Bernard Hopkins opted not to do a press conference with Dawson!!

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  1. Canibus81

    Canibus81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I believe Bernard is playing mind games with Dawson because he knows Dawson is a youngster(and he has a world of experience over him to get him frazzled) and doesn't feel the need to feed into anything with him because he's seen it before, so it's like DeJaVu all over again. I also believe he's read the Art Of War when Sung Szo said:

    Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
    Sun Tzu

    This is the tactic that Hopkins is using, I know he is. Hopkins is very stategic in a bulid up going into a fight and he understands Physcology better than most athletes. Expect him to suprise a lot of people this saturday.
     
  2. Arcane

    Arcane One More Time Full Member

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    Hopkins doesn't do mind games, he was scared of Dawson's devestating linguistic skills.
     
  3. Canibus81

    Canibus81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :rofl:lol:
     
  4. KO KIDD

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    Its weird because with someone like Pascal and Taylor he relished the ability to be a jerk at press conferences

    he seems like a grumpy old man no face off no conference, not sure who this benefits maybe it helps Dawson
     
  5. Canibus81

    Canibus81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's politics(so they can't say he said this or that because he's got the bad end of the stick in big fights in the past because of what he's said in the lead up to a fight) but it's also a mind game that he's playing with Dawson, and the last thing is, he doesn't like Dawson. He feels he's not no where close to his level mentally of course and he feels that chad can be easily manipulated and that's because of his antics after their first encounter. He feels Winky had something to do with that rage that Chad had by planting a seed in Dawson's head, so he feels Dawson doesn't think for himself.
     
  6. OttkeRuiz

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    Hopkins does everything for a reason, I see this as a mental tactic as well, let's see how it plays out in the ring. Still have Dawson by a wide UD actually.
     
  7. Dorfmeister

    Dorfmeister Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well, he wouldn't break his silence and giv'em a reason to blah blah blah even more and then Nazim must be also nervous. In his speech b4 and when he mentioned that thing about hooking legs but on a short notice, Dawson started talkin... Then, Gary Shaw says hello to Nard but at the same time he say's that without the title, he's just an old man and they have to pose to the press together. It's impossible! But I liked that thing about the art of war, Canibus. Gat to find some lines in that Jim Jarmush movie with Forrest Whitaker " Ghost Dog- The way of the samurai".
     
  8. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hops will win.

    Been saying it all along,
     
  9. Arcane

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    I'd feel more confident in your prediction if only your v-cash wasn't an absolute disgrace :oops:




    (no more v-cash references for the rest of today I promise :p)
     
  10. Canibus81

    Canibus81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins has definetly read the Art of War and the reason why I know that because he always talks about his life or his opponents life, and that's how he looks at it going into battle. Sun Tzo believed the way to win a battle is with intelligence, even if it might not be pretty. Remember Bernard was in prison for 5yrs. and you have more time on your hands to read, plus he's learned from the best.
     
  11. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Thanks, these next 23 minutes of peace will be much appreciated :twisted:
     
  12. Habecki

    Habecki Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Its hilarious how people think Hopkins every action is a precisely planned tactic.

    Conman Hopkins is a classless douche who simply doesn't want to pass the torch to Chad like a true man would. His refusal to join Chad is childish and simply a product of his ego. End of.
     
  13. Hotsauce

    Hotsauce Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This fight is already over
     
  14. PolishPummler

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    Hopkins doesnt want get called and have to answer anyone as to why he quit last time out.
     
  15. Cormega

    Cormega Quadruple OG Full Member

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    He already provided a doctor's discharge letter stating that he had a dislocated shoulder.

    More like he doesn't want to sit there and listen to a complete ****ing moron with a gay lisp and his fat idiot promoter drone on and on about the same old ****. :dead