Bernard Hopkins Slick Boxing Style & Techniques | Breakdown

[@gerardbiagan]

Hopkins' chin and durability was also exceptional. He only lost by KO through getting knocked out of the ring and hurting his leg. He faced some crazy punchers in their prime.

[@raasputin]

He didn't hurt his leg he knocked out

[@NotaRickRoll515]

@@raasputin 🤡

[@raasputin]

@@NotaRickRoll515 he got knocked out. He also fake his injury against Dawson, faked injury with Roy Jones soft rabbit punches and also faked a low blow against calzaghe. With that stupid grimace on his face. As Pascal said take the test!

[@angelonewyork]

OMG the old “knocked out of the ring” story…😂 The fuckin guy was 47 years old Nevermind the 3 decades of dominance before that… I’m just saying I HATE hearing that story. This man is top ten fighters who ever lived. Go look in the books

[@barryirvingj1813]

He shoved out the ring, got hit in the head in the process of being shoved.

[@Joshua-uw7wm]

I'm a 81 kid myself so I was already a hardcore boxing fan by the time he came out and I loved his story and followed his career. Love that dude

[@biggalaxy9102]

I'm 52 & watched so many greats & Hopkins is my absolute favorite. He's the most skilled boxer I've ever watched. He had so many weapons. I've never seen anyone with that many bags of tricks. His story is even more incredible. I'm Puerto Rican & I remember when he fought Felix Tito Trinidad & as much as I loved my countryman I remember being in a room with about 10 other Puerto Rican's & they had no clue who Hopkins was & they kept saying Trinidad was going to destroy Hopkins. I said, "not tonight!" These dudes wanted to kill me & as the fight went on they really wanted to kill me. But they soon became very quiet. You could cut the frustrating tension in the air with a knife. I have to say Hopkins had so many masterpiece fights but that Trinidad fight was his best win & the greatest performance I've ever seen. He pitched a shut out & had a beautiful conclusion with a 12 round knock out. Any young fighter reading this, I highly suggest stop watching Floyd Mayweather Jr & watch Hopkins & especially watch the Trinidad fight as many times as you can & watch how extraordinary his skills were. Watch it in slow motion & fast motion as many times as you can & I promise you, your boxing IQ will shoot through the earth's atmosphere. Saludos.

[@rasulsamad5860]

Good advice papi

[@matthewmedeiros5832]

Me too b hop is awsome

[@jesseb5076]

I’m a boxing and mma coach and I always share youre videos to my fighters to breakdown the finer points in fighters and boxing matches. Excellent video and what a great legend B-Hop was 🙏🏾❤️

[@BoxingLife]

I really appreciate that Jesse! Means a lot that these videos can help out your fighters. 👊

[@jacobharris954]

Quick question I do Kali and boxing,how have modify boxing for mma

[@felicecancellara4524]

Bernard Hopkins is a living legend 🙌🏼 Discipline, Hard Work and Passion…a very tough guy and the oldest champion in boxing history ❤

[@tylerk2533]

I remember seeing Bernard Hopkins in Philadelphia threw the X up for him. Hopkins is a legend.

[@BoxingLife]

❌🙅‍♂️

[@tylerk2533]

@@BoxingLife can you cover some of the boxers from your homeland I would like to hear about some of the guys that brought it in the ring

[@common_wolf]

@@thekenyangemini4628 Roy made all elite fighters look average.

[@thatbronzeboij]

@@thekenyangemini4628 not at all. Completely disagree with that statement.

[@andrewcheadle948]

@@thekenyangemini4628 Calzaghe too. Hopkins tried to play the low blow game a couple of times in the Calzaghe fight, as he knew he was losing. Which was pretty lame of him!

[@jandro8370]

In the gym I grew up on BHOP was like a God. My coach was from Philly. Anytime my coach mentioned pro boxing he talked about Bhop and his techniques. This guy was champion when I first started and was a champion in my last amateur fight. That's crazy.

[@sayhan3631]

Nice documentary ! I was hoping if you could a study on Dwight Muhammad Qawi, because I felt he is rarely talked about

[@BoxingLife]

Thanks! Yeah think I will one day

[@sayhan3631]

@@BoxingLife Thank you so much, since I am inspired by Dwight's fighting style since we have very similar physique. He was like 5ft 6in just like me and is in cruiserweight division.

[@bunnyofdoom4501]

Love. I teach my fighters many of BHops principles. Keep up the great work spotlighting the legends of our sport.

