Bernard Hopkins Lashes out at Golden Boy Promotions!!!!

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“These motherfuggers want me out,” Hopkins said Thursday afternoon. “They are trying to stop me from working. They all want me out of the way, it’s their agenda against me.

“I will fight the system like I always have. I will fight the system and I love it. They all want to push me out of the way, to throw me in the same (professional) grave that Roy Jones is in now. Are we playing some games here? You know how the game works and so do I.”

He goes on to say...

“Put it out there, Mike, I am looking for any and all legitimate offers. I have not been under contract to Golden Boy since before the Pavlik fight. Shane Mosley (fighting Floyd Mayweather on May 1 under the GBP banner) is not under contract to Golden Boy, either."


http://www.examiner.com/x-5699-Boxing-Exam...to-boxing-grave



Im a big Hopkins fan but he sounds like a straight up bitch, he needs to retire!. after that bullshit of a fight and bad acting job he put on lol, all he is looking for is a payday straight up. Calling out Haye is comedy to me lol, he just sounds like a child with those statements

Public service announcement, never bite the hand that feeds you!!!!

 

[2-0-Sixx]

That's a horrible source (for the record that guy has been known to make up stories, quotes, straight up lie, etc. Mike Marley is the name of the douchebag that runs that site). Here is a ESPN one:

Bernard Hopkins to leave Golden Boy?
This is from ESPN


Bernard Hopkins is content with his ugly revenge over Roy Jones Jr. on Saturday night -- "a win is a win is a win," he says -- but the aftermath of the fight has him questioning the loyalty of his own promoter, Golden Boy, and contemplating a walk to another promoter if that's what it takes for him to keep fighting at age 45.

Hopkins believes pretty much the entire boxing industry is seizing upon the lackluster Jones rematch as a lever to drive him and his nonconformist attitude out of the sport, "to wrap me up in Roy Jones' grave and throw me in, and kill two birds with one stone," he told ESPN.com on Thursday from his house in Delaware. "I'm not going to let them do that to me."

Many in the media have urged both Jones, 41, and Hopkins to hang up the gloves before someone really gets hurt. Those doubters aren't new to The Executioner, but he seems especially hurt by comments that Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer made to the media. Schaeffer nudged Hopkins toward retirement, saying it "could be something which, as a friend, I might advise him to consider. I think it's time for his friends and family to have a serious talk with him."

Denying Hopkins a chance to earn a living in the ring doesn't sit well with the fighter.

"Maybe the money's not being made off me like it's being made off somebody else," Hopkins said. "If that's the problem, then fine. I've got a lot of other promoters calling me as of today … It's gonna look strange to y'all when I'm moving in with [Bob] Arum or [Don] King. I don't blame anybody for being a businessman. Just tell me, so I can do what's right for my family, so you can't blame me for going across the street. That's all I'm saying.

"It needs to come out now, because at the end of the day, Bernard Hopkins [has] always been his own man, and if the industry thought that I was gonna be a controlled puppet because I'm in with a big company, they're in for a rude awakening. Because Bernard Hopkins is not going to become part of the industry. Maybe I won't survive as a Golden Boy promoter. "

One thing Hopkins is sure of is he's not saying goodbye to the ring just yet.

"The thing is coming to a head based on my next move. Because my next move isn't retirement. I have no reason to retire," he said.

Hopkins has spent nearly a year telling people he'd like to challenge for David Haye's heavyweight title. Now he suggests even his own company (Hopkins has a small equity stake in Golden Boy), which also promotes Haye, is walking away from the idea.

"Don't tell me that he's bigger, he's stronger," Hopkins said, seemingly aiming his comments at his own business partners. "They told [Evander] Holyfield that. You're telling me that [he can't fight Haye] because of the Roy Jones fight? So, let's play Devil's Advocate, Richard … Now you try to use the illegal hit on the back of the head to say that you won't be a part of that [a Haye fight]?"

Even Haye said he'd rather fight Wladimir Klitschko than give Hopkins a shot, and that scenario seems increasingly unlikely.

So what's next? Hopkins says he's "in talks now." Only time will tell.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Im a big Hopkins fan but he sounds like a straight up bitch, he needs to retire!. after that bullshit of a fight and bad acting job he put on lol, all he is looking for is a payday straight up. Calling out Haye is comedy to me lol, he just sounds like a child with those statements

I think he should retire too but in his defense everyone said the same shit after his fight with calzaghe and he went on and destroyed pavlik so who knows.

