While on Scoop B Radio Overtime, boxer Bernard Hopkins chats with Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson about some of his favorite fashion influences. Photo Provided By: Eric Salvary/Scoop Vision Media

Bernard Hopkins made statements in the boxing ring and out of it. When he talks, goshdarnit please listen! Now a boxing analyst on ESPN’s family of networks, Hopkins dons a lot of suits and the now retired 55-8 Philadelphia bruiser known in the the ring as The Executioner traded in his boxing trunks and morphed into Mr. Suave in front of the teleprompter.

Not mad at you brotha! 

“I love fashion, I love to look good, I love to feel good and definitely love to perform good,” Bernard Hopkins told me on Scoop B Radio Overtime. “It’s a 3-punch combination that to me; that’s something that should be taught when you’re really young, but better late than never, but I love fashion.”

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In today’s sports world, fans and writers alike like to put things into boxes and category. In basketball for example many like to compare Michael Jordan’s legacy to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James. In the late 90s in baseball, folks were wondering who the homerun king was Mark McGwire or Sammy Sosa and in boxing folks want the ultimate heavyweight in Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. Here’s a kicker for Bernard Hopkins: Who is on his Mount Rushmore of stylishly dressed athletes? Well I could look at– well like Magic Johnson,” Hopkins said after a brief pause.

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“There’s a lot of like, I could say basketball and football athletes that dress really good, but nobody really like stands out, you know? Deion Sanders is kinda like, loud and I don’t really like that style but a lot of people – he was like- he made statements whether you disagree or didn’t. He made statements.”

Sanders’ gear with MCHammer in the video of Straight To My Feet was legendary, by the way!

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Many credit Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James as sports’ elite dressers. Honestly, the Brooklyn Nets’ Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and D’Angelo Russell are rising notables too. But back to a certain Cleveland Cavalier; Mr. Hopkins, do you dig LeBron James’ digs?

“I think LeBron has a style,” he said. “But it’s like you see somebody else wearing the same thing.

Hopkins also has advice for athletes looking to leave their mark in fashion: Be yourself! 

“I think when you look at fashion you gotta look at: does it go with your skin? Does it go with your physique? Does it go with your whole persona about you,” he said. “I think that when it comes to clothes and I’m getting a little deep, I think that when it comes to wearing a suit or clothes, women or man, it has to fit your personality. I don’t care how much it costs, I don’t care what name brand it is, if the clothes don’t fit your personality you don’t make it blossom.” 

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Bala Cynwyd’s Saks FIfth Avenue was the place to be during NFL Draft’s pre-draft activities. Photo Credit: Eric Salvary Boomtown FM

If you look good, you feel good, if you feel good, your performance in your work is sky-high! In the midst of everything 2017 NFL Draft last week,  insurance broker and FOX News analyst, Rich ‘Big Daddy’ Salgado hosted a panel at Saks Fifth Avenue in Bala Cynwyd, PA.

Salgado, owner of Coastal Advisors  LLC and an analys on FOX Business and FOX News, advises some of your favorite athletes in insurance needs. According to The Postgame’s Jeff Eisenband, that list includes: Justin Tuck, Vernon Davis, Reggie Bush, Jeremy Lin, Ryan Braun, DeAndre Jordan, Michael Strahan, Adam Schefter, Jay Glazer and even Melissa Joan Hart.

While everyone was in town for the draft, everybody let their hair down and unbottoned their shirt collars to talk fashion.

On a panel that included Cincinnati Bengals’ top draft pick, John Ross along with Philadelphia boxing legend Bernard Hopkins, Philadelphia Eagles tight end Lane Johnson and Sports Illustrated’s Andrew Brandt, the topic was men’s fashion in sports.

Long gone are the days of Bugle Boy jeans, Boss Jeans or oversized Mitchell & Ness jerseys. Fashion in sports is big business!

“I love fashion,” Bernard Hopkins told me.

Legendary Philadelphia boxer, Bernard Hopkins catching up with Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson at pre 2017 NFL Draft festivities at Saks Fifth Avenue in Bala Cynwyd, PA. Photo Credit: Eric Salvary Boomtown FM

“I look good, I like to feel good, I definetly like to perform good. It’s a three punch combination that’s, to me; that’s something that should be taught when you’re really young. Better late than never, but I love fashion!”

Folks like LeBron James, Cam Newton and Chris Paul are some of sports’ best dressed and many athletes have followed their lead in creating their own style like the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook and Chicago Bulls’ Dwyane Wade.

Nice kicks, freshly pressed slacks and a million smile is all part of the brand. That said, dressing to impress isn’t just a thing; it is the standard!

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