Seventeen-year-old Chris Colbert is the reigning Junior Olympic champion at 95 pounds. He's since moved up to 106, and with any luck might see featherweight some day.
When Chris first walked into Atlas Cops and Kids Boxing, trainer Aureliano Sosa gave the skinny kid the nickname "B-Hop," because he resembled the great Philly champ Bernard Hopkins, not only physically but in natural fighting style and gift of gab.
Lil B-Hop and Big B-Hop posed together at a press event to promote this Saturday's fight at the Barclays. One is long past a magnificent prime. One approches a peak of unknown dimensions.
Lil B-Hop says, "He gave me permission to use the name in the pros."
