San Francisco, CA- Having been at this a while, I am always questioning the motives and intentions of both promoters and fighters alike. That is what makes me different from the norm, as in some instances I just throw out the ?who, what, where and when? format journalism is based on and head in another direction. That being said, I am beyond perplexed that reigning World light heavyweight (175 lbs) champ Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KOs) will meet Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KOs) in the City of Angels, Los Angeles, CA this Saturday night on an HBO telecast emanating from the Staples Center on a card that is dubbed, ?Believe It Or Not.?
BLACKS DON?T DRAW OR BUY DUCATS UNLESS?
Fighters of African-American descent that can draw a huge gate are a rarity. Right now, I can already hear the seething of Blacks thinking that I?m taking a shot at them ethnically from the headline of this paragraph. But it is true, Bernard Hopkins couldn?t draw, not unless he was fighting Oscar De La Hoya or Felix Trinidad. If you attended any of Hopkins? defenses of the middleweight title, you know where I?m coming from. Oh, there are exceptions, Muhammad Ali, Ray Leonard and Mike Tyson could sell out arenas, regardless of whom they were fighting. Evander Holyfield and George Foreman, not so much. The only African-American fighter that can pack a joint today is Floyd Mayweather!
