Thought this news would interest some. "To hear Hopkins tell it, though, there was nothing spontaneous or mean-spirited about what he said. Heck, Hopkins insisted, he has nothing against white people. Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Hopkins' promotional company, Golden Boy Promotions, helped put together the fight and physical conditioning guru Mackie Shilstone again is being brought in to help whip B-Hop into tip-top shape. Both are white." http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20080124_Hopkins_selling_tickets_in_black_and_white.html
So what? Back in the day white land owners brought in black slaves to work the fields and do chores around the house, doesn't mean they were not racist ****s. Hopkins might well be happy to work with white guys who are useful to him, doesn't change the fact he sees himself as the better man for being black.
He trained Jones in the second Tarver fight only, if I remember well. And I remember Roy being in a much better shape for this one, he was crisp... Conditioning is of no help against a perfectly timed left like the one Tarver landed.
only the Ruiz fight. Mackie has never conditioned a boxer whose lost. Holyfield, RJJ, then Hopkins. Each time, Mackie was in the winning corner.
