MONTREAL (AP) — Bernard Hopkins knows he’ll be seen as the bad guy when he steps into the ring with local favorite Jean Pascal, and he plans to use some hockey gear to rub it in.
Hopkins said he will wear a Philadelphia Flyers jersey with No. 16 on the back into the ring when he challenges the WBC light heavyweight champion from Montreal on Saturday night at the Bell Centre.
The number was worn by Flyers captain Bobby Clarke on two Stanley Cup teams in the 1970s, when Philadelphia had a rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens.
