It’s simple, the best aren’t fighting the best or we’re not getting the fights we want. We as boxing see through the bs ppv fights but show out for the ones that are worth it.
@@JV-in9kk cmon now, you know titles have nothing to do with it. You know when Usyk unified the entire Cruiserweight division, nobody cared. We want Usyk-Fury, Canelo-Benavidez, Tank-Shakur, Bivol-Beterbiev etc. It’s about the best not these belts. That day is over. Wake up and smell the coffee, a non title fight between tank and Ryan just sold over 1 mill ppv’s for crying out loud. That’s what we all wanted to see.
@@JV-in9kk it finally is, so let’s ignore what’s been happening? So tell me you bought that Ruiz-Ortiz on PPV? How about this upcoming Thurman fight? You buying that on PPV too? Boxing is in panic mode so fights are getting made with asterisks. Fans say “Hydration clause with Ryan” “Charlo coming up 2 weight classes” and the thousands of excuses they made for Spence. The truth is those fights should’ve happened way sooner.
Exactly, I’m saying the same thing. And it sounds like he’s taking shots at PBC. Yes PBC & Showtime is coming 2 the end. But PBC got dogs as fighters. Besides Ryan, who tha hell is signed with Golden Boy people really know
If you pay attention, he says fighters are not a consistent source of money for promoters or networks. Fighters are very hard to tie down to specific promotions. One day they’re fighting for golden boy, the next they’re fighting for pbc or dazn. Promoters are getting fighters paid, but when boxers get more understanding of the business side, because of the expenses they occurred when they got paid, they decide to demand more. Which causes them to move around. Why would showtime and HBO get in a contract with golden boy or pbc, when they cant guarantee the money making fighters are going to be fighting their network. This is why he mentions fighters having to pay to fight. Because they have to pay networks to fight on other networks that they were not contracted with.
Al hamen over paid his boxers to not fight an fight people in pbc.. thats why you see fighters complaining about pay cus they were never really worth the money but still expect it
PPV is hurting boxing now utubers are PPV starts and PPV Exhibitions from retired fighters instead for the best fighting the best in boxing. One thing about the UFC I like is the fighters fight the top rank fighters meaning #1 fights #2 boxing don't do that as much the fighter has to have more of a social media then skills.
Hopkins is hard to understand but I think what he is trying to say is now is the time for boxing to come out a put up the fights that the people want because the networks that put up majority of the money are no longer there. So people are going to have to get creative to deliver a new boxing content to which we have never seen before…I think that’s what his trying to say 😂
He is talking about AL Haymon and PBC. He is saying Al Haymon payed the fighters too much money. 😂 Delehoya and Hopkins lost Canelo for deceptive business practices and stealing money from him. Al Haymon has done the best with his fighters. They wouldn't be there if what Benard is saying was the truth. Boxing is dying because the promoters will not cross promote. When they do cross promote it has to be a Mega fight
😂 DLH wanted Clenelo to fight Ggg in a rubber match and Clenelo kept crying in the interviews that he didn't want to fight Ggg again. He originally GAVE away his belt to not fight Ggg too 🤣💃 All of a sudden Ggg turns 41 and Clenelo says "its personal" while 🦆ing Benavidez
@@NWACaneCorsos Canelo is making almost 50 million to fight Easy fights He is not getting stolen.any money nomore To the point where it's actually fraudulent
Fighters in the 50s-90s were fighting at least 8-7 times a year … now it’s once every 2 years and its usually a BS ass fight yea there’s some good fighters now but yea … some
Boxing is more of a business now. Those guys who fought back in the day retired, developed all types of brain issues and died broke. 90% of the people in the boxing hall of fame were/are broke. The idea now is to fight 1 or 2 times a year, make as much money as possible and preserve your health.
Boxing lost me when it focused itself on publicity stunts for social media stars, TH-camrs and MMA fighters and not holding itself to a true, legitimate sport that organized fights based on rankings and wins within those rankings. Jake Paul and Connor M may indeed have great personalities - but a Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson or Marvin Hagler they are surely not.
Sounds like boxing never really had you. Boxing has never not been on some bullshit. And they certainly have never organized fights based on rankings. "Not holding itself to a true, legitimate sport" is fuckin' laughable mate. Boxing, the way you describe it, has never even existed. God damn what a dream though. What if boxing decided to finally act like a legitimate sport? We might actually get to see two legends fight in their primes.
