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Philadelphia (Jan. 15, 2015) – Boxing tšōmo Bernard Hopkins o tsejoa ke batho ba bangata mabitso a – “The Mophethahatsi oa Kahlolo,” “The mojaki” le “B-Hop” re bolela tse seng kae. Ho qala kajeno, o ile a tla ba le e 'ngoe hape moniker – “50-selemo se le seng.”

Sena ke ea bohlokoa bohato ba bohlokoa bophelo ba nakong e tlang hall of Famer. O ile a e keteka oa letsatsi la tsoalo hore e le hore ka ho fetisisa baatlelete fihla nako e telele ka mor'a hore ba tlohela mosebetsi. Ho ke ke ho tsotehang hore o ile a hase feela ntse a le mafolofolo, empa feela dikgwedi tse a tloswa loantša a le pinnacle ea hae dipapadi.

Hopkins ke surefire pele ya baloto, ho phaella ho International Boxing hall of fame (IBHOF) ha a ne a e ba kgethwa. Hae lilemo tse leshome-qetellong le lefaseng ka mampoli, ho kopantswe le unifying tsohle tse ka mabanta ya go arola, fana ka a ka mo ba bolela hore ba ho ba kholo ka ho fetisisa middleweight tsohle nako. The ha e le hantle e le hore a beha hammoho ya bobedi-mosebetsi hore mo bona momahanya leseli heavyweight litlotla lends credence ho Hopkins’ bolela e le hore a ke “ke ke ea lefatse lena.”

“Ke tsoa ea khale sekolo sa papading ya ditebele tsa moo o loantša se molemohali moo 'me le bontša hore u,” o ile a re Hopkins. “Ke batla ho ba mohlala mpo na bilenge bahlabani nyoloha hore e le hore atleha ya dipapadi, u na le ho itšireletsa ka linako tsohle. Seo se bolela le ho tsoa ka tsa bophahamo ba. Ke bile khona ho etsa seo le joalokaha ke le e sa ntse e loantša ha e ntse e keteka ka sa bo50 letsatsi la tsoalo. Hona ke bopaki bo feletseng ba atleha.”

Ho pholletsa le mosebetsi oa hae oa Hopkins mohla tšehetsa theoha tobane le molemo ka ho fetisisa. A loana-ka-ntoa e baleha tjena joaloka ba ba neng ba 's mang ho hall of Famers, lefatše bahloli le godimo go sefofane boraditebele. Hopkins a tobana le tsotlhe tse tharo bahlabani inducted ka IBHOF a 2014, ho ba le otloa Oscar De La Hoya le Felix Trinidad le ho nyahlatsa sekolo qeto ea ho Joe Calzaghe. O ile a nang multiple length direkoto ba hae li matha ka middleweight, ho akarelletsa le telele ka ho fetisisa busa e le lefatše mampoli (10 lilemo tse, likhoeli tse peli le 17 matsatsi a) le bakeng sa ka ho fetisisa tse latellanang tlotla ho itsireletsa (20).

Ka leseli heavyweight le ea hae forties o ile a tsoela pele ho etsa histori. Ka Motšeanong 2011, Hopkins hlōla Jean Pascal bakeng sa WBC Light Heavyweight ea Lefatše Championship, feta George foromane e le khale ka ho fetisisa Boxer ho leha e le neng hlōla lefatseng le tlotla (46 lilemo tse, likhoeli tse 'ne le ka matsatsi a tseletseng).

O ile a qhetsola hae rekoto lilemo tse peli hamorao ha a ne a hlōla Tavoris Snake bakeng sa IBF Light Heavyweight ea Lefatše Championship (48 lilemo tse, kgwedi e le nngwe le 22 matsatsi a). A 2014 o ile a beha e 'ngoe tlalehong e le o ile a ile ea e-khale ka ho fetisisa ntoa se ho momahanya lefatše litlotla ha a ne a hlōla Beibut Shumenov ho eketsa ea WBA Light Heavyweight ea Lefatše Championship hae IBF moqhaka.

