Hopkins interview MUST see

Hopkins has this. I won't be surprised if he knocks krusher out.

 

like he knocked out his last few opponents including human punching bags shumenov and murat, roy shot to **** no punch resistance jones jr.

doesnt look likely does it. :roll:

 

Maybe, but it is true so get over it:bbb

 

"Do they really think I'm going to give up something that I really worked hard for at this stage of my career? I said, 'Wait a minute, who's the number one contender, who's fighting for the number two contender.' And my resources said, 'You know, there is a fight on ESPN.' And they said, 'Guess who he is managed by.' My eyes work, but my ears don't. That's my slogan now. My eyes work, but my ears don't. Did they think I was a rookie? I learned from the best, Don King, Dan Goossen, Lou DiBella."
"If they was thinking that they lost twice. If you look at the fight on ESPN, they were fighting for the number one or two position I believe of the IBF ratings. What I believe, the stall of negotiations and the changes from one day to another, and not having a solid deal - it was an entity trying to use the IBF's time slot against me."

"But they didn't understand that I already had a deal to fight Kovalev. Nobody thought I was going to fight Kovalev. Even the other side, they thought it was a bluff. Somebody tried to call my bluff and it got called. But it got called against them [Team Stevenson] and not me. At the end of the day - they were anticipating that I was going to give up the title and the young guy who fought Campillo, who is on his last legs, was going to beat by the youngster and then the youngster was in line to fight [Mohumaddi] for the IBF title."

"My resources told me, 'Well you know Al Haymon got the guy.' I said 'I'm not surprised Al Haymon got everybody.' So if I gave up the title or get stripped, then he would be, if he won [with Campillo], he would be fighting for the IBF title with the number one guy. And then I still could have did the Stevenson fight because people want to see the fight. But then there are two benefits for one guy if I would have went that way, but not in my best interest. They waited all this time and tried to win on both ways and got burnt."

"It played out just the way my team wanted it. Oscar did a hell of a job, Eric did a hell of a job, my Eric did a hell of a job, and I did a hell of a job by listening to everything that got said to me and analyzing the right thing that needed to be done for this fight to happen, Main Events stepped up and they were fair, and we were fair all around the board."
At the end of the day, Hopkins is delighted to fight Kovalev on HBO, because it further solidifies his legacy - win or lose - that he was always willing to fight anybody.

"The fans wanted it. They don't get cheated. They get to see the best fight the best. I said that whoever steps [up], with no games, that's where I would go and that's where I'm at," Hopkins said. I was dealing with the negotiations day in and day out. At the end of the day, what was the best deal all around, besides the money - who really negotiated in good faith and wanted to make it happen and put all of the egos on the side.
"I'm not going to do anything where I haven't thought about it physically and mentally. I don't operate like that. And I'll tell you this - I will go down as one of the fighters who never, never ducked anybody."