B hop is showing symptoms of CTE but he’s also co-owner of Golden Boy promotions. He has to talk discretely or else he’d be exposing too much business.
I don't get what people are complaining about. Bernard is being straight to the point. We are in a tiktok age where people are starting to ignore the details, or don't want to hear them.
B-Hop will not admit that he was part of the problem with the declining collapse of boxing. He knew dang well that back in 2004 Felix Sturm beat Oscar De La Hoya, BUT since they all wanted to make money; Oscar was gifted a bogus decision! Then because of Oscar "winning" the fight, Oscar was given a fight with Bernard Hopkins instead of the rightful fighter: Felix Sturm. Did B-Hop complaint? Nope. Did B-Hop say anything about the injustice destroying boxing? Nope. B-Hop went in and fought De La Hoya, everybody got paid and De La Hoya gave up with a bogus body shot by B-Hop. Was a terrible fight and it showed how De La Hoya had no business at 160 lbs. But since it was all about the money, B-Hop never even batted an eyelash about the ordeal. And now he is talking about the sad state of boxing? Ninja, please!! These fighters and the promoters demolished the sport years ago and now they want to blame others? Joke!
@@Jumpman90 CTE doesnt sound like that, listen to Hearns or Farve- slurred speech is one of the biggest alarms. Hopkins is rambling either cause he stated earlier he is making a Biopic so he wants longer time on the air for marketing. Or Like he said he's talking alot for content, which he mentioned in the interview. It creates clips for him
PBC is the reason why HBO Boxing no longer exist. PBC tried to monopolize boxing by acquiring boxers from different promotion companies under one umbrella, Showtime/FOX/PBC. Problem was PBC underestimated the overall power of the other promotion companies. The other promotion companies partnered with other networks to counter what PBC was attempting to do. Top Rank/ESPN, Golden Boy Promotion & Matchroom Promotion/DAZN. This caused boxing to implode, this is why the best don’t fight the best anymore on a frequent basis. These promotion companies refuse to work with each other because the networks have them and the fighters bound to these network contracts. Now Showtime Boxing is latest domino to fall because PBC can’t put together enough fight cards to fill in viewing slots, plus the PPV numbers have ben lackluster. Boxing needs a major change fast or else it may never recover.
When we do get the fights we want as of lately it's been trash ex: Spence vs Crawford Charlo vs Canelo Inoue vs Fulton Just an example these fights were not what we thought it would be they were blow out fights and a waste of money and one sided like what's going on here? 😆 Not competitive at all
Okay he has no idea what he's talking about. As someone who has managed Fighters and promoted fights, the real reason why boxing is dying on cable is because the boxing Revenue model is too dependent on fees from the networks. There are no additional revenue streams like nfl, mlb, in nhl, where the athletes are getting a cut of merchandising deals. In boxing everything is dependent on site fees and network fees and it's just too expensive
Bernard Hopkins always trying to sound like the Almighty wise man, he said like 1 million words here and I have no idea what the fuck his point is. Did he make a point???
@@jorge5275No. He actually didn't. Sure he gave some thoughts but didn't answer the question. I don't need Google translator, I know gibberish when I hear it. It's kind of like reading your comment. I'm sure to you it seemed witty but....naah.
HBO Boxing was so good , they had the best announcers and production.
Yeah that move pissed me off, that was when HBO got bought by AT&T. It was done so well
It’s simple, the best aren’t fighting the best or we’re not getting the fights we want. We as boxing see through the bs ppv fights but show out for the ones that are worth it.
And these guys fight once every 2 years fighters back then even in the 90s we’re fighting 7-8 times a year
@ezzydric And yet there’s more unified champions than ever. What are these big fights your not getting
@@JV-in9kk cmon now, you know titles have nothing to do with it. You know when Usyk unified the entire Cruiserweight division, nobody cared. We want Usyk-Fury, Canelo-Benavidez, Tank-Shakur, Bivol-Beterbiev etc. It’s about the best not these belts. That day is over. Wake up and smell the coffee, a non title fight between tank and Ryan just sold over 1 mill ppv’s for crying out loud. That’s what we all wanted to see.
