Hopkins Appreciates Journey To Top
As Hopkins likes to say, "I did it the old Frankie way. I did it my way."
His way began to take shape in the mid-1980s, during a 56-month stint in Pennsylvania's Graterford State Penitentiary for robbery, one of the eight felonies on his record.
During his incarceration, the Philadelphia street thug was befriended by inmate Smoky Wilson, who was serving life for murder. He became Hopkins' trainer and one of the few who believed he could change the direction of his life. Hopkins said Wilson told him that one day he would become middleweight champion.
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I'm going to set a fierce pace. It's going to be a Marvin Hagler-Tommy Hearns kind of pace," Hopkins said. "If he takes a deep breath, I'm telling you, it's over."