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Bernard Hopkins

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Hopkins in 2010 Statistics Real name Bernard Humphrey Hopkins Jr The Executioner Nickname(s) B-Hop Middleweight Rated at Super Middleweight Light Heavyweight Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Reach 191 cm (75 in) Nationality American January 15, 1965 (age 48) Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Stance Orthodox Boxing record Total fights 63 Wins 53 Wins by KO 32 Losses 6

Draws 2 No contests 2 Bernard Humphrey Hopkins, Jr., known as The Executioner (born January 15, 1965) is an American boxer. Hopkins is most widely known for his career in the middleweight class, where he held at least a piece of the championship in that class from 1994 until 2005. Having held the International Boxing Federation's middleweight title first, he unified the titles of all three of boxing's major sanctioning bodies in 2001 by winning the World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council titles. In 2004 Hopkins, having added The Ring middleweight championship to his resume as well, became the first middleweight to have held all four of what are considered the major belts when he won the World Boxing Organization's championship from Oscar De La Hoya. Having defended a world middleweight title a record 20 times before losing the title in 2005, he is considered one of the greatest middleweight champions of all time. The Ring ranked him #3 on their list of the "10 best middleweight title holders of the last 50 years."[1] After losing his title to Jermain Taylor in 2005 and failing to regain it in a rematch, Hopkins moved up in weight and began challenging for the light heavyweight championship. In his first fight in the class Hopkins won the International Boxing Organization and Ring titles from Antonio Tarver. Hopkins lost the Ring title to Joe Calzaghe in 2008, but later regained the belt in his second fight with Jean Pascal (after controversially drawing with him in their first fight). Hopkins also won Pascal's WBC title in the match, and at 46 years, 4 months, and 10 days old broke George Foreman's record as the oldest fighter to ever win a world championship. On March 9, 2013, Hopkins defeated Tavoris Cloud for the IBF light heavyweight championship of the world at age 48 becoming the oldest man in recorded boxing history to win a recognized world boxing championship and to break the record set 21 months earlier, by himself.[2] In addition to being an active boxer, Hopkins is also a minority partner with Golden Boy Promotions.

Contents
1 Background 2 Professional career 2.1 Hopkins vs. Jones I 2.2 Middleweight Title 2.3 2001 Middleweight Tournament 2.3.1 Hopkins vs Holmes 2.3.2 Hopkins vs Trinidad 2.4 Hopkins vs. De La Hoya 2.5 Hopkins vs Taylor 2.6 Light Heavyweight 2.6.1 Hopkins vs. Tarver 2.6.2 Hopkins vs Wright 2.6.3 Hopkins vs Calzaghe 2.6.4 Hopkins vs Pavlik 2.6.5 Hopkins vs. Jones II 2.6.6 Hopkins vs. Pascal I & II

2.6.7 Hopkins vs. Dawson I & II 2.6.8 Hopkins vs. Cloud 2.6.9 Hopkins vs. Murat 3 Professional boxing record 4 Coaches 5 Controversial quotes 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Background
Born to Bernard Hopkins, Sr. and his wife Sue, Bernard grew up in the Raymond Rosen projects with his family. Hopkins turned to crime early in his life. By the age of thirteen he was mugging people and had been stabbed three times. At seventeen, Hopkins was sentenced to 18 years in Graterford Prison for nine felonies. While in prison he witnessed rapes and the murder of another inmate in an argument over a pack of cigarettes, but also discovered his passion for boxing. After serving almost five years, Hopkins was released from prison in 1988. He then decided to use boxing as an escape from his previous life, and converted to Islam.[3] While leaving the prison for the final time, the warden told Hopkins he'd "see [Hopkins] again when you wind up back in here," to which Hopkins replied "I ain't ever coming back here."[4]

Professional career
He immediately joined the professional boxing ranks as a light heavyweight, losing his debut on October 11, 1988, in Atlantic City, New Jersey to Clinton Mitchell. After a sixteen-month layoff, he resumed his career as a middleweight, winning a unanimous decision over Greg Paige at the Blue Horizon on February 22, 1990. Between February 1990 and December 1992, Hopkins scored 21 wins without a loss. He won 16 of those fights by knockout, 12 coming in the first round.

Hopkins vs. Jones I


Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones met on May 22, 1993 for the vacant IBF Middleweight title. Hopkins was out-pointed throughout most of the fight, en route to losing a unanimous decision. All three judges scored the fight 116-112 for Jones.

