Age does not matter. Until one day it does.
For everyone.
That relentless takedown artist gets all of us. Not matter how much fish oil we take, how many wheatgrass shots we do, how much yoga we perform.
Whether by decision, or sudden calamitous KO. Age gets us all.
Even Bernard Hopkins, someday, will look his age. The future Hall of Famer, looking like he could step on a scale and make 175 for his December 18 date with WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, sure as heck didn’t look like an old guy, or even a slightly grizzled athlete, during a Wednesday press conference in New York City. At Planet Hollywood, BHop showed no grays, or slight paunch, as he told us that he’d once again prove himself to be a new age old school master.
But someday, we all thought as we heard Hopkins, who turns 46 on January 10 promise to be unlike anything the 26 year old Pascal has seen, age will matter.
The mileage will finally burn out the engine, or at least, gum up the rotors enough that Pascal will have his hand raised in his home base, Quebec.
Of course, Hopkins poked some fun at himself as he told the media how he reacted when Team Pascal, coming off his minor shocker win against Chad Dawson, informed him that he was in their sights.
“Boxing has been my life for 23 years as a pro,” said the 51-5-1 hitter, who last saw action in a snoozer of a rematch with Roy Jones in April. “When I saw Pascal fight Chad Dawson, I thought to myself ‘Pascal is not the best guy in the Light Heavyweight divisio
