This Just In: Bernard Hopkins Is A Good Person

Beautiful column from one of boxing’s best writers today, Kevin Iole.

“Losing is an occupational hazard in boxing”

A beautiful behind the scenes look at the Hopkins-Pavlik fight from Thomas Hauser. Among other interesting things of note, it turns out that Pavlik was suffering from bronchitis, for which he was taking antibiotics, at the time of the fight. Something to keep in mind when analyzing the wide margin of Hopkins’s victory. Personally, I think Pavlik’s jump in weight played a more decisive role in the lopsided outcome.