Middleweight Title
The IBF came again knocking at Hopkins's door on December 17 of that year, matching him with Segundo Mercado in Mercado's hometown of Quito, Ecuador. Mercado knocked Hopkins down twice before Hopkins rallied late and earned a draw. It has been argued that Hopkins was also not properly acclimated to the altitude of nearly 10,000 feet.[5] The IBF called for an immediate rematch, and on April 29, 1995, Hopkins became a world champion with a seventh-round technical knockout victory in Landover, Maryland. In his first title defense he defeated Steve Frank, whom he stopped in twenty-four seconds. By the end

of 2000, he had defended the IBF title 12 times without a loss, while beating such standouts as John David Jackson, Glen Johnson (undefeated at the time and later went on to knock out an aging Roy Jones Jr), Simon Brown, and Antwun Echols.

2001 Middleweight Tournament


The arrival of former welterweight and light middleweight champion Flix Trinidad into the middleweight ranks set off a series of unification fights between major middleweight title-holders. The boxers involved in the tournament would be reigning IBF champion Bernard Hopkins, WBC champion Keith Holmes, WBA champion William Joppy, and Flix Trinidad. Hopkins vs Holmes On April 14, 2001, Hopkins won a unanimous decision over WBC champion Keith Holmes in New York City. Trinidad, however, knocked out Middleweight mainstay William Joppy in an impressive five rounds.[6] This led to many to believe that Felix Trinidad was simply too much, too strong for Bernard Hopkins.[7] Hopkins vs Trinidad Main article: Bernard Hopkins vs Felix Trinidad Then, on September 29, 2001, WBA champion Trinidad challenged Hopkins for middleweight unification in Madison Square Garden. For the first time in many years, Hopkins was an underdog in the betting, which led the confident Hopkins to place a $100,000 bet on himself to win the bout. (The $100K came from a sponsorship deal Hopkins had with online casino sight Golden Palace; Hopkins even had the GoldenPalace.com website displayed on his back for the fight.[8]) During promotion for the bout, Hopkins caused huge controversy by throwing the Puerto Rico flag on the floor in press conferences in both New York and Puerto Rico, the latter conference leading to a riot in which Hopkins had to be run to safety from the angry mob.[9] During the fight, Hopkins was on his way to a lopsided decision victory when, in the 12th and final round, he floored Trinidad. Referee Steve Smoger called a halt to the fight after Trinidad's father entered the ring to stop the fight. It was the first loss of Trinidad's career, and it made Hopkins the first undisputed world middleweight champion since Marvin Hagler in 1987. 'The Ring' magazine and the 'World Boxing Hall of Fame' named Hopkins as the 2001 Fighter of the Year. He defended the undisputed title six times. Hopkins bested Carl Daniels on February 2 surpassing Carlos Monzon's division record of 14 defenses, 2002, by tenth-round technical knockout; Morrade Hakkar on March 29, 2003, by eighth-round TKO; William Joppy on December 13, 2003, by unanimous decision; and Robert Allen on June 5, 2004, also by unanimous decision.

Hopkins vs. De La Hoya


In the highest-paying fight of his career, Hopkins fought six-division titleholder Oscar de la Hoya, another welterweight for the undisputed middleweight championship on September 18, 2004, in Las Vegas. They fought at a catchweight of 158 lbs, two pounds below the middleweight limit of 160 lbs. [10] Hopkins won the bout by knockout in the ninth round with a left hook to the body and thus became the first boxer ever to unify the titles of all four major sanctioning bodies. At the time of the stoppage, Hopkins was ahead on two of the scorecards, with De La Hoya ahead on the other.[11]

In November 2004 de la Hoya invited Hopkins to join his boxing promotional firm, Golden Boy Promotions, as president of its new East Coast chapter. At 40 years old, an age at which most boxers are retired, Hopkins reached the middleweight record of 20 title defenses on February 19, 2005, against ranked #1 WBC Middleweight contender Howard Eastman, the European middleweight champion. Hopkins dominated the fight from start to finish, winning 119-110, 117-111 and 116-112.

