News about Bernard Hopkins

Garcia, who took a 15-month break from boxing, cited mental health problems as the reason for his pre-fight press conference on Thursday. He made it clear that it was his boss, Derrick James, and his staff who called the shots over personnel decisions. The ones who make the decision are those who mutters with me, day in and day out.' In the end, God determines, not him,' referring to Hopkins.

Exclusive INTERVIEW BY CHARLOTTE DALY: Roy Jones Jr has retorted that his experience with NDO Champ will damage his reputation, claiming that he will rely on his skills over the bodybuilder in their metaverse match later this evening. Jones Jr. has the'most respect' for the NDO Champ, considering that the 39-year-old has made himself'relevant enough' to be considered a worthy opponent. Jones Jr. is adamant that boxing is his 'domain.'

Bernard Hopkins, a golden Boy Promotions executive and boxing hero, has been accused of rubbing testosterone cream on Gervonta Davis in an alleged attempt to smear the fighter's blood sample ahead of Saturday's match against Ryan Garcia in Las Vegas. After Friday's weigh-in, Garcia, who is promoted by Golden Boy, had a dramatic face-off with Davis, which briefly devolved into a shoving match between the two 136-pound fighters. Hopkins stood on the periphery of the conversation and threw his hand across Davis' back at one point, bringing the Baltimore native and his camp's ire. In a since-deleted tweet, Davis wrote, 'I should've slapped the s*** outta B-Hop as soon as he touched me.' Davis' manager Calvin Ford promoted a belief on social media that Hopkins was rubbing testosterone cream on the 28-year-old's back in order to taint a drug test.

At the weigh-in on Friday, 'King' Ryan Garcia and Gervonta 'Tank' Davis nearly came to blows once more, ahead of their highly awaited catchweight contest in Las Vegas on Saturday. For weeks, the two have been exchanging insults, but when the 28-year-old Davis shoved the 24-year-old Garcia after stepping on the scales, things became real on Friday afternoon. Davis also had a few words for Bernard Hopkins, one of Garcia's promoters and a masterful former boxer in his own right, but he turned his attention to his opponent before igniting a brief combat match.

JEFF POWELL: Anthony Yarde was sitting a few ringside seats in Madison Square Garden last June as we witnessed one of the most brutal savage acts of a world champion since Iron Mike Tyson's most frightening appearance. Artur Beterbiev's legendary fame preceded his first bite at the Big Apple, but there was no preparation for his savage devouring of the native New Yorker, who was about to become the 18th casualty of his merciless fists. Joe Smith Jr. was inflicted with the first, career-ending stoppage of Bernard Hopkins en route to winning the WB0 world light heavyweight title.

Oscar De La Hoya took down a tweet in which he slammed Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin's trilogy fight, as well as his sluggish sluggish performance in Las Vegas. On Saturday night, Canelo and Golovkin met for the third time after two thrilling competitions in 2017 and 2018 that resulted in contentious decisions by the judges. The match struggled to live up to the hype, with Golovkin unable to act as much for the majority of the match, while Canelo boxed his way to a dramatic win. De La Hoya was terribly dissatisfied with the fight and expressed his dissatisfaction on Twitter later.