[@BoxingLife]

Much appreciated! He’s a brilliant example to learn from

[@SIickTurtIe]

Tavoris Cloud and Shumenov were underrated performances in the twilight of his career. They were similar to Andre Wards fights against Edwin Rodriguez and Sullivan Barrera. It’d be nice if you could highlight early bhop fights, dude fought like a 6’ tall Duran.

[@Danielkozina]

Hopkins was a legend and was all round so good. His lead hand is deadly both the jab used to set up shots and shovel hook used to split the gaurd, his rear hand was powerful and had lot's of set ups behind it in order to land yhose ko shots. His defense was simple yet effective and would smother his opponents when up close to prevent counters. His counters are some of the best I've seen, for those who don't know counters aren't based on reaction timing they are based on deception, drawing the expected reatcion out of your opponent to then exploit it with a shot of your own. Hopkins was a chess player and a master at it.

[@BoxingLife]

♟👊

[@Danielkozina]

@fitaddiction 369 Thanks mate I'll have a loot at that.

[@Nowhats]

Crazy timing been watching a lot bhop fights his boxing iq is thru the roof!!! Learned a lot from his fights, great video

[@biggalaxy9102]

If you box, stop watch Mayweather Jr. & study Hopkins. You'll learn a lot more & the Hopkins vs Trinidad fight was his masterpiece. Watch in slow motion & see incredible his skills. Watch that fight 30 times if you have to & your boxing IQ will shoot through the earth's atmosphere. Hopkins used every inch of that ring & even the ropes. They way he bounced off the ropes to make Trinidad miss then counter punch him was outstanding. The way he fought inside, outside, faints, how relaxed he was, slick, footwork, jabs, combinations & even the way he would punch Tito's balls & hips when the ref was unable to see it was genius. He's the most skilled boxer I've ever seen. Just top tier skills.

[@Nowhats]

@Big Galaxy ayee love that figjt will do that next time around, my brain could barely process all the science going on!!!

[@Phantoman7]

Great analysis. Hopkins is truly a master boxer. I have so much appreciation for his ring intelligence. One of the all time greats, and among the top 5 of his entire era.

[@darnelljones3765]

Wow! What a treat to witness Bernard Hopkins for the first time today! I am not a follower of sports nowadays, but I used to be, and I had heard Bernard Hopkin's name in boxing, but that was it. He was almost undescribably great, with style, speed, and a knockout punch that he could throw, at any time, from any angle! Thank you for this video, too, sir.

[@WarioSaysSo]

Always loved Bernard Hopkins's career when growing up and despite how much negative critique others gave, I knew a master in boxing when I saw one and that was Bernard Hopkins. A true master not only has skjills and athletic gifts, but more so has continues dicipline of his craft and body. A true master realises his own weaknesses and adapts his skills to compensate those weaknesses. Bernard Hopkins was that boxing master and fight after fight in his career at late stage proved all that and then some! Just the fact that he could stay as a middleweight for so long despite having a larger body with-out draining himself is further prove for his dicipline and dedication - His era rivals James Toney and Roy Jones Jr. are body-wise naturally having smaller frames, yet they struggled with keeping themselves as middleweights (Toney was hopeless to remain) and had to move up in weights. Toney wound up as a heavyweight, far-far away from where he started and had to fight the big men, take there power and constantly being the small guy that in the end put a lot of damages to his body and head.

[@the.dove.effect]

Great video Jamie! Love Bhop. I studied him for years & eventually transitioned to study Andre Ward. Love his discipline. His mindset is like no other.

[@matthew-jy5jp]

Another great boxing breakdown brother. Hopkins was a great fighter, I'm not a real big fan of him as a person But what he's done in boxing can't be denied.

[@biggalaxy9102]

Bro you got the easiest sub in the world right now. You just broke down my favorite fighter of all time. Hopkins is easily the most skilled boxer I've ever seen & that's over all the greats. His IQ was second to none. And my dude you are the most skilled analyst I've ever heard. I'm hooked! I look forward to watching your break down of my next favorite boxer of all time, Andre Ward. Andre in fact fought more like his idol Roy Jones Jr but changed his style to be more like the great Hopkins bc he realized it was more efficient for the long haul. Smart move. I remember Andre learning so much commentating Hopkins fights & he even admitted to it & of course again, you saw it in his fighting style. Saludos.

[@maurogomez1585]

One of the best. Intelligent fighter. He was very discipline and took good care of his body.