Public service announcement, never bite the hand that feeds you!!!!

Hopkins promoted himself for the majority of his career I'm sure if he really wants 1 or 2 more fights he doesn't NEED golden boy.

 

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Hopkins was never a popular or huge star until he fucked with Golden Boy, only fight he got praise(known) in outside of boxing before GBP was Trinidad and he fucked the steam of that off negotiating fights( he was sappose to fight Roy Jones and James Toney after the Trinidad fight lol) and instead took a paycut fighting lesser and smaller opponents(for example De la Hoya, for being smaller not paycut, easy win), who then gave him a fucking job off respect alone and this is how he treats GBP. Hopkins you are 45 years old, you promised your grandmother you would stop at 40 and guess what your still fighting. Hopkins should of retired after the Pavlik fight(a true champion leaves on top just like Calzaghe, he can snort all the coke he wants lmfao!) but instead he chose dumb ass fights that wouldn't even stand on one leg if it wasn't for GBP!. Only reason HBO promoted this disgrace of a fight on PPV is becouse of GBP lol

 

[2-0-Sixx]

ah you lost me when you said a true champion retires on top like Calzaghe.

Ali
Ray Leonard
Ray Robinson
Marvin Haglar
Roberto Duran
Joe Louis
etc etc etc

The all went out with an L.

Again, I agree he should retire but it's his life, his career. Hopkins never got along with any promoter so it's only fitting he'd have beef with GBP. He's defiant to the end, right or wrong.

It's not like Golden Boy isn't shady as fuck anyway and its not the first time bernard lashed out against them or threatened to leave.

 

[Tony]

Hopkins was never a popular or huge star until he fucked with Golden Boy, only fight he got praise(known) in outside of boxing before GBP was Trinidad and he fucked the steam of that off negotiating fights( he was sappose to fight Roy Jones and James Toney after the Trinidad fight lol) and instead took a paycut fighting lesser and smaller opponents(for example De la Hoya, for being smaller not paycut, easy win), who then gave him a fucking job off respect alone and this is how he treats GBP. Hopkins you are 45 years old, you promised your grandmother you would stop at 40 and guess what your still fighting. Hopkins should of retired after the Pavlik fight(a true champion leaves on top just like Calzaghe, he can snort all the coke he wants lmfao!) but instead he chose dumb ass fights that wouldn't even stand on one leg if it wasn't for GBP!. Only reason HBO promoted this disgrace of a fight on PPV is becouse of GBP lol

LOL

 

[Tony]

All that hatin' Hopkins did is coming back to bite him in his ass....

 

[2-0-Sixx]

it's funny how tony takes a mayweather insult so personally.

 

[Tony]

"Maybe I won't survive as a Golden Boy promoter."

Well if Hopkins did say that then score one for Mayweather.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

wtf does that have to do with mayweather tony? god you're annoying.

Honestly, I think hopkins should become a trainer rather than a promoter. Or be a full time commentator on ESPN or HBO.

 

[trips]

you funny dude, none of those fighters you named left on top(they left looking sad) Ali cant even speak or control his own fucking estate, his family sold his fucking likeness for 50 fucking million dollars LMMFAO!!!! he got his ass whooped out of boxing, he didn't leave gracefully.

Ray Robinson lost all his money and bussinesse's and got a tarnished reputation for beating his wife

Marvin Hagler left boxing very mad, need say knowmore, Roberto Duran same thing lol

Joe Louis got ran out of the sport, was raped of all his assets similar to Mike Tyson(Tyson made 300 million and is now broke, fucking sad)

and im not gonna speak on Sugar Ray Leanard cause hes a fucking joke,(never fought anyone in their prime) he got ran out the sport also but that was just karma lol

Im a do you a favor and add two more, Chavez got ran out also(de la hoya cried after whooping his ass lol!, you gotta feed your fucking family tho) lol

and Pernale Whitiker he got hooked on crack and started fighting for the money instead of the art and got murdered by Trinidad

need say knowmore

 

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and get that bitch of a fighter Valero out of your fucking aviator lol, hes a fucking joke and a drunk who beats on his fucking wife. his career is sad also because it ended before it even started lol

 

[2-0-Sixx]

you funny dude, none of those fighters you named left on top(they left looking sad) Ali cant even speak or control his own fucking estate, his family sold his fucking likeness for 50 fucking million dollars LMMFAO!!!! he got his ass whooped out of boxing, he didn't leave gracefully.

