NEW YORK - Ozzie Smith didn't always touch second base while turning doubleplays. Michael Jordan scored lots of points on moves for which lesser players would have been called for traveling. The bending of certain rules in sports is hardly a revolutionary concept. If somebody hits you low, you hit him low back.
Fair exchange is never a robbery.
Real fans realize Bernard Hopkins is rough and tough. Hey, man, I'm a Philadelphia fighter. Look at Rocky Marciano, Jersey Joe Walcott, Ezzard Charles. Rough, tough guys, all of 'em. This is a fight.