@ezzydric lol bro Boxing has had one of the best years in recent memory and you think the sport is down? Ratings, live gates, and pay say otherwise
@@JV-in9kk it finally is, so let’s ignore what’s been happening? So tell me you bought that Ruiz-Ortiz on PPV? How about this upcoming Thurman fight? You buying that on PPV too? Boxing is in panic mode so fights are getting made with asterisks. Fans say “Hydration clause with Ryan” “Charlo coming up 2 weight classes” and the thousands of excuses they made for Spence. The truth is those fights should’ve happened way sooner.
Aaaaaand Showtime just announced that they are "packing it up" 😂
Good
I'm glad this corrupt sport is getting exposed for what it is.
A cash grab
Pull ya damn boot straps up 😂😂
thts y Errol told he should thnk him. no more paydays
I still don't know what the hell he's talking about?
Exactly, I’m saying the same thing. And it sounds like he’s taking shots at PBC. Yes PBC & Showtime is coming 2 the end. But PBC got dogs as fighters. Besides Ryan, who tha hell is signed with Golden Boy people really know
If you pay attention, he says fighters are not a consistent source of money for promoters or networks. Fighters are very hard to tie down to specific promotions. One day they’re fighting for golden boy, the next they’re fighting for pbc or dazn.
Promoters are getting fighters paid, but when boxers get more understanding of the business side, because of the expenses they occurred when they got paid, they decide to demand more. Which causes them to move around.
Why would showtime and HBO get in a contract with golden boy or pbc, when they cant guarantee the money making fighters are going to be fighting their network.
This is why he mentions fighters having to pay to fight. Because they have to pay networks to fight on other networks that they were not contracted with.
No worries. Neither does he.
Al hamen over paid his boxers to not fight an fight people in pbc.. thats why you see fighters complaining about pay cus they were never really worth the money but still expect it
It makes complete sense listen and learn.
and like Nostradamus… his words became real this weekend now that showtime has called it quits
Damn he must’ve had the inside scoop cause showtime announced they’re stepping away from boxing after 37 years
I love Bernard so much but he’s been hit in the head so many times
Hopkins didn’t get hit a lot
I understand everything he’s saying lol I watch BOXING you probably do as heavy lol
Everyone understood him but your special ed behind
I swear, he is talking in circles and it is very hard to follow his converstation, I give up!
Yeah he brain dead
Only an ol’ school cat uses the word bamboozle!!! Punks now a days gotta look it up on their IPhone!!! Ramble on B-hop you earned it .
PPV is hurting boxing now utubers are PPV starts and PPV Exhibitions from retired fighters instead for the best fighting the best in boxing. One thing about the UFC I like is the fighters fight the top rank fighters meaning #1 fights #2 boxing don't do that as much the fighter has to have more of a social media then skills.
Damn Bernard dropped bombs on the PBC
There wasn't no bombs on PBC they have a multi deal with Fox that's been and play and maybe t Amazon
Bernard speaks in one word sentences
Say what?
🤔
We lost HBO and now we have an inferior showtime product
HBO 🌹
Showtime 🌹
RIP 🥊❤
You know that feeling when your trying to unravel your extension cord and start wondering how the fuck did it get this tangled up.....
He is talking about PBC. Promoters feel like al haymon messed up boxing
Hopkins is hard to understand but I think what he is trying to say is now is the time for boxing to come out a put up the fights that the people want because the networks that put up majority of the money are no longer there. So people are going to have to get creative to deliver a new boxing content to which we have never seen before…I think that’s what his trying to say 😂
Crazy showtime left boxing announced it this morning
He is talking about AL Haymon and PBC. He is saying Al Haymon payed the fighters too much money. 😂 Delehoya and Hopkins lost Canelo for deceptive business practices and stealing money from him. Al Haymon has done the best with his fighters. They wouldn't be there if what Benard is saying was the truth. Boxing is dying because the promoters will not cross promote. When they do cross promote it has to be a Mega fight
Don't leave Bob Arum out. He did pacman so dirty manny is still owing him money.
😂 DLH wanted Clenelo to fight Ggg in a rubber match and Clenelo kept crying in the interviews that he didn't want to fight Ggg again.
