BOXING LEGEND AND FUTURE HALL-OF-FAMER BERNARD HOPKINS CELEBRATES 50

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Philadelphia (Jan. 15, 2015) – Halyeeyga Boxing Bernard Hopkins waxaa lagu yaqaan magacyo badan – “Askari ayaa,” “Alien The” iyo “B-Hop” la magacaabo wax yar. Laga bilaabo maanta, wuxuu mudan weli wadata magac kale – “50-sano jir ah.”

 

Tani waa guul aad u muhiim ah nolosha Hall mustaqbalka ee ritiga. Waxa uu u dabaaldegaya dhalashadiisa ah in ciyaartooyda ugu yimaado dheer ka dib ay ka fariistay. Waxaa xusid mudan in isagu ma aha weli kaliya firfircoon, laakiin kaliya bilood laga saaray la dagaalanka ugu fiicnaa kubada aad u of uu cayaaraha.

 

Hopkins waa surefire Intaa waxaa dheer codbixinta ugu horeeyay ee Boxing Caalamiga ah Hall of Fame (IBHOF) marka u qalmin. Orod tobankii sano-dheer uu sida horyaalka adduunka, weheliso midayntii ee horyaalka oo dhan suumanka ku, isaga siinaysaa sheegashada in ay noqoto dhexe ugu weyn ee waqtiga oo dhan. Xaqiiqada ah in uu isu keenay labaad-mustaqbalkiisa in ay aragtay isaga mideeyo horyaal culus iftiin yaridda rumaysan in Hopkins’ ayaa sheegtay in uu yahay “ma aha dunidan.”

 

“Waxaan ka dugsiga duug ah feerka meesha aad dagaalamaan ugu fiican halkaas oo naftaada cadeeyo yimaado,” Saciid Hopkins. “Waxaan doonayaa in aan tusaale u yahay dagaalyahannada dhallinta yar soo socda in si ay u guulaystaan ​​in Isboortiga, aad leedahay si aad u badbaadisid naftaada iyo jeer. Taas macnaheedu waa in oo ka mid ah giraanta. Waxaan awoodin in ay sameeyaan in sida aan ahay halgamaysay iyada oo sidoo kale u dabaal aan dhalashadiisa 50aad. Tani waa daliil u ah guul.”

 

Mustaqbalkiisa ciyaareed oo dhan Hopkins marna taageeray hoos uga soo food ugu fiican. Isaga oo dagaal-by-dagaalanka akhriya sida uu qofka oo ah Hall of Famers, Kooxda heysata horyaalka adduunka iyo diinta horyaalka Ingariiska. Hopkins wajahay dhan saddex dagaal ugu dhawaaqayay galay IBHOF ee 2014, isagoo garaacay Oscar De La Hoya iyo Felix Trinidad iyo tagtey go'aanka in Joe Calzaghe. Waxa uu heystaa diiwaanka badan ordaa uu ugu dhexe, oo ay ku jiraan boqornimadii ugu dheer sida horyaalka adduunka (10 sano, laba bilood iyo 17 maalmood) iyo difaaca horyaalka isku xiga (20).

 

Ugu feerka iftiinka iyo galay afartaneeyada uu ayuu hadalkiisa raaciyay inuu taariikh. In May 2011, Hopkins adkaaday Jean Pascal ee WBC Light culus World Championship, maraya George Foreman sida feeryahanka ugu da'da weyn si ay abid ku guuleysto horyaalka adduunka ah (46 sano, afar bilood iyo lix maalmood).

 

Laba sano ka dib uu ka qarxay rikoorkiisa u gaar ah markii uu adkaaday Tavoris Cloud ee IBF Light culus World Championship (48 sano, hal bil iyo 22 maalmood). In 2014 wuxuu dhigay rikoor kale madaama uu noqday dagaalka ugu da'da weyn dooneyso inay u mideyso horyaal oo adduunka markii uu adkaaday Beibut Shumenov inaad ku darto World WBA Light feerka ee Championship in uu IBF taaj.