“Ha ho motho ea ka latolang legacy hore Ke a bōpa papali ena. Ruri kea motlotlo ka seo ke se entseng, ba ba neng ba ke loana, kamoo ke matured hammoho ka tsela eo. Ke ikutloa ke tloga a ka taba e itseng ha ho ea ka tlosa kapa latola sebakeng sa ka ho a le metshameko’ histori,” o ile a re Hopkins.

Hopkins’ ha le tšepo ea ho siea lefa la a fetang ya dipapadi ea papading ya ditebele tsa, ka ho toba e le topallo ea bophelo bo botle le nonofo ya bakeng sa Borwa-American baagi le holimo-40 bongata bo boholo bo. Ka bobeli ba Hopkins’ batsoali ba fetile pele ga dingwaga tse 50, ka lebaka la mathata lefu la tsoekere la le lefu la pelo. Sena se entse ea champ la hae letsolo le khahlanong le bakeng sa hloekileng phelang e fanang ka mo khotsofalo e ea manyolo lijo tse e le hore a pheha ka boeena o.

“Re feela phela hang le 'mele ea rona rōna litempele. Nke ke ka ho ja ntho e ha molemo bakeng sa ho ka tsamaiso,” o ile a re Hopkins. “Ke mafura ke le matla a hlahisa lijo tse. Ntle le ena letsatsi le letsatsi mokhoa oo 'mele oa ka ne e tla ba tela ho' na nako e telele fetileng.”

Hopkins o nako e telele ka loana ya ditokelo tsa 'moho le eena boraditebele. Famously pakang pele Congress a tsehetso ea Muhammad Ali ketso. A 2014, Hopkins a hlaha ha a le United States Capitol mohaho o thusa tsosa profil ea Lou Ruvo Setsi sa Brain Health oa thuto ee tseneletseng ka tsa litsebi boraditebele le phello ba bona ba dipapadi nang le ka bokong ba tsona.

A tse leshome tse fetileng, Hopkins e se e tlatsetsang ya dipapadi e le a ntsetsa pele. Ho tloha ha a 2005 middleweight tlotla unification gia le Oscar De La Hoya, Hopkins le “Oa Khauta Boy” entseng go dirisana le Hopkins nang le peresente ya Golden Boy ho phahamiswa le ho ho thusa ho kgothaletsa ba bona ba lintoa hohle ka har'a naha.

Ka January lekholo la bo20 la, Khauta Boy tla hlompha Hopkins’ 50th birthday with a special edition of Khauta Boy Live! ka Fox Sports 1 le Fox Deportes phela ho tswa ho 2300 Arena a Hopkins’ motseng oa habo tsa Philadelphia. Philly ka boeena Eric “The Outlaw” Hunter tla sehlooho sa litaba koranteng bosiung ba la lintoa. O ile a tla nka ka Rene “Twin” Alvarado tsa 10 ho pota featherweight gia.

“Ke lumela a investing papali ena le hore bolela hata ho fihlela ho poleiti e le moatlelete le e le a ntsetsa pele,” o ile a re Hopkins. “Ke na le le monyetla oa le le boikarabelo ba ho ea bahlabani le Fans ho etsa papali ena molemo ka ho fetisisa ho ka ba.”

Hore na o ratang eena hore a mosebetsi oa hae ka lesakaneng, kapa tsela eo a lulang bophelo ba hae ka ntle, ha ho na ho latola hore Hopkins ke e 'ngoe-ya-e-mofuta ofe. Ha a ne a qetellong siea ya dipapadi ho tla ba bittersweet, ha a ntse a o kile a re:

“Thabela ena ha u ntse u ka. Se ke la tšoenyeha ka neng kapa joang ke ea ho tloha kapa heletsa. U bashanyana ba batho bohle ba, Kea u utloisisa, empa u ha ba utloisise 'na.”

Lakatsa Bernard a na le 'Happy Birthday’ on TwitterTheRealBHop le ho sebelisa hashtag # BHOP50.