When you think about light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins, the first phrase that comes to mind is, no doubt, "fashion model." He's such a pretty boy, that one. So naturally he -- along with junior welterweight Amir Khan and amateur standout Roberto Cammarelle -- is now modeling Prada sunglasses. Usually, as Don Steinberg pointed out, a boxer wearing shades is trying to cover up a big old bruised eye, so it's an interesting choice by Prada, to say the least.
Let's take a brief sunny vacation from all the (attempted) philosophical talk yesterday about belts and resume that another day. We'll break it up for the time being by chatting about all the fights that aren't happening. Round and Round is a column that's usually about fights in the works, but there are a lot of fights not working out right now, goldarnit.
As always, sources are listed at the bottom of each post. I feel bad about not linking to each individual article, but it would take HOURS more to do that. Just tune in to those sources regularly, and if some particular item written about below interests you, you can track down more info via those fine publications by using Google searches with the appropriate boxer/pub names.
Oh, also, our Alex McClintock is in my lovely town. I hadn't met him before because he's always living in some foreign country, like Australia or Mexico. Turns out he's a cool dude in person, too. He and I and a few others will be at The Pug at 7:30 tonight, so if you're a D.C.-based TQBR reader, come join us. Alex' U.S. tour is on the verge of ending, so expect to see him returning to this blog on the regular very, very soon. No crappy boxing tattoo will be safe!
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