 

“Qofna ma burin karo raadadkii in aan abuuray ayaan in ciyaartan. Waxaan runtii ugu faraxsanahay wixii aan ku sameeyey, kuwaas oo aan la dagaalamay, sida aan qaan jidka. Aad u fiican oo ku saabsan wax ka mid ma qaadi karin ama aad inkirin ka dhacay isboorti oo aan dareemi’ taariikh,” Saciid Hopkins.

 

Hopkins’ aanu rajeyneynaa in ay dhaxal ka baxsan isboortiga ee feerka, si gaar ah sida tiir caafimaadka iyo jir dhiska ee bulshada African-American iyo in ka badan 40-badnaa. Labada of Hopkins’ waalidiinta mudaynasaan sano jir ka hor 50, ay sabab u tahay dhibaatooyin of sonkorow iyo wadne xanuun. Tani waxa ay keentay champ ee uu soo ridayo oo u noolnool oo daahir ah in isaga siinayaa qanacsan in cuntooyinka ay organic inuu isagu soo karinayaan.

 

“Mar Waxaan ku nool nahay iyo jidhkeennu macbudyo noo kaliya. Waxaan Ma doonayo inaan wax cuno wax uma fiicna aan nidaamka,” Saciid Hopkins. “Waxaan naftayda hurinaya cuntooyinka tamarta laga soo saaro. Haddii aan caado maalin walba this jidhkayga ayaa waqti dheer ka hor siin lahaa kor ii on.”

 

Hopkins ayaa sidoo kale muddo dheer ku Jahaaday xuquuqda uu diinta la shaqayn jiray. Caanka ahaa markhaati furay Congress ka hor lagu taageerayo falka Muhammad Ali. In 2014, Hopkins muuqday dhismaha United States Capitol in ay ka caawiyaan kor profile of Ruvo Lou ee Center for Health Brain ayaa daraasad dhamaystiran of diinta xirfadeed iyo saamaynta ay sport ayaa ay maskaxda.

 

Tobankii sano ee la soo dhaafay, Hopkins ayaa ka qeyb qaadatay ciyaaraha sida horumariyaha ah. Tan iyo markii uu 2005 dhexe xumad heysay horyaalka midoobidda la Oscar De La Hoya, Hopkins iyo “The Golden Boy” ayaa la aasaasay iskaashi la Hopkins lahaanshaha boqolkiiba dalacaad Boy Golden oo kaa caawiya horumarinta dagaallan ay dalka oo dhan.

 

Janaayo 20-keedii, Golden Boy murwayn doonaa Hopkins’ 50th birthday with a special edition of Golden Boy Live! on Fox Sports 1 iyo Fox Deportes ku nool ka 2300 Arena ee Hopkins’ magaaladiisa ee Philadelphia. Philly ee u gaarka ah Eric “Xaaraantinimeynaya The” Hunter cinwaan caawa dagaal. Oo wuxuu idinka qaadan doonaa Rene “Twin” Alvarado in xumad featherweight 10-wareega.

 

“Waxaan aaminsanahay in la maalgashado ciyaartan iyo in loola jeedaa labanlaabo in saxanka isagoo ciyaaryahan ah iyo sida horumariyaha ah,” Saciid Hopkins. “Waxaan haystaa fursad aan iyo mas'uuliyad ka saaran tahay in ay dagaalyahanno iyo taageerayaasha si uu u sameeyo ciyaartan ugu fiican waxay noqon kartaa.”

 

Haddii aad isaga jecel oo uu shaqada gudaha giraanta, ama qaabka uu naftiisa ka baxsan ku nool yahay, ma jiraan wax diidaya Hopkins waa mid-ah-a-nooc. Marka uu ugu danbeyn ka tago ciyaaraha waxa ay noqon doontaa qaraar, sida uu mar yiri:

 

“Ku raaxayso this inta aad awooddo. Ha ka werwerin markii Amase sidee baan doonayaa inaan ka tago ama dumin. Waxaad guys waa aadanaha oo dhan, Waxaan aad fahamto, laakiin aadan ii fahmin.”

 

Jeclaan Bernard a 'Dhalasho farxad leh’ on TwitterTheRealBHop iyo isticmaali BHOP50 hashtag # ah.

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