[@cooky0705]

Think one of his, if not main attribute was how he good he was at taking take away is opponent's rhythm and pace away, to make them fight at Hopkins pace. Could be fighting someone who averages throwing 100 shots per round and Hopkins will have lowered the opponent into just throwing 30 shots per round. Was unreal at making is opponent, come out of their game plan and have to fight at Hopkins pace. Some folk may have found Hopkins and some of is fights boring at times, but if you could fully understand the things he was doing and why he was boxing with those tactics... It was genius and great to appreciate watching

[@jmgonzales7701]

Some of his fights were boring? Him making his opponent look dumb was funny as hell.

[@stephonjames1038]

Dude!!! I have been waiting for this!! Thank you so much!!

[@BoxingLife]

Haha my pleasure

[@johntaylor-lo8qx]

Gr8 doc. As a boxing instructor, I thank you for this. God Bless 🙏.

[@curiouslymavismade]

Love me some Bernard Hopkins. Legendary fighter.

[@johnsebastianalday5698]

Thank you Jamie for making the most comprehensive breakdown on the living legend Bernard "The Executioner/The Alien" Hopkins! 🥊⚔️👽🔥 Yes, B-Hop gets a bad rep (dirty tactics, headbutts, etc.) but respect must be given to a man who was/is an all-around boxing savant: fundamentally sound, highly skilled, immense boxing IQ, extremely versatile, assured adaptability, laser focus, insane discipline/work ethic, and indelible mental fortitude. There should not a reason to question how this man was capable to go up against top flight competition up until his late-40s. As for favorite B-Hop fight: While Bernard's 2001 victory over Felix Trinidad may have been his signature moment and B-Hop's 2008 beat down of Kelly Pavlik is a fun watch in terms of a boxing lesson, I have to go with Hopkins' 2006 victory over Antonio Tarver. Everyone was casting B-Hop aside after his consecutive (highly debatable, particularly the second one) defeats to Jermain Taylor the year prior and many pundits believed "The Executioner" at 41 had nothing left as he moved up to face Tarver for his Light Heavyweight Championship. B-Hop's dismantling of Tarver was to me a combination of the Trinidad and Pavlik fights, a complete boxing masterclass. As for my all-time favorite B-Hop moment, it was when Hopkins stoically did his "I told you so" glare at press row (and by extension, all the doubters) after he beat down Pavlik, once again proving that he was still a top-tier prizefighter despite being well into his 40s. I know many boxing channels have dissected this man's style but I would like to see your take on B-Hop's antithesis and fellow living legend (as well as my personal favorite fighter of all-time): "Superman" Roy Jones Jr. 🥊🦸‍♂️💪🐓🔥

[@freddy8479]

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[@mattjoseph4428]

Another fabulous film. I love boxing but I'm not knowledgeable on techniques and styles so I find this stuff fascinating. I get to see techniques broken down and explained. I don't remember watching Hopkins box so this was a nice look at his career.

[@CJ-ej6sk]

Great video. I needed that. Hopkins is one of the greatest of all time, and one of my all-time favorites.

[@joachimcoonan6255]

B-Hop..... Legend!! Max respect. End story.

[@mansamusa2012]

Excellent work my friend I think BHop would be pleased. Im from the philadelphia suburbs so I’m a Hopkins fan.

[@InTheGranite617]

You hit it right on the money Jimmy. Hopkins was always Underrated! Epic Job Jimmy with the Breakdown!👊🏼👊🏼💯🫵🏼

[@wraithstrongopark]

one of my favorite middleweights, i love his ugly, beautiful style. i wonder what a fight between he and another favorite, marvelous marvin hagler, would look like.

[@punchpunchpass9735]

Superb video and content about my favorite fighter bernard Hopkins. Thanks ❤️💪🥊

[@MaurerBarros]

Great video!! I will make a suggestion can you make a vídeo on how to have a great boxing stance and base? Keep the Hard work

[@omarholcombsr9705]

Bernard Hopkins will always be my idol

[@garretindall2820]

When fighting B.Hop you need to Study your ass off. His Set Ups and Planning are Strategic. 1 of my favorite Fighters 17:38 best sums his Long-lasting Legacy😳🤯💪🏽🥊🔥

[@St.SebArL]

Great video, could you do a video on how Bernard trained. Keep up the good work 🥊

[@nikkovibez9147]

BE HONEST FAM!..Did you make this video cause you saw my comment on Modern Martial Artist channel? lol...IDC if you did, either way..THANK YOU SO MUCH🙏 Hope you have happy holidays man. Keep up the great work.🤜🤛

[@BoxingLife]

Nop! I used a randomizer to pick my next breakdowns. I did a video on this if you look back lol hope you enjoyed it! 🙂👊

