

I agree. I just thought it'd be cool to have a gym that doesn't teach the basic both hands up and throw 1-2's down the pipe like a robotic stiff. The only ones that teach old school boxing are the Mayweathers at this moment.

 

He certainly could. Obviously he knows the game and is a great strategist, and has a strong work ethic. But the question is does he have the patience to deal with fighters and can he communicate his message to other fighters? I don't know him personally so I can't answer that, but I do know that in many sports, not just boxing, that great athletes don't always make good coaches or trainers. This is because many great athletes simply do not have good teaching skills, or don't have the patience because they can't relate to guys when things don't come as easily to their pupils as they did for them. Sugar Ray Leonard is a prime example of a great talented fighter who didn't make a good trainer, because he didn't have the patience or understanding that hardly anyone is born with the supernatural physical gifts he was.

 

Hopkins and Nazim Richardson have both previously said that he should not become a trainer, the reasoning being that he would push people too far and demand more than they could (or would want to) bring to training.

 

His past trainers have said that he'd make a bad trainer because he'd demand too much of people, in that he couldn't expect from others what he has demanded from himself.

 

i dont know... i mean just because you can play the game well doesnt mean you can teach it...it could actually become the barrier b/n the trainer and the trainee

just take a look at Michael Jordan... he is obviously the greatest basketball player that played the game but now that he's retired it seems that nobody's even considering him to be a coach

 

100% agree. I've stated the same opinion about B-Hop making the transition to trainer on a couple other threads. With his experience and resume matched with a personality and charisma that commands attention, he could teach alot to young fighters while also doubling as promoter. :good

 

Hard to imagine Hopkins not being a great trainer, he is a true pro.

 

He would be a good one.