Bernard Hopkins showed up at the international Québec City Airport, around 5.30 P.M. He wisely was wearing very warm clothes as it is freezing cold up here. As he got into the airport, Hopkins took a look at tourist pamphlet that showed how to cross the Laurentien National Park (between Québec and Chicoutimi) on a skidoo! Hopkins seemed to be in a great mood.

“I am very, very happy with my preparation, this was the best training camp of my life. Saturday will be a major night for me, I want to make history. I want to become the oldest fighter ever to beat a world champion. George Foreman was 45 years old when he won the WBA heavyweight championship of the world against Michael Moorer in 1994, but, Saturday, I will be nine days older that he was, when I take Pascals belt,” said Hopkins.

A journalist said, “Monday, Pascal said that the most intelligent fighter will win Saturday night”.

Hopkins smiled, and replied, “He said that? That's bad news for him. I am a very intelligent guy, and he is a dummy! Watch me Saturday night. I will give him a lesson. He is just a student, I am the teacher. No student will teach me anything in boxing”.

Another journalist told him,”Bernard, the Pepsi Colisée will be jammed full of Pascal fans Saturday night. You don't believe that it will be a plus for Pascal?”

Bernard answered, “At the beginning of the fight, it is obvious that the crowd will give massive support to Pascal, but the more that I dominate the fight, the more the crowd will be quite. And a quite crowd will depress Pascal and motivate me”.

Another media member said, “Bernard, you have the reputation to be become a dirty fighter when you want to frustrate your opponent”.

“What can I tell you? A fight is a battle”, said Hopkins, “In every fight there are cheap shots. I did not invent cheap shots”.

Hopkins laughed when a journalist told him,”Pascal said that the pressure will be on your shoulders, because you are a legend, you have a huge reputation to protect”.

Hopkins said,” What a joke! Pascal will have the pressure, not me. He will box in front of his fans, not me. And do you think that pressure means anything to me? I have been involved in 24 world championship fights, and I won 20 of them. Do you seriously think that pressure is a big thing for me?”

Pascal, Hopkins, their trainers, their promoters and the Québec City Mayor, Régis Labeaume, will participate in the final press conference, Wednesday, at the City Hall.