He originally GAVE away his belt to not fight Ggg too
🤣💃
All of a sudden Ggg turns 41 and Clenelo says "its personal" while 🦆ing Benavidez
@@jorge5275 that's true
@@LucasButler1 you're right
@@NWACaneCorsos Canelo is making almost 50 million to fight Easy fights
He is not getting stolen.any money nomore
To the point where it's actually fraudulent
🥺 God damn this ma facka B-Hop talk alot of sheeet 💩 dude doesn't let Joe get a word in 😂 his defense is 🔥💯🤣
Fighters in the 50s-90s were fighting at least 8-7 times a year … now it’s once every 2 years and its usually a BS ass fight yea there’s some good fighters now but yea … some
Boxing is more of a business now. Those guys who fought back in the day retired, developed all types of brain issues and died broke. 90% of the people in the boxing hall of fame were/are broke. The idea now is to fight 1 or 2 times a year, make as much money as possible and preserve your health.
Him,Holyfield and Sugar Shane all talk a lot different as they age
That’s everyone eventually
Boxing lost me when it focused itself on publicity stunts for social media stars, TH-camrs and MMA fighters and not holding itself to a true, legitimate sport that organized fights based on rankings and wins within those rankings. Jake Paul and Connor M may indeed have great personalities - but a Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson or Marvin Hagler they are surely not.
Sounds like boxing never really had you. Boxing has never not been on some bullshit. And they certainly have never organized fights based on rankings.
"Not holding itself to a true, legitimate sport" is fuckin' laughable mate. Boxing, the way you describe it, has never even existed. God damn what a dream though. What if boxing decided to finally act like a legitimate sport? We might actually get to see two legends fight in their primes.
@@spencerdunn6933yea all we got are silly Clenelo Cherrypicks to make him richer
While the fans get shit shows
@@spencerdunn6933exactly boxing has always been the wild west, wheeling and dealing is easy as hell in boxing
It’s crazy it’s no more showtime boxing after this year
After that Ggg robbery by Clenelo and company is when HBO called it quits.
I forgot what the question was
Understood what he was saying, I see many people on here complaining, maybe too much Tiktok.
Well what did he say smart ass!
I know right?
I mean it's clear, concise English. 🤣👍
Lot of black dudes sound like this dude. Like Ferrah-Convict from Don't be a menace movie. "always go in the green but never in between"🤣
I love B hop as a boxer but he’s wayyyyyyyyyy too long winded for me.
Geezo, it's English bro
Open up your ears and mind some
Give them money and youre robbong them 😂 Hes not concussed. He's hating on the PBC. They'll find another network because they have the best format
One of my favorite fighter but geeezzaaasss!!!! It is tough tough listen.
Next boxing network is gonna be the History Channel
B-Hop is finally aging. Sounds like CTE may be setting in. He knows what he’s talking about but it’s not coming out right.
It ain't ever came out right. Lol😂
He's trying to make a speech /promo out a regular convo
😂😂😂
He's just not the best speaker, it happens ya judgey Judy.
B hop is showing symptoms of CTE but he’s also co-owner of Golden Boy promotions. He has to talk discretely or else he’d be exposing too much business.
I swear this Mf speaks in riddles.
I don't get what people are complaining about. Bernard is being straight to the point. We are in a tiktok age where people are starting to ignore the details, or don't want to hear them.
Don’t fighters speak highly of Al? I always remember fighters after a bout thank God and Al. Errol Spence always says Al set him up for life.
B-Hop will not admit that he was part of the problem with the declining collapse of boxing. He knew dang well that back in 2004 Felix Sturm beat Oscar De La Hoya, BUT since they all wanted to make money; Oscar was gifted a bogus decision! Then because of Oscar "winning" the fight, Oscar was given a fight with Bernard Hopkins instead of the rightful fighter: Felix Sturm. Did B-Hop complaint? Nope. Did B-Hop say anything about the injustice destroying boxing? Nope. B-Hop went in and fought De La Hoya, everybody got paid and De La Hoya gave up with a bogus body shot by B-Hop. Was a terrible fight and it showed how De La Hoya had no business at 160 lbs. But since it was all about the money, B-Hop never even batted an eyelash about the ordeal. And now he is talking about the sad state of boxing? Ninja, please!! These fighters and the promoters demolished the sport years ago and now they want to blame others? Joke!
