I am convinced after watching Bernard last night that he is either a cyborg or some kind of robot. He is about to turn 45 next month but he fights with the vigor of a 20 year old. He knows all of the veteran tricks better then anybody in the game but has the energy of someone half his age. Put simply Hopkins is an old school prize fighter one of the last alive in the game. Enrique Ornelas did all he could against B-Hop and of course he got beat up. The thing is when you fight B-Hop you do just loose you get beat up. Hopkins started slow but by the 4th or 5th round he was wearing down the younger fighter. He leaned on him, threw body punches, inadvertently butted heads with Ornelas, and just plain wore him out. The more Hopkins got into the fight the more he landed that patented odd angled right hand. Hopkins wanted some rounds and that is what he got against a tough kid. The scores of the unanimous win were 118-110, 120-109, 119-109 in a landslide. B-Hop was still trying to sell the Roy Jones Jr. rematch and then said that he would become heavyweight champion in 2010. Either way Hopkins is s legend and a true champion and I think he can box until 60.
Nick Thomas deathwish72@gmail.com
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