Bernard Hopkins Slick Boxing Style & Techniques | Breakdown 

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.

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

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

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

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

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 🙏🏾❤️

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Love me some Bernard Hopkins. Legendary fighter.

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.

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.

Bernard Hopkins will always be my idol

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. 🥊🦸‍♂️💪🐓🔥

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😳🤯💪🏽🥊🔥

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

He's in my Top 10 all time greatest boxers

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.

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

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

Great video man!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Excellent

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

Great video such a great fighter

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

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

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

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

another great video as usual

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.🤜🤛

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

Next please roman gonzalez!

I see a lot of Hopkins in money may

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.

His instinct is crazy !

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.

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

1 of the greats

Saw him live in both fights against Jean Pascal

Great analysis, music could use a little more energy tho

A TRUE WARRIOR!😎😎

هوبكنز ملاكم بطل احترمه كثيرا 🙏

Take the test!

Man his performance against Tito was a Masterpiece!!

X = discipline

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

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

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

Probably one of the most disciplined fighters of his generation.

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

BHOP A TRUE ORIGINAL IN THE GAME

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

The better man usually wins

Didn't look so slick against Joe Calzagi! 😁

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

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

Whats the song name

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

song name please?

The 👽

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

Yo

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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Hopkins vs pascal 1&2

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"

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

Got better ad he got older cause he married his dream

he;s my uncle

Fun fact he lost his first fight

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

Bernard Hopkins wasn't a dirty fighter

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

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

I don’t like his style. Dirty and a spoiler but what ever it takes! Apparently

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

Yo mate put another shrimp on the barbi