Ray Robinson lost all his money and bussinesse's and got a tarnished reputation for beating his wife

Marvin Hagler left boxing very mad, need say knowmore, Roberto Duran same thing lol

Joe Louis got ran out of the sport, was raped of all his assets similar to Mike Tyson(Tyson made 300 million and is now broke, fucking sad)

and im not gonna speak on Sugar Ray Leanard cause hes a fucking joke,(never fought anyone in their prime) he got ran out the sport also but that was just karma lol

Im a do you a favor and add two more, Chavez got ran out also(de la hoya cried after whooping his ass lol!, you gotta feed your fucking family tho) lol

and Pernale Whitiker he got hooked on crack and started fighting for the money instead of the art and got murdered by Trinidad

need say knowmore

You said a TRUE CHAMPION, all those guys I listed are the truest champions the sport has ever seen, not joe blow calzaghe.

Anyways, there was more to that article you left out since your link is broken:

I have not been under contract to Golden Boy since before the Pavlik fight. Shane Mosley (fighting Floyd Mayweather on May 1 under the GBP banner) is not under contract to Golden Boy, either.

“So let’s put it on the table right now. I beat the Great White Hope, Pavlik, and Shane beat (Antonio) Margarito, two fights they did not think we would win but we did win them. So, after that great victory, I sat idle for 15 months and Shane sat idle for more than a year also?

“Let’s put it out there: We’re both top fighters, both African Americans and we sat idle after those kinds of victories?

“When I beat Pavlik, that was so great a victory it should’ve given everybody an erection. But nothing happened. You tell me why I sat for so long then...”

“What’s the agenda? That’s what I am asking. No one said, ‘Hey, you know Bernard got hurt by an illegal punch, by a rabbit punch to the back of the head, that it made me see spots in the ring, that I saw THREE Roy Jones coming at me.' That was not discussed.

“What he (Schaefer) should have done is to take the podium and say I want to discuss things with Bernard Hopkins’ team which means only me because I am my own team. I can understand Richard’s personal concerns but you don’t talk like that (retirement) without talking to me. You don’t do that because it’s not professional.”

“Manny put the blueprint on retirement for Oscar and I didn’t hear that kind of talk from Richard or anyone else. I see a different agenda when it comes to me and to my career.”

“Yeah, I am upset because it (retirement) is my decision,” Hopkins said. “You can say that I am pissed because I am pissed. I lost a whole year of my career after beating Pavlik.”

 

[Tony]

wtf does that have to do with mayweather tony? god you're annoying.

Mayweather is his own boss.... Bernard is not, that's why Bernard is lashing out now. In the long run it doesn't pay to hate on the next man. Hopefully you and Bernard learned from this and hopefully Bernard stacked his paper and is not in trouble with the IRS.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

and get that bitch of a fighter Valero out of your fucking aviator lol, hes a fucking joke and a drunk who beats on his fucking wife. his career is sad also because it ended before it even started lol

who the fuck are you to tell me who to keep in my avatar?

Wife beaters >>> your life.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Mayweather is his own boss....

Then why does Golden Boy represent Floyd Mayweather??

This is some misconception that Floyd is his own boss because he says he is when in reality he doesn't even have a license to promote.

 

[trips]

who the fuck are you to tell me who to keep in my avatar?

Wife beaters >>> your life.

thats the best you can do man lol! how old are you, can you put two and two together? make sense when you talk and stop posting up quotes to make your points

 

[trips]

Then why does Golden Boy represent Floyd Mayweather??

This is some misconception that Floyd is his own boss because he says he is when in reality he doesn't even have a license to promote.

Mayweather is a partner with GBP not under them and know why GBP is partners with him? because he's Floyd "MONEY" Mayweather

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Mayweather is not a partner of Golden boy, he is promoted by them for his fights. Look into it man, he doesn't own any stake in golden boy (like bernard hopkins does).

 

[drunkaholic707]

who the fuck are you to tell me who to keep in my avatar?

Wife beaters >>> your life.

take that pic out your aviator right now