Hopkins fined $200,000! Friday, August 17 2007 The Nevada State Athletic Commission has levied a whopping $200,000 fine against Bernard Hopkins for pushing Winky Wright in the face during their weigh-in the day before their July 21 clash at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. No one was injured in scuffle, which took place while the fighters faced off, but the Nevada commission wants to send a message of no tolerance for prefight fisticuffs and hammered "The Executioner" for 6% of his $3 million purse. After the fight Hopkins implied that the incident was a preplanned tactic to create more interest in the fight.
hopkins is one cheap mofo i know he must be really pissed about this ! lol he just might fight for another 5 years now !
It was obviously staged, and notice he "pushed" his face. Generally in these things there is a punch involved. Certainly not worth 200k! Who gets that money? - Jason
That is ridiculous. 200K for an open handed push that wasn't even that hard? Wright was laughing when it happened. That seems way beyond the fines that have been levied before for similar incidents.
I'm curious about that, too. I remember both of them throwing punches, but I don't remember if either/both of them were fined.