Hopkins vs Taylor
Main article: Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor I In his next fight on July 16, 2005, Hopkins lost his undisputed middleweight championship to Jermain Taylor via a split decision. Hopkins started slowly but came on strong over the final four rounds. Many press row writers scored the fight for Hopkins.[12]

Light Heavyweight
Hopkins vs. Tarver Following his two losses to Jermain Taylor, Hopkins at 41 decided not to retire and made the decision to jump two weight divisions to face off against The Ring light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver on June 10, 2006. Going into the fight, Tarver was a 3-to-1 favorite and had been the first man ever to TKO Roy Jones Jr. Many now placed Tarver among the sports top competitors. He was constantly ranked in the P4P rankings. However, Bernard Hopkins picked up a lopsided unanimous decision, scoring 118-109 on all three judges scorecards. Antonio Tarver also lost a $250,000 bet with Hopkins, after he failed to stop Hopkins in the first six rounds.[13] Hopkins vs Wright On July 21, 2007, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Hopkins defended The Ring light heavyweight championship against former undisputed junior middleweight champion Winky Wright. During the weigh-in, Hopkins shoved Wright with an open-hand to the face, igniting a brawl between both fighters' entourages.[14] Hopkins was fined $200,000 for instigating the brawl.[15] Hopkins prevailed with a unanimous decision victory by scores of 117-111, 117-111 and 116-112.[16] Hopkins vs Calzaghe Main article: Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe On April 19, 2008, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Hopkins lost The Ring light heavyweight title to Joe Calzaghe via split decision (116-111 and 115-112 for Joe Calzaghe; 114-113 for Hopkins). Hopkins started the fight well, dropping Joe Calzaghe in the first round and using his ring savvy to confuse the challenger. Calzaghe got up to showcase his blazingly fast hands and devastating combination and despite the fact that Hopkins would smother him whenever he tried to come in and throw more than one punch. Hopkins vs Pavlik Main article: Bernard Hopkins vs. Kelly Pavlik

On October 18, 2008, Hopkins met middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik in a non-title fight at a catchweight of 170 lbs. Fans and pundits alike felt that knockout king Kelly Pavlik would become the first man to knock Hopkins out. Pavlik was a 4-1 betting favourite heading into the contest. On the night of the fight, Hopkins turned back the clock to produce a performance he claimed to be the best of his career winning a unanimous decision (117-109, 119-106, 118-108) over the undefeated Pavlik. Hopkins prepared for this fight in the late summer heat at his second home, Danny Hawk's "World Famous" Normandy Gym in Miami Beach, FL. During the Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao media conferences before their fight on May 3, 2009, Bernard Hopkins stated he would be "interested" in a proposed fight with British super middleweight champion Carl Froch. On December 2, 2009, Bernard Hopkins fought in his home city of Philadelphia for the first time since 2003 beating Enrique Ornelas via 12-round unanimous decision (120-109, 119-109 & 118-110) in what served as a tune-up bout for the 44-year old Hopkins who had not fought since his October 18, 2008 12-round upset victory over undisputed middleweight champion, Kelly Pavlik. The bout was supposed to be a tune-up for a scheduled March 13, 2010 rematch with Roy Jones, Jr. The rematch was later postponed as a result of Jones, Jr. falling to a first round technical knockout loss to Australian, Danny Green. Hopkins vs. Jones II Hopkins and old foe Roy Jones Jr. agreed to fight in a rematch on April 3, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The two boxers fought again 17 years after their first bout in 1993. Hopkins defeated Jones by a unanimous decision in a 12-round bout marred by illegal blows and a skirmish at the end of the sixth round involving ring entourage, the referee and security guards. Judges Don Trella and Glenn Trowbridge scored it 117-110 for Hopkins, while Dave Moretti favored him 118109. The Associated Press had it 119-108, scoring 11 of 12 rounds for Hopkins.[17] He then challenged WBA Heavyweight Champion David Haye who had successfully defended his title against John Ruiz.[18] Following Hopkins challenge, Haye ruled out the fight stating Bernard was only looking for a payday.[19] Hopkins later stated his intentions to fight Lucian Bute following Bute's third round technical knockout victory over Edison Miranda. Golden Boy Promotions also tried to approach retired boxer Joe Calzaghe for a potential rematch in 2010, but Calzaghe, who stated he no longer had the appetite, turned the offer down.[20] Hopkins vs. Pascal I & II Pascal defending versus Hopkins. Main article: Bernard Hopkins vs. Jean Pascal At 45 years old, Hopkins fought WBC, IBO light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal on December 18, 2010 at the Colise Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The bout ended in a majority draw decision. Judge Steve Morrow had it 114-112 for Hopkins, but was overruled by Claude Paquette (113113) and Daniel Van de Wiele (114-114).[21] Following the controversy of the fight, WBC chairman Jose Sulaiman sanctioned an immediate rematch. Main article: Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins II On May 21, 2011, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, Hopkins defeated Pascal by unanimous decision to capture the WBC, IBO, and The Ring Light Heavyweight belts.[22][23] The official scores were 115113, 116112 and 115114.[24] With the win, Hopkins became the oldest man in the history

