Cloud can’t wait to shut up Hopkins - by Joseph Santoliquito

BROOKLYN, NY—Tavoris Cloud sat there with a stoic expression as the hyperbole flew on Tuesday at the press conference announcing his IBF light heavyweight championship defense against Bernard Hopkins on March 9 at Barclays Center.

To Cloud’s immediate right sat the king of overstatement himself, Don King, and to Cloud’s far right sat Hopkins, no slouch at slinging the you-know-what himself, celebrating his 48th birthday by jousting with King on the dais.