You can tell Bernard is not the same, he rambles a lot
😂
He just old
Thats just old people stuff😂
@@thelyonsden437 Roy jones doesn’t do that, I’ve seen old interviews, Bernard was very articulate and didn’t ramble on
Too many shots to the head
@@Jumpman90 CTE doesnt sound like that, listen to Hearns or Farve- slurred speech is one of the biggest alarms. Hopkins is rambling either cause he stated earlier he is making a Biopic so he wants longer time on the air for marketing.
Or
Like he said he's talking alot for content, which he mentioned in the interview. It creates clips for him
There’s a cherm
Love b hop but he said a whole bunch of nothing 🤷🏾♂️
The whole interview
He keep trying to make a speech 😂
Yall do know that they are still doing ppv boxing right?
PBC is the reason why HBO Boxing no longer exist. PBC tried to monopolize boxing by acquiring boxers from different promotion companies under one umbrella, Showtime/FOX/PBC. Problem was PBC underestimated the overall power of the other promotion companies. The other promotion companies partnered with other networks to counter what PBC was attempting to do. Top Rank/ESPN, Golden Boy Promotion & Matchroom Promotion/DAZN. This caused boxing to implode, this is why the best don’t fight the best anymore on a frequent basis. These promotion companies refuse to work with each other because the networks have them and the fighters bound to these network contracts. Now Showtime Boxing is latest domino to fall because PBC can’t put together enough fight cards to fill in viewing slots, plus the PPV numbers have ben lackluster. Boxing needs a major change fast or else it may never recover.
I ain’t gone lie pbc still has the best fighters I’m not gone lie
He wants to be looked at a certain way
When we do get the fights we want as of lately it's been trash ex:
Spence vs Crawford
Charlo vs Canelo
Inoue vs Fulton
Just an example these fights were not what we thought it would be they were blow out fights and a waste of money and one sided like what's going on here? 😆 Not competitive at all
Okay he has no idea what he's talking about. As someone who has managed Fighters and promoted fights, the real reason why boxing is dying on cable is because the boxing Revenue model is too dependent on fees from the networks. There are no additional revenue streams like nfl, mlb, in nhl, where the athletes are getting a cut of merchandising deals. In boxing everything is dependent on site fees and network fees and it's just too expensive
Why is that? Ive always wondered why those in boxing have not tried to close the gap in that area. Is cable necessary in this day?
Hopkins means well. I just don't know what he means.
Boxing is losing fans . Most people would rather watch tik tok videos than Boxing
Bernard Hopkins always trying to sound like the Almighty wise man, he said like 1 million words here and I have no idea what the fuck his point is. Did he make a point???
I'm lost what he's talking about
and look at today
hes talking gibberish
What the hell is he talking about 😅
Pack it up B.
No more interviews 😅
man....its hard to understand him....poor joe
Oh no 😞
He’s confused or at Least I am
Golden boy has Ryan Garcia and that’s it
And they don't even like him or treat him good.
Atleast that's how it seems
Bhop, is trying to make a speech out of a basic conversation
That’s just how he’s always talked
What do you mean?
That's how interviews work
well spoke for a guy with a lot of brain injuries.
Bhopa chill akhi. Just chill
Man what?
Stop talking in riddles & just say it
Wtf is Bernard talking about 😊
What? 🤔
Why does the bro always talk like his mouth is dry. Drink some water FFS.
If you give ignorance money their going to more ignorant #Mayweather
The big glups ffs
This is a sad listen
Listening to BHop for five minutes is 🤯🫠
What the hell did he say? Certainly didn't answer the question. Lol
What you don’t understand English or something ?
He gave his thoughts
Clearly and concisely 🤦
Use Google translator then.🤷
@@jorge5275No. He actually didn't. Sure he gave some thoughts but didn't answer the question. I don't need Google translator, I know gibberish when I hear it. It's kind of like reading your comment. I'm sure to you it seemed witty but....naah.
Boxing is in their territories mode ... Who come out as the winner 🤔
Boxing is no different than any other sport 🤣🤣🤣🤣 do the math 🤣🤣🤣🤣