Photo Mawu a: Greg Gorman

FILADEFIYA (Jan. 15, 2015) – Nkhonya nthano Bernard Hopkins amadziwika ndi maina ambiri – “The Wakupha,” “Mlendo” ndipo “B-kadumphidwe” ndi zina zotero. Kuyambira lero, iye adzakhala inanso moniker – “50-chaka chimodzi.”

Zimenezi wosaiwalika mu moyo wa m'tsogolo Hall ya Famer. Iye akukondwerera kubadwa kwa kwambiri othamanga akubwera nthawi yaitali awo pantchito. N'zochititsa chidwi kuti iye si kupitirizabe, koma miyezi kuchotsedwa kumenyana penipeni pa chimake ake masewera.

Hopkins ndi surefire woyamba chisanko Kuwonjezera pa mayiko Maseŵera a nkhonya Hall Omveka (IBHOF) pamene iye akukhala woyenera. Ake khumi-pamapeto pake monga dziko ngwazi, pamodzi ndi kugwirizanitsa onse a malamba mu kugawanikana, zimamuthandiza amati kukhala wamkulu middleweight yonse. Mfundo yakuti iye pamodzi m'ma ntchito kuti anamuona pogwirizanitsa kuwala heavyweight maudindo ambiri akaganizira kungomukhulupirira kuti Hopkins’ amanena kuti “osati wa dziko lino.”

“Ine ndinabwera kuchokera wokalamba sukulu ya nkhonya kumene nkhondo yabwino kunja uko ndipo khalani,” Anati Hopkins. “Ndikufuna kukhala chitsanzo kwa achinyamata omenyana akubwera kuti kukhala ndi moyo wabwino pa masewera, inu muyenera kuti mudziteteze nthawi zonse. Zikutanthauza ndi kuchoka mu bwalo. Ndakwanitsa kuchita kuti ine ndine akumenyabe nkhondo komanso mwambo wanga 50th kubadwa. Ichi ndi pangano langa bwino.”

Mu ntchito yake Hopkins konse amatidwa kuchokera akukumana yabwino. Pomenyana ndi-nkhondo limati ngati amene ndi amene Hall ya Famers, dziko akatswiri ndipo pamwamba kuthawa boxers. Hopkins anakumana onse atatu omenyana amatengedwa kupita ku IBHOF 2014, ndi kumenyedwa Oscar De La Hoya ndi Felix Trinidad ndi kugwetsa chosankha Joe Calzaghe. Iye akufuna angapo mbiri wake amathamanga pa middleweight, kuphatikizapo yaitali ulamuliro wa dziko ngwazi (10 Zaka, miyezi iwiri ndi 17 masiku) ndipo kwambiri zotsatizana udindo kudziteteza (20).

Pa kuwala heavyweight ndi ake makumi anai iye anapitiriza mbiri. Mu Meyi 2011, Hopkins anagonjetsa Jean Pascal kwa WBC Kuwala Heavyweight World Championship, kudutsa George wolimbikira monga wamkulu womenya nkhonya konse kupambana dziko udindo (46 Zaka, miyezi inayi ndi masiku asanu ndi limodzi).

Iye anaswa mbiri yake patatha zaka ziwiri pamene anagonjetsa Tavoris Mtambo kwa IBF Kuwala Heavyweight World Championship (48 Zaka, mwezi ndi 22 masiku). Mu 2014 iye anapereka zolemba monga iye anakhala wamkulu womenya kugwirizanitsa dziko maudindo pamene anagonjetsa Beibut Shumenov kuwonjezera pa WBA Kuwala Heavyweight World Championship ake IBF korona.

“Palibe angatsutse ndi cholowa kuti ine analengedwa mu masewera. Ine ndine kwenikweni amanyadira zimene ndinachita, amene ine anamenyana, momwe ine okhwima m'njira. Ine ndikumverera bwino za chinachake aliyense akhoza kuchotsa kapena kukana malo anga mu masewera’ m'mbiri,” Anati Hopkins.

Hopkins’ Kodi chiyembekezo kusiya cholowa kupitirira masewera a nkhonya, makamaka ngati mzati wa thanzi ndi olimba chifukwa cha African-American anthu ndi a zaka zoposa 40 khamu. Onse Hopkins’ makolo adamuka patsogolo zaka 50, chifukwa mavuto a shuga ndi matenda a mtima. Izi zachititsa ndi champ ake Crusade For oyera amoyo kuti iye chikwaniritso mu organic zakudya kuti ophika yekha.

“Ife moyo kamodzi ndi matupi athu athu akachisi. Sindilola kudya chinachake chimene sichiri bwino wanga dongosolo,” Anati Hopkins. “Ine chizitipatsa ndekha ndi mphamvu wobala zakudya. Popanda tsiku chizolowezi thupi langa akanakupatsani pa ine kalekale.”

Hopkins nayenso yaitali anamenyera ufulu wa anzake boxers. Famously umboni pamaso Congress mu mchirikizo wa Muhammad Ali chochitika. Mu 2014, Hopkins anaonekera pa United States Capitol nyumba kuthandizana kulera ndi maulosi a Lou Ruvo Center kwa Ubongo Health a Kafukufuku wa akatswiri boxers ndi mmene awo masewera ali pa ubongo wawo.

M'zaka khumi zapitazo, Hopkins wakhala achititsa kuti masewera ngati zolimbikitsa. Popeza ake 2005 middleweight udindo yogwirizanitsa bout ndi Oscar De La Hoya, Hopkins ndi “The Golden Boy” kuti anapanga mgwirizano ndi Hopkins kukhala ndi kuchuluka Golden Boy Zokwezedwa ndi kuthandiza kulimbikitsa awo ndewu ponseponse mu dzikolo.

Pa January 20, Golden Boy umalemekeza Hopkins’ 50th birthday with a special edition of Golden Boy Live! pa Fox Sports 1 ndipo Fox Deportes moyo kuchokera 2300 Chi mu Hopkins’ kwawo ku Philadelphia. Philly a Eric “The anagwirizana zothetsa” Hunter chifuniro litsogolera usiku ndewu. Iye chidzathandiza Mnazareti “Mapasa” Alvarado mu 10 chonse featherweight bout.

“Ndimakhulupirira pakuika izi masewera ndipo zikutanthauza pakupita kwa mbale maseŵero ndipo ngati zolimbikitsa,” Anati Hopkins. “Ndili ndi mwayi ndi udindo omenyana ndi mafani kuti apange masewera yabwino zingakhale.”

Kaya mumakonda chifukwa cha ntchito mkati apeza, kapena njira akukhala moyo wake kunja, palibe amatsutsa zoti Hopkins ndi limodzi la-a-mtundu. Pamene m'kupita umatuluka masewera zidzakhala bittersweet, monga iye alewa:

“Sangalalani izi pamene mungathe. Musadandaule pamene kapena momwe ine ndikusiya kapena kuphwanya. Inu anyamata ndi anthu onse, Ndimakumvetsetsa, koma inu simukumvetsa ine.”

Ndikukhumba Bernard ndi 'Odala masiku a kubadwa’ pa TwitterTheRealBHop ndi ntchito chizindikiro # BHOP50.