Nathan Cleverly, Britain’s only reigning world champion, will make a third defence of his WBO light-heavyweight title, a first in his native Wales, on 25 February against American Tommy Karpency. With speculation still fresh over the potential for a summer showdown with American legend Bernard Hopkins, the fight with Karpency will be a chance to [...]
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In his first ring appearance since being brutally kayoed by Alexander Frenkel last September, Enzo Maccarinelli needed just 91 seconds to secure victory on his return to the ring at York Hall, Bethnal Green last night. The former WBO cruiserweight champion was making his light-heavyweight debut and wasted no time in stopping the previously undefeated [...]
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Bernard Hopkins has been re-instated as the WBC’s light heavyweight champion after the board agreed that his October 15th meeting with Chad Dawson should have been ruled a technical draw. Hopkins, who at 46 became the oldest man ever to win a world title regained his belt despite supposedly surrendering his strap after a bizarre night in [...]
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On Saturday night age finally caught up with Bernard Hopkins. The 46 year old had been defiantly thumbing his nose at Father Time since 2005 when he moved up to light heavyweight aged 41 and captured the world title from Antonio Tarver but it appears Father Time has had the last laugh as Hopkins took [...]
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Bernard Hopkins lost his WBC light heavyweight title to Chad Dawson after the latter was awarded a highly controversial second round TKO victory as the pair clashed in Los Angeles. After a typically cagey opening round, both fighters continued to struggle to find their range as the second round progressed. In the closing seconds of [...]
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Welsh WBO light heavyweight champion, Nathan Cleverly came through some nervous moments to record a majority points win over bitter rival Tony Bellew at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. In what is likely to be remembered as one of the fights of the year, Cleverly found himself behind in the early stages as a raucous [...]
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When a list of inspirational sporting role models is drawn up by the wider sporting public, the name of a one Bernard Hopkins is unlikely to top the list. A man who was imprisoned for five years after a number of misdemeanors, did not actually make his professional debut until he was 23 and actually slumped [...]
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Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins (51-5-2, 1 NC, 32 KO’s) and Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) fought to a twelve-round majority draw in front of 16,133 boisterous fans at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada. As a result, Pascal retains his Ring Magazine, WBC and IBO Light Heavyweight titles. Official scores were 114 -112 (Steve [...]
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Just shy of his 46th birthday, Bernard Hopkins’ boxing career has never looked better. Next week’s fight with heavy hitter Jean Pascal presents B-Hop with the chance to take home the Canadians’ WBC, IBO and The Ring Magazines Light Heavyweight Championship belts. It’s been a tough old road for Hopkins as he once again attempts [...]
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