Yesterday, I covered the Bernard Hopkins/Enrique Ornelas press conference at the Liacouras Center in Philly. They'll be fighting there December 2. It's Hopkins' first fight here in Philly--his home--in 6 years. You can read about it at Philadephia Boxing Examiner. Click here.
It was great to see some familiar pug-scribes, like Bernard Fernandes. The first story I had published in Philly was about the Blue Horizon, the fabled boxing venue. After it came out, I was at the "Blue" covering fights and there, a few seats down from me was Bernie whose stuff I've read, but never met. I gave him a copy ans asked him to give it a read sometime and to let me know what he thought. He started reading right then and there. After what seemed like an eternity, he looked down press row and gave me a thumbs up.
(Photo by Kerry O'Connor)
Here's some footage I took of Hopkins at the press conference talking about Philly boxers needing a way to show off their talent.
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