of the sport to win a major world title, supplanting George Foreman, who had previously held the distinction after his knockout victory over Michael Moorer.[25] Hopkins won at 46 years, 4 months, 6 days, while Foreman was 45 years, 10 months. After the bout, ESPN columnist Dan Rafael stated: "Bernard Hopkins already had lived several boxing lifetimes, but he was born yet again in Saturday's decision over Jean Pascal, becoming the oldest champion in history."[25] Hopkins vs. Dawson I & II Main article: Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson Hopkins told the world of boxing that his next fight was going to be against former champion Chad Dawson. They fought on 15 October 2011. Hopkins lost via TKO for being unable to continue after injuring his shoulder when Dawson threw him off of his back. After an investigation by the WBC following a protest filed by Oscar De La Hoya, the WBC ruled that Dawson intentionally fouled Hopkins and returned the belt to Hopkins. [26] The Ring magazine also decided to continue to recognize Hopkins as their champion pending the California State Athletic Commissions ruling on a protest filed on behalf of Hopkins.[27] Also on December 13, California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has ruled that the decision will be overturned to a no-contest upon official review and the testimony of referee of the bout, Pat Russell.[28] A rematch with Dawson was set for April 28, 2012. Hopkins lost the bout via majority decision. Hopkins would not fight again in 2012, making it the first calendar year since 1989 that Hopkins did not win a fight. Hopkins vs. Cloud Hopkins would make his return to the ring on March 9, 2013 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, against IBF Light Heavyweight Champion and Ring No. 2 ranked Light Heavyweight, Tavoris Cloud. Hopkins broke his own record becoming the oldest man in the history of the sport to win a major world boxing title, by defeating Cloud by unanimous decision. Hopkins vs. Murat Hopkins will defend the IBF Light Heavyweight Championship against Karo Murat on October 26, 2013. The mandatory title defense was originally scheduled for July 13, 2013, but was later postponed due to visa issues for Murat. In the meantime, the IBF originally made Sergey Kovalev Hopkins's new mandatory challenger, but Kovalev instead faced and beat then WBO champion Nathan Cleverly to win the title, so Murat was reinstated as the IBF mandatory challenger and the bout was rescheduled for October 26, 2013.[29]

Professional boxing record


53 Wins (32 knockouts, 19 decisions), 6 Losses, 2 Draws, 2 No Contest[30] Rd., Res. Record Opponent Type Date Location Notes Time Boardwalk Hall, Karo 2013Defending IBF Light N/A N/A N/A N/A Atlantic City, New Murat 10-26 Heavyweight title. Jersey Win 53-6-2 Tavoris UD 12 2013- Barclays Center, Won IBF Light Heavyweight

(2)

Cloud

03-09

Brooklyn, New York

title and broke previous record of becoming oldest champion in boxing history.

Loss

52-6-2 Chad (2) Dawson 52-5-2 Chad (2) Dawson

MD

12

NC

NC

2 (12), 2:48

Win

52-5-2 Jean (1) Pascal

UD

12

Draw

51-5-2 Jean (1) Pascal

MD

12

Win

51-5-1 Roy Jones, UD (1) Jr. 50-5-1 Enrique (1) Ornelas 49-5-1 Kelly (1) Pavlik 48-5-1 Joe (1) Calzaghe 48-4-1 Winky (1) Wright 47-4-1 Antonio (1) Tarver 46-4-1 Jermain (1) Taylor 46-3-1 Jermain (1) Taylor Howard

