Bernard Hopkins was born on the 15th of January in 1965 (Generation X). Join Facebook to connect with Bernard Hopkins and others you may know. The 1960s was the decade dominated by the Vietnam War, Civil Rights Protests, Cuban Missile Crisis, antiwar protests and saw the assassinations of US President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Katz, who has made hundreds if not thousands of matches during his own illustrious career, has a keen enough memory that he claims to remember details of Mitchell-Hopkins, which was on the undercard of a show headlined by welterweight John Wesley Meekins’ 10-round majority decision over Saoul Mamby. I’m done!”, Ellerbe responded: “Bruh, you nailed it, s— is crazy, foreal!”. Bernard Hopkins poses for a Ring Magazine studio shoot conducted in the 1990s. The 55-year-old American was born in the Year of the Serpent and is part of Generation X. Bernard Hopkins’s birth sign is Capricorn and he has a ruling planet of Saturn. The 1960s was the decade dominated by the Vietnam War, Civil Rights Protests, Cuban Missile Crisis, antiwar protests and saw the assassinations of US President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. All rights reserved. It’s really comical to me at this point! View the profiles of people named Bernard Hopkins. According to Chinese Zodiac, Bernard was born in the Year of the Serpent. I remember thinking, `I can’t do this for the rest of my life.’”, It was on one of those roofs that Hopkins every now and then would do some shadowboxing moves and tell his fellow workers that he’d be a boxing champion someday. For more on how to train like Bernard Hopkins and other big names from combat sport, download Total Fight Training from the Boxing News app, available from iTunes, Google Play or www.pocketmags.com. “Jealousy is a terrible thing. The inclusion of Mayweather’s one-sided 2015 triumph over Pacquiao puts the ball further in his court. How could a fan in good conscience root for a person that would disparage an entire nation? Join our newsletter to get info about latest events and deals! bernard hopkins: history and hurt The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of AllHipHop.com. Bernard Hopkins has not been previously engaged. Mayweather defeated 21 world champions in those 50 victories. However, the world does not seem to care nor appreciate the incredible nature of this heroic attempt at glory.eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'allhiphop_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_6',652,'0','0'])); The reasons as to why Hopkins is not as well known/liked as his merits would warrant are plentiful. Bernard Hopkins is best known for being a Boxer. Legendary Ring Magazine/website had their tribute: RIP Brother Nazim Richardson, a class man, a great trainer, a tremendous father pic.twitter.com/PQx7ePZyEA, — Bible of Boxing (@ringmagazine) July 24, 2020. He went a little further than Ellerbe. “It was a very, very close fight,” Katz recalled. They played the game and gave the public what they wanted, action and super fights. Richardson legendarily went crazy in protest, threatening to punch Margarito and his trainer, while being restrained. ” He had eight losses and Pac has seven. “I did some research four or five years ago and found out that he had passed away,” Hopkins said. Let’s take a look at Bernard Hopkins past relationships, ex-girlfriends and previous hookups. Bookmark this page and come back for updates. “He became a diabetic, I’m 99.99% sure of that, and if definitely had an effect on his career,” Katz said of the Brooklyn native who took seven years off from the ring after getting the nod over Hopkins. boxing personality and up and coming Philly fight promoter, Michelle “Raging Babe” Rosado added. Doing any of that was only going to get me put behind bars again, and I had vowed to myself I would never let that happen. In an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2014, I’m over Tyson-Jones ‘fight’ talk already. pic.twitter.com/2MS4GXvdXt, — Evander Holyfield (@holyfield) July 24, 2020. They say you never forget your first time. Whoever says they rather have Manny’s career over Floyd’s is telling a got damn lie. “He’s been stopped and Pac has also. Got A Tip? Phil Jay is Editor of WBN. So it was back to boxing, and this time Hopkins demonstrated that he was more, much more, than fodder to be sacrificed to prospects with presumably brighter futures. I don’t care what season it is, that’s hard work. 5,046 Likes, 106 Comments - Bernard Hopkins (@bhopdaalien) on Instagram: “Chill mode” Decades of self-reflection have convinced him all those personal highs and lows were, in their own way, building blocks upon which his highly improbable life’s journey has been crafted. Former Undisputed Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champ, Evander Holyfield expressed his condolences, Today we lost a legend in the #Boxing community. Waiting for your permission to load the comments. They were the people I grew up with! His legacy is undeniable. He could have avenged his loss to a prime Roy Jones or gone up/down in weight to make a super fight but preferred to go for the defense record.eval(ez_write_tag([[580,400],'allhiphop_com-box-4','ezslot_2',672,'0','0'])); In choosing personal records, he alienated the people. It is natural for this type of behavior to be disliked and in fact, it would be disturbing if he was incredibly famous and appreciated when he behaves in such an irreverent manner. – Who’s the richest Boxer in the world? To which one of his co-workers, Steve Traitz Jr., said, `Aw, man, you ain’t gonna be shit.’ To settle the matter of whose vision of the future was the more likely, the two men traipsed off to Slim Jim Robinson’s gym where, Hopkins said, “I damn near knocked Steve’s head off.” An impressed Traitz, who also tried his hand at boxing, agreed, saying, “This kid actually might have something.”, Roy Jones (left) against Bernard Hopkins in 1993. Roy Jones Jr. defeated Bernard Hopkins back in 1993, Legends Calzaghe and Hopkins tangled in 2008, International Boxing HOF delays induction to 2021. “I didn’t want to get into the drug trade. Hopkins gave his views in an interview discussing which C.V. of the two legends he would rather have. Good question. or Subscribe. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); An outpouring of love and sympathy has come on Friday morning with the news that prominent boxing trainer from Philadelphia, Naazim Richardson, has died at the age of 54 . “I couldn’t see Shirley Mae Hopkins suffer any more,” Hopkins said of the pain his mother, who had borne seven other children, felt from not only from his 56-month incarceration as prisoner Y4145, but the murder of his younger brother Michael, another senseless victim of the kind of violence that have turned America’s inner cities into something akin to war zones. Former world champion Julian Williams then joined the conversation. He is a master pugilist, one of the smartest and most technically brilliant, but fights dirty with cheap tactics. Get TMZ breaking news sent right to your browser! Bernard had at least 1 relationship in the past. Bernard Hopkins also has a ruling planet of Saturn. He had several memorable fights with fellow boxing great Roy Jones Jr. He showed what, given the opportunity, an individual – any individual – can do.”. “I don’t care what anyone says. Bernard Hopkins has not been previously engaged. Fun Fact: On the day of Bernard Hopkins’s birth, "Come See About Me" by The Supremes was the number 1 song on The Billboard Hot 100 and Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) was the U.S. President. You know, he was supposed to become what I became. A veteran broadcaster of over 25 years, T.J. has been a fight fan longer than that! He was born on Friday, January 15, 1965. But Hopkins’ quest for vengeance was thwarted when he was transferred from now-closed Holmesburg Prison to Graterford State Correctional Institution, where he came under the influence of an older inmate, Michael “Smokey” Wilson, who became his friend, mentor and adviser. Through the prison grapevine Hopkins later found out that the man convicted of killing Michael would also be going into the general population of the same penal institution, putting them on an inevitable collision course that almost certainly would have left one of them dead. Hopkins’ character did not do him any favors either. In his peak, he fought in a boring, win on points, strategy as opposed to giving the fans the dramatic and exciting exchanges they wanted to see. “Oh, man, talk about hard work. Look, I easily could have taken a kilo of cocaine and flipped it because I knew all the people who were doing that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx_MSIsknZo, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YXuSXpLU5U. Legendary American boxer known as The Executioner. We should say, there are tons of fighters like Nate Diaz (is weed vegan?) Sounds good ... but when we asked if going meatless is something Hop wishes he would've done while he was still IN THE RING, he kept it a buck as only a Philly Bul could. He achieved a career record of 54-6-2. And, boxing personality and up and coming Philly fight promoter, Michelle “Raging Babe” Rosado added, We lost a #boxing gem and a great person this morning. THE RING SHOP (CLICK HERE) He would frequently throw his right, rush in head-first and clinch. He never came back. Bernard Hopkins, American boxer who dominated the middleweight division in the early 21st century with a combination of speed and precision that earned him the nickname ‘The Executioner.’ Bernard, who kept fighting long after most boxers retired, set several age-related records. View the profiles of people named Bernard Hopkins. Email Or Call (888) 847-9869. Click here for the rest of this op-ed piece on KnockoutNation.com.eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'allhiphop_com-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_8',653,'0','0'])); Copyright © 2020 AllHipHop.com LLC 2020-Infinity, Bernard Hopkins Makes History But Hurt By Past, Pick Your Favorite Song On “Trouble Man: Heavy is…. He has not been previously engaged. © 2020 RING TV LIVE. 204.7k Followers, 454 Following, 1,451 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Bernard Hopkins (@bhopdaalien) “When this guy came in, my reputation was on the line,” Hopkins said of the revenge he would have had to seek given the harsh protocols of prison life. It originally appeared on KnockoutNation.com. Is Bernard Hopkins married or single, and who is he dating now? When I took my time off from boxing, that was the challenge for me, not to get into any more criminal behavior.”, What Hopkins did get into was long hours, physically taxing and, yes, low-paying labor as a roofer.