"I would never let me a white boy beat me"- Bernard Hopkins

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7133862.stm

American Bernard Hopkins insisted he "would never lose to a white person" when he came face-to-face with Joe Calzaghe in Las Vegas on Friday.


Calzaghe, 35, beat Mikkel Kessler to become undisputed super-middleweight champion last month and is keen to fight Hopkins, 42, next year.

And the pair almost came to blows at the MGM Grand ahead of Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather's weigh-in.

"I would never let me a white boy beat me," Hopkins said five times. <!-- E SF -->

"You can print that. I would never lose to a white person. He said on record that he's going to take the fight and that's all you need to hear.
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"I haven't ducked nobody in my career, my credibility is intact. Kessler is not in my league, man. Who is Kessler? You think Kessler was a true warrior?"

Calzaghe and Hopkins caused such a commotion in the MGM Grand media centre that former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis broke off an interview nearby to listen, as dozens of journalists circled the pair.

"He ducked me four years ago," said Welshman Calzaghe. "He thinks he's a legend but he lost to Jermain Taylor twice and, believe me, he will lose to me.

"He will not beat me throwing 12 punches a round. I throw 1,000 punches a fight. He'll get his arse kicked, full stop.

"I'm undefeated for 17 years - look at his face and look at mine. He's all mouth. When he fights he doesn't fight, he holds.

"He's 42 and can't throw the punches like me, and if we do fight he's going to get beat."

Former middleweight king Hopkins, now campaigning at light-heavy, has a career record of 48 wins, four losses and a draw from 54 fights.<!-- E BO -->

 

Oh no he didn't! :doh:

 

that's okay, it only becomes racist if a white guy makes a stupid remark like that.

 

word.

 

And deservedly so! :tease:

 

:: YES HE DID!:laughing:

 

Hopkins will beat Calzaghe.....:stir:




and Hopkins is a racist....

 

Good point. It's bullshit but thats how it is.

 

Seriously though...what is wrong with Hopkins? Is he losing his mind already? Ya just don't say things like that!!!! :doh:

 

:: :: True ...

Anyway , I think Hop is going to clearly lose this fight ...

 

"I can't wait to make Bernard my slave." - Joe Calzaghe

:dunno:

 

It's somewhat unfair but the white man has put himself in that position because of the racism that he initiated and spread for centuries...enslaving, conquering, decimating, nuking, etc....opcorn:

 

He's threatened. That much is obvious. He wants to kill Calzaghe but at the same time he doesn't want to risk losing to him. Hops would much prefer somebody else destroy Calzaghe so he can point and laugh.::

 

Come on Sly, you're being paid well and live nicely now.:: And your athletes are amongst the richest in the world. Hell look at Oprah, lady is a billionaire and has millions of white loyal viewers.

 

If Calzaghe said that , they might suspend him from boxing or something ... haha ::

 

:laughing:

This thread is going nowhere good, and fast too!!

 

This thread could never lose to a whiteboy !

 

I don't know, he may have the right complexion for the connections!

 

I agree this thread is going to self destruct if you ask me.:eeeek:

 

Friday, 1:20 p.m. PT -- Why don't you say what you really feel, Hopkins?


Joe Calzaghe was just finishing up a radio interview when he spotted Bernard Hopkins and, simultaneously, Hopkins spotted him. Hopkins made a beeline straight for him and the two rivals went face-to-face and nose-to-nose. It was difficult to make out everything above the din, but the back-and-forth went something like this:
Bernard Hopkins: Will you take the fight?
Joe Calzaghe: Will YOU take the fight?
BH: I already said I'll take the fight.
JC: OK then, let's fight. When you want to do it?
BH: I'm gonna mess up your face.
JC: Nobody's messed up my face. Look at my face. Twenty-five years of fighting and not a mark.
BH: That's because you're fighting in Europe. You're not fighting a legend.
JC: I am a legend.
BH: In Europe.
JC: There's no way you can beat me.
BH: I will never let a white person beat me.
JC: If you fight me, you'll lose.
BH: I will never lose to a white person.
JC: I can't wait man, I can't wait to kick your ass. --

 

It's not even that he said, but the timing is the killer... it's almost as if he's hoping to incite a race riot.

Either that, or he was fishing, seeing if he could get a Ni....mble response from Joe.

Whatever the case, he continues to live down to his reputation.

 

If Hopkins tries to keep up with Joe's pace , he will fade and even might get stopped if he is tired enough ..

 

people won't want to hear it, but there is a lot of truth to this

 

I have to hold off on getting excited until the fight is signed. I hope they fight!

 

Agreed.

 

He wont have too. Joe wont be able to set that pace against Bernard, simply because of teh way Hopkins fights. Still joe should win a decision.

 

I do agree that it is the reason, but it doesn't mae it a good reason

 

wasn't saying it's a good reason, but those who lived their lives as such say, 30 years ago, kind of lose the right to bitch about get-back today.

That said, it's ignorant to even want to go in that direction, but it's the world we (or at least the country I) live in

 

We know this already , its just that is getting a little old now especially coupled with the fact that we (people now) had nothing to do with that.

You know at one point in time , everyone was either a slave or a conqueror - and sometimes both at any given time throughout history.

 

No there isn't. It's just a bullshit excuse.