12

Win

UD

12

Win

UD

12

Loss

SD

12

Win

UD

12

Win

UD

12

Loss

UD

12

Loss

SD UD

12 12

Win 46-2-1

Boardwalk Hall, 2012Lost The Ring & WBC Light Atlantic City, New 04-28 Heavyweight titles. Jersey Hopkins unable to continue Staples Center, 2011after foul. Retained The Ring Los Angeles, 10-15 & WBC Light Heavyweight California titles. Won The Ring, IBO & WBC Light Heavyweight titles. Awarded WBC Diamond 2011- Bell Centre, belt. Also broke George 05-21 Montreal, Quebec Foreman's record in becoming the oldest champion in boxing history. Pepsi Coliseum, 2010For WBC, IBO & The Ring Quebec City, 12-18 Light Heavyweight titles. Quebec Mandalay Bay 2010Non-title light heavyweight Events Center, Las 04-03 bout. Vegas, Nevada Liacouras 2009- Center, Non-title light heavyweight 12-02 Philadelphia, bout. Pennsylvania Boardwalk 2008Non-title super middleweight Hall, Atlantic City, 10-18 bout. New Jersey Thomas & 2008Lost The Ring Light Mack Center, Las 04-19 Heavyweight title. Vegas, Nevada Mandalay 2007Retained The Ring Light Bay Events Center, 07-21 Heavyweight title. Las Vegas, Nevada Boardwalk 2006Won IBO & The Ring Light Hall, Atlantic City, 06-10 Heavyweight titles. New Jersey Mandalay Bay For WBC, WBA (Super), 2005Events Center, Las WBO & The Ring 12-03 Vegas, Nevada Middleweight titles. MGM Grand Lost IBF, WBC, WBA 2005Garden Arena, Las (Super), WBO & The Ring 07-16 Vegas, Nevada Middleweight titles. 2005- Staples Center, Retained IBF, WBC, WBA

(1)

Eastman 9 (12), 1:38

02-19

Los Angeles, California

45-2-1 Oscar De Win (1) La Hoya 44-2-1 Robert (1) Allen 43-2-1 William (1) Joppy 42-2-1 Morrade (1) Hakkar 41-2-1 Carl (1) Daniels 40-2-1 Flix (1) Trinidad 39-2-1 Keith (1) Holmes 38-2-1 Antwun (1) Echols

KO

MGM Grand 2004Garden Arena, Las 09-18 Vegas, Nevada

Win

Win

Win

Win

MGM Grand 2004Garden Arena, Las 02-06 Vegas, Nevada Boardwalk Hall, 2003UD 12 Atlantic City, New 12-13 Jersey Spectrum, 8 (12), 2003TKO Philadelphia, 3:00 03-29 Pennsylvania Sovereign 10 (12), 2002TKO Center, Reading, 3:00 02-02 Pennsylvania UD 12 TKO Madison Square 12 (12), 2001Garden, New York, 1:18 09-29 New York 12

Win

Win

Win

Win

37-2-1 Syd (1) Vanderpool 36-2-1 Antwun (1) Echols 35-2-1 Robert (1) Allen 34-2-1 Robert (1) Allen Simon Brown Andrew

Win

Win

NC

Win 34-2-1 Win 33-2-1

Madison Square 2001Garden, New York, 04-14 New York The Venetian 11 (12), 2000- Resort Hotel Retained IBF Middleweight TKO 1:42 12-01 Casino, Las Vegas, title. Nevada Conseco 2000- Fieldhouse, Retained IBF Middleweight UD 12 05-13 Indianapolis, title. Indiana Miccosukee 1999Retained IBF Middleweight UD 12 Resort & Gaming, 12-12 title. Miami, Florida Washington 7 (12), 1999Retained IBF Middleweight TKO Convention Center, 1:18 02-06 title. Washington, D.C. Las Vegas 4 (12), 1998Retained IBF Middleweight NC Hilton, Las Vegas, 2:57 08-28 title. Nevada Trump Taj 6 (12), 1998Retained IBF Middleweight TKO Mahal, Atlantic 1:00 01-31 title. City, New Jersey UD 12 1997- The Show Place Retained IBF Middleweight UD

(Super), WBO & The Ring Middleweight titles. Retained IBF, WBC, WBA (Super), The Ring Middleweight titles. Won WBO Middleweight title. Retained IBF, WBC, WBA (Super) & The Ring Middleweight titles. Retained IBF, WBC, WBA (Super) & The Ring Middleweight titles. Retained IBF, WBC, WBA (Super) & The Ring Middleweight titles. Retained IBF, WBC, WBA (Super) & The Ring Middleweight titles. Retained IBF, WBC Middleweight titles. Won WBA (Super) & vacant The Ring Middleweight titles. Retained IBF Middleweight title. Won WBC Middleweight title.

