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By Avery | February 17, 2007
Bernard Hopkins is back at it again. He’ll be fighting Winky Wright on July 21st at a modified weight class of 170. He’s from Philly, so of course I’ll be rooting for him, but I really haven’t seen enough of Hopkins to evaluate his place in the middleweight pantheon. Off the top of my head, I’m thinking Robinson > Hagler > Hopkins…but then that leaves the question of where to put Roy. And that’s before we take into account the fact that Robinson was probably an even better welterweight than he was a middleweight, so I don’t even know if I’d put him at that weight class for my ultimate list.
But one of my favorite things about Hopkins are his quotes. Dude is funny. Check this one out:
“As a promoter myself [as a partner in Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions], I can understand Maskaev’s thinking,” Hopkins said. “Maskaev didn’t want to risk the embarrassment of losing to a bulked-up middleweight. He didn’t want to be the next John Ruiz. Ruiz [the former WBA heavyweight titlist] was ruined by losing to Roy Jones. No true heavyweight wants to live with that for the rest of his life. If I had Maskaev, I would have told him the right move would be to leave Bernard Hopkins the [bleep] alone.”
Bijan points out that the idea that Cleopatra was some beautiful woman may, in fact, be misguided.
Would we think Antony and Cleopatra was such a great love story if we didn’t think Cleopatra was fine?
Rich Hoffman, of the Philadelphia Daily News, points out the conundrum faced by sports journalists who have to unearth the instaces of cheating in the sports that they also love as fans.
Me personally, I’m don’t really worry about it. I mean, I can understand why people do, but professional athletics is not that serious to me. Don’t get me wrong, I love sports, but I also know that my life doesn’t change one iota because of one outcome or another. Consequently, I’m not terribly concerned whether Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, or Sammy Sosa used performance-enhancing drugs. I don’t look at sports for truth or accuracy. Fairness, maybe a little bit. But if even if everybody was cheating, some players would still be flat-out better.
If the Ravens cut Jamal Lewis, do the Eagles want him? I’ve long maintained that the Eagles need a big, bruising, 3rd-2 back to complement Westbrook, but Lewis might be washed up.
I remember thinking that Eddie George might’ve looked good in green a couple years ago, too. That’s why we leave the personnel decisions to the professionals.
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February 17th, 2007 at 11:17 am
Jamal Lewis is no longer bruising.
Jamal Lewis has lost 1/2 step, seriously, 1/2 step and it may be a whole step next season.
Jamal Lewis is now a backup, IMO.
February 17th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Hopkins is better then Hagler !