Big surprise, anything else like Bob Arum is a liar, Roy Jones is shot, or Chris Arreola is a fat ass?
Hopkins is not like Dela Hoya, who is really a promoter now. Hopkins is fairly articulate, and brutally frank, about his thoughts.
And the fact he was pretty much jmping at floyd when shane was in the ring after the marquez fight dont change nothing?
I don't think so. From memory he said something like "Don't be surprised if Hatton shocks the world" or something like that - But stopped short of picking Hatton to win.
He said that and I believe he is 100% right. When Hopkins spoke on the same topic before his fight with Ornelas, he did not pick a winner. That he is now picking a winner leads me to believe he also believed this but was reluctant to say so before Shane had the fight.