Arena, Upper 11-18 Marlboro, Maryland Fantasy Springs Glen 11 (12), 1997Win 32-2-1 TKO Resort Casino, Johnson 1:23 07-20 Indio, California Memorial John 7 (12), 1997- Auditorium, Win 31-2-1 David TKO 2:22 04-19 Shreveport, Jackson Louisiana Resorts Casino William 11 (12), 1996Win 30-2-1 TKO Hotel, Atlantic Bo James 2:02 07-16 City, New Jersey MGM Grand 4 (12), 1996Win 29-2-1 Joe Lipsey KO Garden Arena, Las 2:50 03-16 Vegas, Nevada Arizona Veterans Steve 1 (12), 1996- Memorial Win 28-2-1 TKO Frank 0:24 01-27 Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona USAir Arena, Segundo 7 (12), 1995Win 27-2-1 TKO Landover, Mercado 1:10 04-29 Maryland Segundo 1994- Coliseo General Draw 26-2-1 D 12 Mercado 12-17 Rumiahui, Quito Resorts Casino Lupe 1994Win 262 UD 12 Hotel, Atlantic Aquino 05-17 City, New Jersey The Sands Melvin 3 (10), 1994- Casino Hotel, Win 252 TKO Wynn 0:48 02-26 Atlantic City, New Jersey Blue Horizon, Wendall 3 (12), 1993Win 242 TKO Philadelphia, Hall 0:28 11-23 Pennsylvania Riviera Hotel Roy 7 (12), 1993Win 232 TKO Casino, Las Vegas, Ritchie 1:47 08-03 Nevada RFK Memorial Roy Jones, 1993Loss 222 UD 12 Stadium, Jr. 05-22 Washington, D.C. McNichols Gilbert 1993Win 221 UD 12 Sports Arena, Baptist 02-16 Denver, Colorado Wayne 1 (12), 1992- Resorts Casino Win 211 TKO Powell 0:21 12-04 Hotel, Atlantic Council

title. Retained IBF Middleweight title. Retained IBF Middleweight title. Retained IBF Middleweight title. Retained IBF Middleweight title. Retained IBF Middleweight title. Won vacant IBF Middleweight title. For vacant IBF Middleweight title. Retained USBA Middleweight title. Non-title super middleweight bout. Retained USBA Middleweight title. Retained USBA Middleweight title. For vacant IBF Middleweight title. Retained USBA Middleweight title. Won vacant USBA Middleweight title.

Win Win Win Win

201 191 181 171

Eric Rhinehart James Stokes Anibal Miranda Randy Smith Dennis Milton Willie Kemp David McCluskey Ralph Moncrief Danny Mitchell

KO KO PTS UD

1 (10), 1:47 1 (10) 10 10

199209-14 199208-28 199205-21 199204-03 199201-31 199112-13 199111-26 199109-23 199107-09 199106-20 199103-18 199102-26

Win

161

TKO

4 (10)

Win

151

UD

10)

Win

141

TKO

7 (10) 1 (10), 1:28 1 (?) 1 (?) 1 (?), 1:10 1 (6)

Win

131

TKO

Win Win Win

121 111

KO TKO TKO

Pedro Marquez Steve 101 Langley 91 Richard Quiles

Win

KO

Win

81

Mike Sapp TKO

1 (6)

199011-17

Win

71

Darren Oliver Percy Harris

TKO

1 (6)

199010-20 199008-05

Win

61

UD

City, New Jersey Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, New Jersey Paris, le-deFrance Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, New Jersey Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Atlantic City Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Parsippany, New Jersey Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas National Guard Armory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National Guard Armory, Lee County Civic Center, Fort Myers, Florida Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, New Jersey Convention Center, Atlantic City

1990- Trump Castle, 06-30 Atlantic City Blue Horizon 1990- Hotel, Win 11 Greg Paige UD 4 (4) 02-22 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Clinton 1988- Resorts Hotel, Loss 0-1 MD 4 (4) Mitchell 10-11 Atlantic City UD=Unanimous decision, SP=Split Decision, MD=Majority decision, TKO=Technical knock-out, PTS=Points, NC=No contest. Win 51 KO 1 (?)

