DeAndre Hopkins wants to take Charvarius Ward ‘steroid boy’ shot to boxing ring

DeAndre Hopkins wants to take Charvarius Ward ‘steroid boy’ shot to boxing ring

DeAndre Hopkins would like to settle the beef with fisticuffs.

After the 49ers defeated the Cardinals 38-10 last week, San Francisco defensive back Charvarius Ward ripped Hopkins — and made an allusion to the six-game PED suspension Hopkins had to serve in the beginning of this season.

“He was getting locked up. He was doing some dirty things,” Ward said. “He tried to clip me, he grabbed me by the throat. He grabbed my face mask on one play, so I don’t respect his game. That’s steroid boy.”

Naturally, the comments made their way back to Hopkins, who was at first diplomatic but eventually came around to the point that he would like to handle the matter with a sanctioned fight.



“I’m not the kind of guy that goes to social media for stuff like that. Obviously, it sounded very personal, but the thing about this league, you never know when you might end up on a team with somebody,” Hopkins told reporters on Friday. “It is what it is. I’m not the kind of guy that makes a public service announcement about somebody else, but we’re all in a fraternity together. I hate to hear a guy talk like that about somebody, about anybody, but for me I just pray for people like that.

“A lot of people are tough when they can type something or say something, but I respect guys like Le’Veon Bell that get in that boxing ring. That guy over there who said something about me, I would definitely love to get in a boxing ring with him and see how tough he is in real life.”

DeAndre Hopkins wants to settle 'steroid boy' beef with Charvarious Ward in a boxing ring.DeAndre Hopkins wants to settle ‘steroid boy’ beef with Charvarious Ward in a boxing ring.Getty Images

Hopkins is listed at 6-foot-1, 212 pounds, while Ward is listed at 6-1, 195 pounds.

In all likelihood there is a provision in each of their football contracts preventing them from competing in a boxing match, but this would be a heck of an undercard on the next Jake Paul fight.