A Quote by Tony Bellew
Fighters like Bernard Hopkins can go on because their style is not based on reflexes and timing.
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Hopkins is talking about fighting at Yankee Stadium but that's rubbish. If he fought at Yankee Stadium, even the ushers wouldn't want to watch him. Bernard Hopkins couldn't draw breath.
Who knows how long I have got left. I could be like Bernard Hopkins.
Bernard Hopkins is one of my idols.
Bernard Hopkins' style is the way...everything he does is for a reason - little head feints, little hand movements, little shoulder rolls and gestures are all finer points of the sweet science. Before contemporary times everyone did that kind of stuff.
No one's kicking down the door to fight Bernard Hopkins.
Bernard Hopkins' accomplishments and achievements are far beyond that of the norm.
If you read Bernard Hopkins' name in the dictionary, the definition would be 'discipline.'
My personal feeling is that Bernard Hopkins has never been an industry boy.
My second pro fight, I fought on the Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins undercard.
Bernard Hopkins? He fights scary dirty. I mean, he did what he had to do in his career.
My pressure is second to none and my timing and attitude are second to none, and that's what I want to be recognized for; not for being undefeated, because what does that mean? That just means you won. And I want to known for my style and the way that I fight, the timing that I bring and the fact that I rely on my reactions, stuff like that.
I look up to Bernard Hopkins as a fighter. I'm honored to be his co-main event and to be able to give a great performance.
My comic timing is completely based on Pu La's literature, his style of writing and the wittiness between the lines.
I believe I'm better than everybody when it comes to footwork, timing, reflexes, defense, you name it.
I became so disciplined when I was on tag. I would be at home by eight o'clock, and because I had boxing, I lived the disciplined life. I started reading because I learnt that so many champions educated themselves. Joe Louis, Mike Tyson, Bernard Hopkins. Before, it was 'act now, think later' - but the discipline and reading changed me.
Some fighters had blinding speed and reflexes in their heyday but faded badly with age.
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