Quotes About Bernard Hopkins

Ninety percent of the media picked Pavlik, and I always appreciate naysayers. That's what motivates me.

I've shown, for twenty-plus years, with a legacy that will be talked about way after I'm gone, that I am different.

My second pro fight, I fought on the Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins undercard.

Oscar De La Hoya is unique. Even Ray Leonard didn't have the star power Oscar has.

Bernard Hopkins? He fights scary dirty. I mean, he did what he had to do in his career.

Hagler was a puncher-slugger. He'd box sometimes, but boxing wasn't his forte. His thing was relentless punishment and 'beat you.'

They had to debate whether Joe Frazier should be in the Boxing Hall of Fame or not. I'm making sure that it would be a felony to sit down and debate whether or not Bernard Hopkins deserves to be in the hall of fame.

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.

There are so many things I've done that the world of boxing has witnessed. It's going to be difficult for the boxing people to pick one of my performances as the best.