Bernard Hopkins
Info & Stats: Oldest World Champion Boxer Ever
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Bernard’s thoughts about Chad Dawson bringing in Winky Wright to help him train for the fight: “That’s like hiring a guy that failed his driving test to teach you how to drive.”
Topics: Fighting this Saturday in Los Angeles against Chad Dawson | Fight week | Very motivated to fight | Dawson bringing in Winky Wright | Home in Philadelphia | I'm we got in Jack City | The Eagles problems | The Eagles need to bounce back quickly | Mental toughness is his biggest weapon | Discipline | Only as good as my last fight | What’s the payoff? | Cheesecake is my weakness | When I’m done I want a piece of Cheesecake at the press conference | Haven’t had a knockout since Oscar De La Hoya | His undercard | Dewey Bozella story | Bozella had a chance to leave Jail if he confessed to a crime he did not commit | What’s after boxing? | Working on ESPN Friday Night fights |
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Bernard was asked if he would have ended the fight the way Floyd Mayweather Jr. did against Victor Ortiz: “Absolutely.”
Topics: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz | Would have absolutely did what Floyd did | Inexperienced boxing by Ortiz | You have to protect yourself at all times | Floyd’s punch was a sucker punch for sure | Floyd went street on Ortiz | Element of Sportsmanship? | The Real OG’s | Floyd’s lucky he didn’t get cut from the Ortiz head butt | Ortiz looking for a way out of that fight? | Bernard fighting Felix Trinidad | Chad Dawson | Bernard is going to take the bullets out of Chad’s gun | Working on Chad’s head | Heard Dawson hired Winky Wright | Fighting Trinidad two weeks after 9/11
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Bernard on Jean Pascal: “He hurt my legacy by saying I was a cheat.”
Topics: Rank this accomplishment | Beating Jean Pascal | Becoming the oldest World Champion ever | Staying healthy for all these years | Taking chances during this fight | Wanting to fight Pascal | Pascal calling Hopkins out | Maybe Pascal saw his sloppy fight against Jones Jr. and thought he could win | He’s going to come to the Jim Rome Show and call it quits | Chad Dawson is next | Going to knock out Dawson | Pascal saying Hopkins used performance enhancing drugs | There will be more with Pascal | Pascal selling shirts saying “Take the Test” | I need to check Pascal | Pascal hurt my legacy by questioning him about PED’s | Pascal hurt my credibility | Talk about me anyway you want but don’t call me a cheat | Roy Jones Jr. | As you get older in this game basic skills become survival | Jones Jr. has fought way past the time he’s supposed too | Roy’s fighting off of residue |
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Bernard’s thoughts on his light heavyweight championship rematch with Jean Pascal: “On May 21st, I’m going to take all this energy and beat him down so he will never fight again.”
Topics: He’s burning right now | Jean Pascal demanding Bernard to take a blood test | He’s scared | I’m a veteran fighter and promoter | Had a debate with Pascal | Jean thinks he knows | Jean is saying he cheated | Jean is being disrespectful for every thing I have accomplished | His lifestyle | Pascal challenging all of the hard work he has put in | His psychological warfare in the past compared to Pascal’s recent talking | Don’t be surprised if Pascal dies in the ring | I’m going to take this energy and beat him down so he will never fight again | Pascal questioning his life | Winning multiple titles | He continues to fight because he’s a risk taker | Has a chance to make history |
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Topics: Physical health at age 45 | 60% good clean living, the rest genetics | Life of a professional fighter | Miserable? | Not denying the risk | “Workman’s comp” | Reason for the fight | Why the fans will come to the fight | Really having something personal at stake | 60 – 40 incentive | Taking 17 years to come to the split | Roy not the same fighter | Why waste time with the fight? | Making his case for the fight! | More argument for the fight | Love for boxing | Rome needs to buy the tickets or else! | Bernard should be thanking Jim.
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Related Shows
Oct 12, 2011 show page with Bernard Hopkins
Hour 1 - Rangers Pitch To Miguel Cabrera, And Lose | The Details Of The Red Sox Clubhouse | Nick Cafardo (MLB) Interview | The New Diehard
Hour 2 - Tom Rothman (Die Hard Announcement) Interview | Reaction To New Die Hard Announcement | Travis Lewis (College Football) Interview | The Story Of Dewey Bozella
Hour 3 - Bernard Hopkins (Boxing) Interview | Chael Sonnen Says Anderson Silva 'Absolutely Sucks' | Huge Email Contest | Huge Call Of The Day
Sep 21, 2011 show page with Bernard Hopkins
Hour 1 - Red Sox Come From Ahead To Lose, Papelbon Says Everything Is Fine | Ron Artest Gets Booted From Dancing With The Stars | Bernard Hopkins (Boxing) Interview | A Very Short Segment
Hour 2 - Mike Tyson's Act At The Charlie Sheen Roast | Caller Says Mayweather Brings Much-Needed Pub To Boxing | Seth Greenberg (College Basketball) Interview | A Very Short Segment
Hour 3 - Pearl Jam's 20 Year Timeline Doesn't Include J-Stew's Betterman | JP Bolwahnn (College Football And Navy Seals) Interview | Kyle Korver (NBA) Interview | The Official Ending To The Kyle Streak, Ends At 30
May 25, 2011 show page with Bernard Hopkins
Hour 1 - Heat Are Dominating, And It Doesn't Look Like They Will Be Stopped | People Are Rooting Against LeBron And The Heat | Bernard Hopkins (Boxing) Interview | A Very Short Segment
Hour 2 - Chris Grant (NBA) Interview | Calgary And Vancouver Clones Trade Blows | Hockey Alert: San Jose Completes Their Letdown | A Very Short Segment
Hour 3 - Yankees Ban IPads At Games | Kyle Busch Gets Stopped For Going 83 Mph Over The Speed Limit | Huge Email Of The Day | Mike Bibby (NBA) Interview
Apr 5, 2011 show page with Bernard Hopkins
Hour 1 - An Unwatchable National Championship Game | The Smack-Off Field | Billy Packer (College Basketball) Interview | A Very Short Segment
Hour 2 - Mike Tyson, Then And Now | Dennis Rodman Going Into The Hall Of Fame | Brandon Phillips (MLB) Interview | A Very Short Segment
Hour 3 - Promoting Smack-Off | Caller Jesse In Portland Efforting For The Smackoff | Bernard Hopkins (Boxing) Interview | Good-Byes
Feb 5, 2010 show page with Bernard Hopkins
Hour 1 - A Boring Week Of Super Bowl Coverage, What Would Everyone Talk About If Dwight Freeney Didn't Get Hurt? | Tom Curran Interview (NFL Columnist) | Brent Celek Interview (TE Philadelphia Eagles) | Ricky Watters Interview (Former NFL RB)
Hour 2 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. Interview (Pro Boxer) | Gregg Doyel Interview (Writer CBS Sports) | Mark Sanchez Interview (QB NY Jets) | Bodie In Pearland Calls Into The Show
Hour 3 - Jason Whitlock Interview (Writer FOX Sports) | Bernard Hopkins Interview (Pro Boxer) | Terrell Thomas Interview (CB NY Jets) | The Week That Was