[@nikkovibez9147]

@@BoxingLife Well, I dont believe in coincidence, for the most part anyways...This was MEANT to be. lol But yes, Hopkins is actually my favorite boxer of all time believe it or not...I watched him I was growing up, and he was a HUGE inspiration for me, and was one of the main reasons I fell in love with boxing as a kid, and made the switch from karate/kickboxing, to boxing in the amateurs...I wasn't one of those ppl who thought he fought "boring", in yhe latter part of his career. Even as a kid...To me, I always felt tht Big Fight feel, everytime he fought..And even though I didn't quite understand exactly what he was doing at the time, I DEF understood I was seeing something special, and unique, that I didn't see when watching anybody else...So it's always a great joy for me to see a creator, pay respect and share his body of work with the world...And I greatly appreciate it my friend.🙏 Fr

[@kufujitsu]

A great channel for boxing purists. Highly recommend. Subbed.

[@cerromeceo]

He's in my Top 10 all time greatest boxers

[@primeaux1446]

Wish we could’ve seen Hopkins Vs Toney!!!

[@MisterVolts]

Shovel hook! Finally a presenter uses this term correctly. 👍

[@brockst9190]

Great video man!

[@JRD1119]

Loved Hopkins when I watched his rematch with Antwun Echols- picked him to beat Tito when their fight was announced

[@kelceyallen433]

Taking care of the body#temple is how we make it, in all situations 💯 🙏 💪 🙌🏿

[@aaronjackson9385]

Thanks for his tremendous video. Props..big time!!

[@Deluxo-Sauce-God]

Legendary warrior one of my favorite boxers

[@chrislamont6936]

Excellent

[@reallegend7688]

Great video such a great fighter

[@TheTricksterCalv]

Can we get a Sugar ray robinson video he has a decent amount of training footage you could use

[@BoxingLife]

I want to do a video on him early next year

[@loathsum2162]

another great video as usual

[@BoxingLife]

Thank you 👊

[@jumma84]

I'm always liked B-Hop, this is my favorite boxer, he is got something in himself that i like. Greetings from Poland to Executioner.

[@peterkyriopoulos2684]

Saw him live in both fights against Jean Pascal

[@betoj3161]

Next please roman gonzalez!

[@SIickTurtIe]

Interestingly enough. A young Andre Ward fought a lot like an old B-hop 😅

[@masonstevens4900]

His instinct is crazy !

[@petergreen5337]

Probably one of the most disciplined fighters of his generation.

[@THEINFINITEBLACKDYNAMITE]

Bernard Hopkins is number 3 on my top 5 boxers of all time

[@cryptomnesiac]

Great analysis, music could use a little more energy tho

[@CPCP17]

I see a lot of Hopkins in money may

[@Bit-c-k6h]

"Gladiators like hercules"😂😂😂

[@romerojackson4405]

This was overdue. Cause Bernard Hopkins is in my top 10

[@carsonjamesiv2512]

A TRUE WARRIOR!😎😎

[@chiefbuuly1240]

Man his performance against Tito was a Masterpiece!!

[@robertmacleod7587]

1 of the greats

[@Lorendrawn]

Father time is undefeated. But BHop stole a round or two.

[@ruggeddrelouris3597]

Boxing life fella, there are 2 similar but slightly different styles meaning the Detroit or Michigan CRAB STYLE vs the Philly Shell Style, Roger Mayweather cleared that up on a interview about 15 years ago

[@HUSTLER-AT-HEART]

X = discipline

[@raasputin]

Take the test!

[@MisterVolts]

Most counter-punchers (Toney, Augustus, Tyson, Holmes, Hopkins, Golovkin for example) have an abrasive ring persona... and sometimes outside of the ring also! It suits the style however.

[@JUALIJU]

هوبكنز ملاكم بطل احترمه كثيرا 🙏

[@common_wolf]

I remember the fight where hopkins evolved from the executioner into a slick fighter vs tarver...man i miss bhop.

[@jmgonzales7701]

Personally liked slickster in and out fighters. I like it more than the out fighter.

[@chriswilliams4731]

Didn't look so slick against Joe Calzagi! 😁

[@BoxingLife]

Haha well yeah. Still managed to knock him down tho. Wasn’t like he got completely destroyed 🙃

[@crowfather0249]

He was like 48.

