After his unanimous victory Saturday night over Roy Jones Jr., two division world champion Bernard Hopkins, was taken to University Medical Center immediately following the fight after receiving a rabbit punch to the back of his head in the sixth round of the 12-round bout. Hopkins was released early Sunday morning after receiving a clean bill of health from doctors who examined him thoroughly as all tests administered revealed negative results including a CAT scan. I appreciate the concerns from all of my fans and I want to let them know that I am alright and glad to be home, said Hopkins. It was a hard and scrappy fight which got much harder after the sixth round when I started seeing spots after he hit me with that illegal punch in the back of my head. The doctors at the hospital told me the punch landed at the stem of the brain which effect both vision and balance. It wasnt easy to get adjusted after that so I fought on instinct and heart, choosing to keep fighting like the champion I am, when others maybe would have quit. Hopkins continued. It wasnt the prettiest performance of my career and Roys style of not really wanting to fight didnt make it easy for me to perform at the level of my ability which I feel is still there. I am okay, thanks to my fans for the support and you can all still expect great things from me in the future. When I hear stories like this I can't help feeling something bad will end up happening to the likes of Hopkins, Jones, Holyfield etc. With so many fighters now carrying on into ages past the norm, how long will it be?
Worried about his health because he is 45 years old maybe, not for pitty patter punchers that wouldn't have knocked out a little girl.
I'll start worrying about Benard as soon as he starts worrying about me spending 50dollars for horrific PPV events.
I think we should be extremely worried about his future health. It was obvious on Saturday from his constant hamming it up, squealing, crying, making over wrought facial expressions and rolling on the floor even when blows hadn't landed that he is planning on moving into WWE. And I just don't know how many times he can get hit with a steel chair or choke slammed onto solid concrete at his age without it causing some damage.
B-hop is a ****.. True champion my arse.. Moaned like **** about everything. That one Low blow he hit RJJ with was far worse than anything he got in return yet RJJ barely blinked. He can't do 12 hard rounds so he cheats his way through. Simple...
i dont want in to happen but would you see hopkins acting in this same way again if there was jones vs hopkins 3
Well he should be on better money than Robert Deniro if thats the case. That 'brain stem speech' was his...."are you looking at me"?...tour de force moment. Very moving bit of drama He even had me believing he had fans for a few seconds. Fuk David Haye, i think he should take on Othello next.
