Yep, taking Bhop to stop anyone was a stupid bet Matt. And I made the same stupid mistake. Sometimes you have to listen to your intuition rather than rational thought. My intuition was strong on Nard stinking out a dec win but I rationalized myself into believing that the KO was logical.
Nard is boxing's Barnum and Bailey. He faked with Calzaghe, Antwun Echols, Robert Allen I - in a fight he may have gotten beaten in. Made Syd Vanderpool weigh in the morning of the fight to gain an advantage when that wasn't standard practice.
And now yesterday with Jones. What would the boys in Graterford say about those antics.
He ducked Brian Barboza early on in his reign when he (Barboza) rolled Robert Allen and then fights guys like Bo James, washed up John David Jackson, Allen, who lost to Barboza, Simon Brown, Andrew Council. (If you boxrec this stuff it will corroborate it.) Ultimately, Barboza was the ultimate head case and f'd up on his own down the road - but he was a real dangerous cat for a about a year and a half and Bhop wanted no part of him at that time.
He is the ultimate flimflam artist. I think he's one of the greatest boxing manager's that ever lived based on how he's handled his own career. You can't make this stuff up.