[@christopheryeshurun6208]

19 Year Sentence Reduced To 5 Years For Good Behavior 🤣🤣.... He is Mos Definitely One Of My Favorites though

[@Mercuricmike]

BHOP A TRUE ORIGINAL IN THE GAME

[@jontyson5407]

The better man usually wins

[@jackf.clarke8167]

DEFINITELY IN MY TOP 5 1. Roy Jones Jr. 2. Bernard Hopkins 3. Floyd Mayweather 4. Mike Tyson 5. Muhammad Ali

[@FOROZO]

What was kis nickname in the streets? "Head"?

[@Aram64]

One of the greatest boxers of all time. Though his nickname "The Executioner" is good, I think "Professor" would've been much better.

[@valentinratkevicius1820]

Whats the song name

[@valentinratkevicius1820]

Nvm

[@NerdLord]

When he fought Kelly Pavlik just wow like Pavlik young uprising and Bhop just beat him make it looks easy

[@sincerethawt]

A great champion and I place him higher all time then the great Roy jones jr💯💯💯💯💯👍🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿

[@jacquescormery]

The 👽

[@jbr2899]

😎

[@andrewcheadle948]

Hit and hold was his strategy in the Calzaghe fight. It made for a very scrappy boring fight, and hopkins tried the lame low blow strategy a few times, as he knew he was losing "to a white boy"

[@freddy8479]

Like Bernard, is "SLAPPY" Calzaghe's name in THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS?🤔 I DON'T THINK SO. As for "THE WHITE BOY" remark, how is that anyway different from what he said to the same remark then 160 lb. Champion, Alan Minter said before he got his @$$WHOOPED in his own Backyard by "The Marvelous One" Marvin Hagler?

[@3941602]

song name please?

[@realife1542]

4 people beat him in prison, just goes to show how much talent goes to waste before they ever make it

[@jiipak]

Is that Mike Tyson 2:54 in the audience???

[@DanielSmith-pq4yc]

He was a great fighter with his fundamentals and ability to take away his opponents best weapon and of course he knew many of the old tricks you don't see today too bad he didn't become a trainer that's a lot of knowledge going to waste.

[@A1wlrdz]

Yo

[@charlesgraham9954]

Bernard had 3 weapons, that forehead of his was one.

[@jordanolsen879]

I like B-hop man... I do.... But how he boxed Joe Calzaghe still bothers me lol.

[@jacobharris954]

Fun fact he lost his first fight

[@Extinctpopulations]

To Clinton Mitchell an Amateur star who retired very early due to injury.

[@JeremyLG13]

Hopkins vs pascal 1&2

[@Mary-u5c1d]

Got better ad he got older cause he married his dream

[@hoii962]

🙅

[@meepooo155]

he;s my uncle

[@reissbxng2512]

Who do you think would win Marvin Hagler or B-Hop

[@BoxingLife]

I’d have to go for Hagler. B-Hop would’ve tried try to make that a messy one tho lol

[@reissbxng2512]

@@BoxingLife ik this isn't about the video but when you made the video on Marvin Hagler did he do 9-15 mins of pushups pullups leg raises etc...

[@stevenjones1787]

Bhop Marvin yo flat footed

[@reissbxng2512]

@@stevenjones1787 Mike Tyson was also flat footed

[@Governing368]

It was just so ugly. Kinda like Andre ward. Effective, but ugly.

[@davidmccann9811]

Hopkins was a great fighter, but still made racist comments.

[@crowfather0249]

And he lost and apologized for it afterwards. Jeez, y'all always wanna tell us to let things go. Yet when one of us says something, no matter what we do, you always have to hold it over our heads. Get over it.

[@jacquescormery]

Did them to sell the fights. Bernard is no racist

[@marianng3950]

Excusing b-hops cheating tactics is doing the man an injustice. He knew he was pretending to be hurt and rolling around like a modern day footballer. He knew he was head butting men. He knew he was landing low blows and elbows. The man was a cheat but he managed to build one of the best careers of the modern age by doing it. You can't respect his accomplishments without acknowledging how he achieved it. The man was a coward, cheat, warrior and anything else you can lay upon a fighters shoulders, all in the name of winning. Bernard, by literally any means necessary, Hopkins

[@Extinctpopulations]

Ehh. The cheating came in his twilight years when he has no choice but to suscept to dirty tactics to even the playing field as a 40+ year old man. In his prime he was a clean and smooth fighter. Vicious punfher at middleweight.

[@freddy8479]

@@Extinctpopulations HE'S IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS!!!!! TOP THAT B--------HES!!!!!

[@barryirvingj1813]

Bernard Hopkins wasn't a dirty fighter

[@steppinrzr8396]

Not Executioner...Equalizer