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Idec: Bernard Hopkins says Manny Pacquiao can be beaten
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Friday, November 19, 2010
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<div ="storyauthor">BY KEITH IDEC</div>
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Bernard Hopkins
has thrown a sucker punch at Manny Pacquiao, arguably the best
pound-for-pound boxer in the world, claiming Pacquiao is avoiding
fighting black boxers.
"Floyd Mayweather would beat Manny Pacquiao
because the styles [used by] African-American fighters â€" and I mean,
black fighters from the streets or the inner cities â€" would be
successful," Hopkins, who is African-American, told Fanhouse.com. "I
think Floyd Mayweather would pot-shot Pacquiao and bust him up in
between the four-to-five punches that Pacquiao throws, and then set him
up later on down the line."
Pacquiao's representatives tried over
the summer to secure a fight against Mayweather, an African-American,
that would've occurred Saturday night, but Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs)
maintains he had no knowledge of his adviser, Al Haymon, negotiating on
his behalf with HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg. Haymon has not
commented publicly on the matter, but Greenburg has said they were
trying to make the bout before Mayweather made it clear he didn't want
to fight again in 2010.
Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) soundly defeated
a black boxer, Joshua Clottey, on March 13 at Cowboys Stadium, eight
months before he dominated Mexico's Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs, 1
NC) on Saturday night at the same venue. Pacquiao has fought in four
weight classes since 2008, but other than the possible fight against
Mayweather there has been no clamor for Pacquiao to fight other
African-American boxers.
Hopkins discounted the Filipino
superstar's victory over Clottey (35-4, 20 KOs, 1 NC) because Clottey, a
longtime Bronx resident who's managed by Oakland's Vinny Scolpino, is a
native of Ghana.
"Clottey is black," Hopkins explained to Fanhouse.com, "but not a black boxer from the States, with a slick style."
Hopkins,
45, is preparing in his native Philadelphia for a Dec. 18 fight against
Haiti's Jean Pascal. If Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KOs, 1 NC), a former
middleweight and light heavyweight champion, defeats Pascal (26-1, 16
KOs) in their WBC light heavyweight championship match in Quebec City,
Quebec, he'll become the oldest boxer in the sport's history to win a
recognized world title.
SUPER CUTS: Glen Tapia's handlers hope
some of Pacquiao's superior skills rubbed off on Tapia when they trained
together recently in the Philippines. Passaic's Tapia (8-0, 5 KOs)
already has shown he has absorbed some of Pacquiao's philanthropic
spirit.
Tapia, 20, cut off his trademark braids this week and
donated his hair to Locks of Love, a public, non-profit organization
that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged males and females
under 21 who suffer from long-term medical hair loss, due to various
diseases. The West Palm Beach, Fla.-based organization uses donated hair
to create high-quality hair prosthetics.
"We're so grateful for
the support," said Lauren Kukkamaa, Locks of Love's communications
director. "We need help from everyone, from men and women. And it's
always wonderful when we hear that athletes and celebrities want to get
involved."
For more information, visit locksoflove.org.
E-mail:
idec@northjersey.com</span>
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Bernard Hopkins has thrown a sucker punch at Manny Pacquiao,
arguably the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, claiming Pacquiao
is avoiding fighting black boxers.
"Floyd Mayweather would beat Manny Pacquiao because the styles
[used by] African-American fighters â€" and I mean, black fighters from
the streets or the inner cities â€" would be successful," Hopkins, who is
African-American, told Fanhouse.com. "I think Floyd Mayweather would
pot-shot Pacquiao and bust him up in between the four-to-five punches
that Pacquiao throws, and then set him up later on down the line."
Pacquiao's representatives tried over the summer to secure a
fight against Mayweather, an African-American, that would've occurred
Saturday night, but Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs) maintains he had no
knowledge of his adviser, Al Haymon, negotiating on his behalf with HBO
Sports president Ross Greenburg. Haymon has not commented publicly on
the matter, but Greenburg has said they were trying to make the bout
before Mayweather made it clear he didn't want to fight again in 2010.
Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) soundly defeated a black boxer, Joshua
Clottey, on March 13 at Cowboys Stadium, eight months before he
dominated Mexico's Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs, 1 NC) on Saturday
night at the same venue. Pacquiao has fought in four weight classes
since 2008, but other than the possible fight against Mayweather there
has been no clamor for Pacquiao to fight other African-American boxers.
Hopkins discounted the Filipino superstar's victory over Clottey
(35-4, 20 KOs, 1 NC) because Clottey, a longtime Bronx resident who's
managed by Oakland's Vinny Scolpino, is a native of Ghana.
"Clottey is black," Hopkins explained to Fanhouse.com, "but not a black boxer from the States, with a slick style."
Hopkins, 45, is preparing in his native Philadelphia for a Dec.
18 fight against Haiti's Jean Pascal. If Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KOs, 1 NC),
a former middleweight and light heavyweight champion, defeats Pascal
(26-1, 16 KOs) in their WBC light heavyweight championship match in
Quebec City, Quebec, he'll become the oldest boxer in the sport's
history to win a recognized world title.
SUPER CUTS: Glen Tapia's handlers hope some of Pacquiao's
superior skills rubbed off on Tapia when they trained together recently
in the Philippines. Passaic's Tapia (8-0, 5 KOs) already has shown he
has absorbed some of Pacquiao's philanthropic spirit.
Tapia, 20, cut off his trademark braids this week and donated
his hair to Locks of Love, a public, non-profit organization that
provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged males and females under
21 who suffer from long-term medical hair loss, due to various
diseases. The West Palm Beach, Fla.-based organization uses donated hair
to create high-quality hair prosthetics.
"We're so grateful for the support," said Lauren Kukkamaa, Locks
of Love's communications director. "We need help from everyone, from
men and women. And it's always wonderful when we hear that athletes and
celebrities want to get involved."
For more information, visit locksoflove.org.
E-mail:
idec@northjersey.com
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Friday November 19, 2010, 4:40 AM - Flip4life
says:
oh btw im a hard critic on manny pacquiao and im
one of those flips who think mayweather probably would win against
pacman, but since "IHOP" aka BHOP wants to pull the race card then he
can take one in the ars. I do agree that Mayweather is the best
"slickster" P4P, I mean look at all the people he ducked, you can't do
all that without being good at being slick lol.
Friday November 19, 2010, 4:29 AM - Flip4life
says:
I know Hopkins isn't talking. Didn't he got his
ars whooped by a Euro white boy aka Joe Clazaghe? Oh btw Joe whooped
Left Hook Lacey's ars too lol. Yo Hopkins, you get a big fat o'l "child
please!" as Chad Occhosinco would say. hahaha Btw where all the american
black boxers at in the heavy weight division? Fail!
Friday November 19, 2010, 2:56 AM - CurlyJoe
says:
Rashad Holloway with his slick style just got
beaten by another Filipino, Dennis Laurente. @Bernard Hopkins: It's not
about race nor group of people, it is about the individual, get it.
It is true though that some group of people develop some unique
characteristics in time, such as "slickiness" as Bernard discussed in
his interview that is attributed to African-American boxers, in this
regard, speediness, powerfulness, durability and cunningness can
characterize Filipino boxers as such are the attributes of Filipinos.
Not a lot had surfaced to such popularity and success like Pacquiao due
to the height disadvantage(Filipinos being under-nourished and somewhat
shorter in height geneswise), typically fight in lower weight divisions.
AND blacks as is somewhat taller in height, on bigger/heavier
divisions.
BUT a special breed in Pacquiao was able to penetrate the weight
barriers, so then watch out, he's still on the climb per what he can do.
It isn't about race anymore/"slickiness" on the ring, it's about who's
most conditioned and who's got the bigger heart and BETTER boxer overall
come fight time.
