Hopkins - Jones II: Three's a Crowd... by Kenny Perrault
Being from Minnesota I really wanted to see the Jason Litzau - Rocky Juarez fight on the Roy Jones-Bernard Hopkins under card. The problem is I refused to spend $50 on this bogus PPV. Up until an hour before fight time I was sticking to my guns and not ordering the fight. Then I remembered something I had read earlier in the week... that the fight card would be shown in movie theaters. While I didn't hand over the $50 for the PPV I did spend $20 on a ticket at the aforementioned movie theater. I showed up three minutes before fight time, wondering how many fight fans would already be seated. When I rounded the corner and looked at the seats I saw every one of them vacant. Not one soul was seated in the theater. It was just me and the announcing crew. After 20 minutes two other people walked in making the attendance a grand total of three. Cost of PPV $50, amount of money made at the theater from the fight 60 bucks!

Passing Thoughts on Hopkins over Jones - on PPV No Less... by George Elsasser

Hopkins still has a bit left and it showed - Jones has very little and it showed - and what the viewer got was what many had probably never considered before purchasing tickets: 
A) With both B-Hop and Roy skilled counter-punchers, the PT Barnum disciples among the live clientele never considered they would be subjected to a watered down version of what was being advertised. 
B) The age factor - Jones Jr. no longer has the faster hands that the slickster Hopkins - translation, we get Hopkins compensating by still being able to benefit from the ongoing mutual feinting over the early going. 

Hopkins vs Jones, a Rivalry? ... by Martin Wade
Bernard Hopkins is all about manhood, from his days as a thug on the streets of Philly to exactly five minutes ago. Jim Brown, a Hopkins hero once proclaimed that the root of masculinity is as simple as "I can kick your ass." This probably explains a lot of the legend's own scrapes with the law. In my faith of Buddhism, patience (sopa) and humble compassion are essential to one's development- but useless in our linear reality. From the first day at kinder-garden my mother assured me that I'd be tested, and since that time (when tested) I've been less than patient.  Bernard Hopkins would appreciate this trait, but as any predator he would have to test me as an observer of the cruel game he has mastered. Through knowledge of the nuts and bolts of boxing commerce and partnerships with Golden Boy and HBO, Bernard Hopkins is attempting to challenge the consumer's intelligence. Mr. Hopkins, along with co-conspirator Mr. Jones want to redefine the definition of the word "RIVALRY" and hope you pay for the watered down version of the real passion that drives all sports.  
Me? I'm just here to remind you of the truth that you already know...