Photo Credit: Greg Gorman

Philadelphia (Jan. 15, 2015) – Dambe labari Bernard Hopkins da aka sani da yawa sunayen – “A Executioner,” “Da Dan Hanya” da kuma “B-Hop” to suna da 'yan. Da farko a yau, Yanã da yet wani moniker – “50-shekara daya.”

Wannan na da muhimmanci milestone a cikin rãyuwar nan gaba Hall of Famer. Yana bikin ranar haihuwar mai cewa saboda mafi yawan 'yan wasa ya zo tsawon bayan da ja da baya. Shi ne na ƙwarai cewa shi ba kawai har yanzu aiki, amma kawai watanni cire daga yãƙi a sosai pinnacle da ya wasanni.

Hopkins ne mai surefire farko kuri'ar asiri Baya ga kasa da kasa dambe Hall of daraja (IBHOF) lokacin da ya zama m. Ya shekaru goma-dogon gudu kamar yadda duniya zakara, haɗe shi da unifying duk na belts a cikin division, ya ba shi wannan iƙirari ya zama mafi girma middleweight dukan lokaci. Ganin cewa ya sa tare na biyu-aiki da ya gan shi daidaita boxing sunayen sarauta lends da tabbaci ga Hopkins’ ikirarin cewa shi “ba na wannan duniya.”

“Na zo daga wani tsohon makaranta na dambe inda ka yi yãƙi mafi kyau daga can kuma tabbatar da kanka,” Said Hopkins. “Ina son in zama misali ga matasa mayakan zuwa sama cewa domin cin nasara a cikin wasanni, dole ka kare kanka a kowane lokaci. Wannan yana nufin a kuma daga cikin zobe. Na jima ina iya yi haka kamar yadda ni har yanzu fada yayin da kuma bikin na 50th ranar haihuwar. Wannan ne wasiya ga nasara.”

Cikin aiki Hopkins taba goyon baya sauka daga fuskantar mafi kyau. Ya yi yãƙi,-by-yaki karanta kamar wanda ke da suka of Hall of Famers, duniya zakarun kuma kai-jirgin boxers. Hopkins fuskantar duk uku da mayakan inducted cikin IBHOF a 2014, da ciwon dukan tsiya Oscar De La Hoya da Felix Trinidad da faduwa a yanke shawarar Joe Calzaghe. Yana kama mahara records da ya gudu a middleweight, ciki har da mafi tsawo zamanin mulkin a matsayin Zakaran duniya (10 shekaru, watanni biyu da 17 kwana) kuma ga mafi jere suna defenses (20).

A boxing kuma a sa forties ya ci gaba da yin tarihi. A Mayu 2011, Hopkins ci Jean Pascal ga WBC Light matakin matsakaicin nauyi Duniya Gasa, wucewa George Foreman a matsayin mafi tsufa ɗan dambe zuwa taba lashe wata duniya take (46 shekaru, wata huɗu da kwãna shida).

Ya sanya kansa rikodin bayan shekaru biyu sa'ad da ya ci Tavoris Cloud ga IBF Light matakin matsakaicin nauyi Duniya Gasa (48 shekaru, wata daya da kuma 22 kwana). A 2014 ya kafa wani rikodin kamar yadda ya zama mafi tsufa jirgin saman soja don daidaita duniyar sunayen sarauta a lõkacin da ya ci Beibut Shumenov don ƙara kambunansa na WBA Light matakin matsakaicin nauyi Duniya Gasa wa IBF kambi.

“Babu wanda zai iya musun yi wasiyya da ita Na halitta a cikin wannan wasanni. Ni gaske alfahari da abin da na yi, wanda zan yi yaƙi, yadda na balaga da hanyan. Ina jin kyau sosai game da wani abu babu wanda zai iya dauke ko ƙaryatãwa mini a cikin wasanni’ tarihi,” Said Hopkins.

Hopkins’ bai fatan su bar wani wasiyya bayan da wasanni na dambe, musamman a matsayin al'amudin lafiya da dacewa ga baƙar fatar Amirka al'umma da kan-40 taron. Duka Hopkins’ iyaye shige daga gabãninku da shekaru 50, saboda rikitarwa da ciwon sukari da kuma cututtukan zuciya. Wannan ya jagoranci champ a kan jihadi domin tsabta rai cewa ya ba shi gamsuwa a cikin kwayoyin abinci ya ce ke dafa da kansa.

“Mu kawai rayuwa sau daya da kuma jikinmu ne temples. Ina ba za su ci wani abu da yake ba mai kyau ga na tsarin,” Said Hopkins. “Ina makaman da kaina da makamashi samar da abinci. Ba tare da wannan al'ada kullum jikina, dã Mun bã sama a kan ni dogon lokaci da suka wuce.”

Hopkins ya kuma dogon yi yaƙi domin 'yancin' yan'uwansa boxers. Famously shaidawa kafin Congress a cikin goyon bayan da Muhammad Ali yi. A 2014, Hopkins bayyana a Amurka Capitol ginin don taimakawa tada bayanin martaba na Lou Ruvo Cibiyar Brain Lafiya ta da cikakken nazarin sana'a boxers da sakamako wasannin da suke da a kan kwakwalwa.

A cikin wannan ƙarnin, Hopkins da aka bayar da tasu gudunmuwar da wasanni a matsayin mai kiran kasuwa. Tun lokacin da ya 2005 middleweight take daidaituwa fadan da Oscar De La Hoya, Hopkins da “A Golden Boy” sun kafa wani haɗin gwiwa tare da Hopkins mallakan wani yawan Golden Boy Promotions da kuma taimaka wa inganta su ta faɗa a duk faɗin ƙasar.

A kan Janairu 20th, Golden Boy zai girmama Hopkins’ 50th birthday with a special edition of Golden Boy Live! a Fox Sports 1 da kuma Fox Deportes rayu daga 2300 Arena a Hopkins’ garinsu na Philadelphia. Philly ta mallaka Eric “Da fashi” Mafarauci nufin kanun labarai daren ta faɗa. Zai dauka a kan Rene “Twin” Alvarado a cikin wani 10-zagaye featherweight fadan.

“Na yi imani da zuba jari a cikin wannan wasanni da kuma wannan yake nufi da fatar sama da farantin karfe a matsayin dan wasa da kuma a matsayin mai kiran kasuwa,” Said Hopkins. “Ina da wata dama da alhakin zuwa ga mayakan da magoya don yin wannan wasa mafi kyau zai iya zama.”

Ko kana sha'awan shi, ga aikinsa cikin zobe, ko hanyar da ya zaune rayuwarsa a waje, babu wani musun cewa Hopkins yana daya-na-a-irin. A lõkacin da ya ƙarshe ya fita daga wasa zai kasance bittersweet, kamar yadda ya ce da zarar:

“Ji dadin wannan alhãli kuwa ba za ka iya. Kar ku damu game da lokacin ko yadda zan je su bar ko rushe. Ku mutanen nan ne dukan mutane, Na gane ku, amma ba ku fahimtar da ni.”

So Bernard mai 'Happy Birthday’ on TwitterTheRealBHop da kuma amfani da hashtag # BHOP50.