Bernard Hopkins got right in the face of a journalist who made a joke he really didn’t like. In the American’s career, he cemented his status as one of the best to ever lace up a pair of gloves.
Boxing legend Bernard Hopkins has shown incredible longevity in his career, and ‘The Alien’ is a true history-maker. From Hopkins stopping Oscar De La Hoya to dethroning George Foreman as the oldest world champion in boxing, the former two-division champion was a true talent.
‘Golden Boy’ hung up his gloves after only being stopped twice across 45 fights. The former multi-weight champion Oscar De La Hoya has faced a very high level of quality across the course of his 16-year career.
Bernard Hopkins defied the laws of time, by beating George Foreman’s record, to become a world champion at the age of 46. While boxing is usually considered a young man’s game, ‘The Alien’ incredibly managed to continue competing at the top for an astonishingly long time.
The middleweight division has seen many memorable fighters operate, such as Gennadiy Golovkin and Bernard Hopkins. The division is now going through a transitional period, headed by Janibek Alimkhanuly as the unified champion.
Bernard Hopkins wants Ryan Garcia to have a respectable tune-up on his comeback fight. Garcia is currently serving a year ban after failing VADA tests for Ostarine, meaning he cannot box until April 2025.
Tevin Farmer noticed the campaign that was being developed in an attempt to match Terence Crawford with Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis another fight that would interest Bernard Hopkins.
At the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on July 21, 2007, Bernard Hopkins fought Ronald ‘Winky‘ Wright in a closely contested bout for The Ring light heavyweight title.
On Saturday, May 21, 2011, Bernard Hopkins created history at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as he defeated Jean Pascal to become the oldest fighter in boxing history to win a major world title, eclipsing the record set by George Foreman when he knocked out Michael Moorer.
On April 19, 2008, Joe Calzaghe moved up to light heavyweight to take on the legendary American pugilist Bernard Hopkins at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Director Steve Read’s In the Company of Kings is a unique boxing documentary that drops you into the lives of fighters both well-known (Bernard Hopkins and Larry Holmes) and those who perhaps have been somewhat forgotten (Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Tim Witherspoon).
When you think about prolific boxers, what names come to mind? Some people will obviously say, Muhammad Ali. Some will refer to Joe Frazier. Some will even mention Mike Tyson.
On April 3, 2010, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. met in their much anticipated rematch at 175lbs. The first fight between the two happened 17 years earlier on May 22, 1993 for the vacant IBF middleweight championship, with Jones winning by unanimous decision with all three judge’s scoring the bout 116–112 in Jones’ favour.
Legendary middleweight Bernard Hopkins, now a promotional partner at Golden Boy, has spoken to Fight Hub TV about the upcoming super middleweight bout between Canelo Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) and Jaime Munguía (43-0, 34 KOs) on May 4 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Bernard Hopkins has hit out at fighters trading shots at each other on social media at the expense of getting into the ring. Social media has become another tool for boxers to raise their profile outside of the ring.
It was startling, even by boxing standards: Ryan Garcia, at a press conference to promote Saturday’s 140-pound showdown against Oscar Duarte, used his time at the podium Thursday to tee off on the promoters—his promoters—putting on the show.
The Hall of Fame 2020 class includes Bernard Hopkins, Juan Manuel Marquez and Shane Mosley in the modern boxer category, along with Christy Martin and Lucia Rijker in the female boxer category.