Khalif Shabazz

Coaches
Hopkins has been coached by Philadelphia based English "Bouie" Fisher from 1989 until their split in 2002 which resulted in Fisher taking Hopkins to court, claiming he was underpaid by $255,000. They re-united in 2003, but split again in 2005, again with Fisher claiming to be underpaid, this time to the tune of $200,000. Naazim Richardson, Fishers long-term assistant took over as Hopkins' head coach from 2005. Fisher won the Eddie Futch-John F.X. Condon Award, awarded by the Boxing Writers Association of America, for Trainer of the Year in 2001. Bouie died aged 83 in June 2011.

Controversial quotes
In late 2010, Hopkins suggested that African-American fighters who possessed what he described as a "slick" inner-city style of fighting would be successful against Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao. "Maybe Im biased because Im black, but I think that this is what is said at peoples homes and around the dinner table among black boxing fans and fighters. Most of them wont say it [in public] because theyre not being real and they dont have the balls to say it. But I do think that a fighter like the Ray Leonard's or anyone like that would beat a guy (like Pacquiao) if they come with their game. Listen, this aint a racial thing, but then again, maybe it is. But the style that is embedded in most of us black fighters, that style could be a problem to any other style of fighting."[31][32] On December 7, 2007, Hopkins and Calzaghe met face to face in the media room set up for the Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton fight. Hopkins began shouting insults and taunting Calzaghe, with Hopkins shouting, "You're not even in my league! I would never let a white boy beat me. I would never lose to a white boy. I couldn't go back to the projects if I let a white boy beat me." Hopkins would later explain his comments, saying that it was not meant to be taken as a racial slur or a reflection of his feelings on white fighters, but simply said to create some hype for his fight with Calzaghe. On January 23, 2008, the fight was officially announced to take place on April 19, 2008, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, with. Calzaghe winning the fight in a split decision. On May 11, 2011, Hopkins questioned Minnesota Vikings quarterback Donovan McNabb's racial credentials in a Philadelphia Daily News online article. Marcus Hayes of The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that according to Hopkins, McNabb had a privileged childhood in suburban Chicago and, as a result, is not black enough or tough enough, at least compared with, say, himself, Michael Vick and Terrell Owens. Hopkins saying in part, "He's got a suntan. That's all... McNabb is the guy in the house, while everybody else is on the field... He's the one who got the extra coat. The extra servings . . . He thought he was one of them."

See also
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Bernard Hopkins List of IBF world champions List of WBA world champions List of WBO world champions List of WBC world champions Ring Magazine pound for pound

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Professional boxing record for Bernard Hopkins from BoxRec Vacant Title last held by Reggie Johnson Vacant Title last held by Roy Jones, Jr. Preceded by Keith Holmes New title Unified titles against Flix Trinidad Vacant Title last held by Marvin Hagler Vacant Title last held by Sumbu Kalambay Preceded by Oscar De La Hoya Preceded by Antonio Tarver Achievements USBA Middleweight Champion December 4, 1992 1994 Vacated IBF Middleweight Champion April 29, 1995 July 16, 2005 WBC Middleweight Champion April 14, 2001 July 16, 2005 WBA Middleweight Super Champion September 29, 2001 July 16, 2005 Undisputed Middleweight Champion September 29, 2001 July 16, 2005 The Ring Middleweight Champion September 29, 2001 July 16, 2005 WBO Middleweight Champion September 18, 2004 July 16, 2005 IBO Light Heavyweight Champion June 10, 2006 Immediately vacated Vacant Title next held by Robert Allen

Succeeded by Jermain Taylor

Vacant Title next held by Antonio Tarver

Preceded by Jean Pascal Preceded by Tavoris Cloud

The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion June 10, 2006 April 19, 2008 WBC Light Heavyweight Champion The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion May 21, 2011 April 29, 2012 IBF Light Heavyweight Champion March 9, 2013 present Sporting positions Ring Magazine Pound-for-pound #1 Boxer 20042005 Awards BWAA Fighter of the Year The Ring Fighter of the Year 2001 Records Oldest boxer to win a world title March 9, 2013present Oldest world champion April 18, 2013 present

Succeeded by Joe Calzaghe Succeeded by Chad Dawson Incumbent

Preceded by Roy Jones Jr.

Succeeded by Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Preceded by Flix Trinidad

Succeeded by Vernon Forrest

Preceded by George Foreman Preceded by Archie Moore Categories:

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