Bernard Hopkins


Bernard Humphrey Hopkins, Jr. is an American professional boxer who currently fights at light heavyweight and previously at middleweight.

On May 21, 2011, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, Hopkins defeated Pascal by unanimous decision to capture the LinealWBCThe Ring lightheavyweight championships. The official scores were 115113, 116112 and 115114. 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. Hopkins won at 46 years,months,days, while Foreman was 45 years,months. After the bout, ESPN columnist Dan Rafael stated Bernard Hopkins already had lived several boxing lifetimes, but he was born yet again in Saturdays decision over Jean Pascal, becoming the oldest champion in history.

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