CONGRATS TO B HOP FOR BEATING FATHER TIME ONCE AGAIN. CLOUD WAS THE YOUNGER MAN BUT FOR SOME REASON THE THUNDER IN HIS NICKNAME WAS NO MORE THAN A LIGHT SHOWER! BUT I'M SURE HE'LL BE BACK. JUST NOT AGAINST HOPKINS!

NOW THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT WAS WHAT TOOK PLACE AFTER THE FIGHT. AS SOON AS THE BELL SOUNDED BERNARD WENT RIGHT OVER TO WHERE ANDRE WARD WAS SITTING RINGSIDE AND TOLD HIM THAT HE WOULD NEVER FIGHT HIM NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY HE WAS OFFERED. WHAT? NOW IF THOSE TWO ARE GOOD FRIENDS THEN THAT'S SOMETHING YOU TALK ABOUT OFF CAMERA. NOT ON AIR. AND FOR THOSE WHO COULDN'T HEAR B HOP JIM LAMPLEY REPEATED IT! NOW WE ALL KNOW BERNARD IS ALWAYS SAYING THAT HE'S AN OLD LION AND HE'S DESTROYING ALL THE YOUNG CUBS OUT THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS TELLING WARD. I WON'T FIGHT YOU NO MATTER HOW MUCH I'M OFFERED BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUT A DENT IN YOUR CAREER AND I'M ON MY WAY OUT SOON. WARD WAS SITTING THERE SMILING BUT HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT B HOP MEANT.