FanHouse Nazim Richardson

Don't wish Bernard Hopkins success, wish him failure.

Specifically, tell the 44-year-old boxer that he's so far past his prime, that you believe he'll lose on Dec. 2 to unheralded 29-year-old Enrique Ornelas, the man he will meet in a non-title, 12-round light heavyweight (175 pounds) bout at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Hopkins' hometown of Philadelphia.

"People have written me off a lot of times in my life, and that's been my biggest motivation. I've always needed people to be rooting against me," said Hopkins, a former Philadelphia street criminal who survived three stabbings, was imprisoned at age 18 for five years, and released in 1988.

"I did not let the street life destroy me. I'm that throwback Philadephia fighter who just happened to take care of himself, and that's why I'm still here," said Hopkins, who is 49-5, with 32 knockouts.

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Trainer Nazim Richardson talks about revealing the "blocks" in Antonio Margarito's hand-wraps prior to Shane Mosley's 11th-round knockout of Margarito. The discovery of the illegal padding, which led to a year-long suspension for Margarito, was actually the second time Richardson has discovered illegal padding in an opponent's glove.

Prior to Bernard Hopkins' 12th-round knockout of Felix Trinidad in September of 2001, Richardson found illicit hand-wraps in Trinidad's gloves.

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