BERNARD HOPKINS RUMORS
Kovalev vs. White to be IBF eliminator for chance at Hopkins-Murat winner
The IBF has granted formal sanction approval for the IBF Light Heavyweight Voluntary Eliminator fight for the #1 position between #4, Sergey Kovalev and #5, Cornelius White.
The winner will become #1 but will not be the mandatory challenger. Karo Murat is the current mandatory challenger and has been ordered to fight Champion Bernard Hopkins. Once the Hopkins - Murat fight occurs...
Bernard Hopkins to actually face Karo Murat this summer?
Karo Murat (25-1-1, 15 KOs) has the chance to crown himself as the light heavyweight champion of the world. The IBF mandatory challenger takes on the living legend Bernard Hopkins (53-6-2, 32 KOs) this summer. Only a few more details will have to be sorted out, before this matchup will go ahead -- shockingly, if it actually does occur.
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Bernard Hopkins to Defend Light Heavyweight Title Against Karo Murat
There wasn’t anyone for Hopkins to fight this summer, since all the major contenders already had fights locked in or were injured.
Hopkins didn’t want to give up his IBF belt, so he will take on the mandatory challenger, while hoping for a bigger fight in the fall.
Light heavyweight titleholder Bernard Hopkins will continue his storied career at age 48 by facing mandatory challenger...
Bernard Hopkins statement on next opponent
Bernard Hopkins has released an official statement in which he addresses his next potential opponent, following his triumphant performance over Tavoris Cloud, and the continuing bolstering of his status as one of the best over-40 fighters of all-time. Take a look at what Hopkins has to say about who he could be fighting next below.
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Champ Hopkins, 48, might not be done
Bernard Hopkins has another belt around his waist and a slice of boxing history to his name. He just might not have another bout.
The oldest boxer to win a major title, the 48-year-old Hopkins said he could retire a champion if he's no longer inspired and the right bout doesn't materialize.
''If I'm not motivated, and the competition is not there, if it'...
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March 10, 2013
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A champ at 48, Bernard Hopkins could keep fighting
The oldest boxer to win a major title, Bernard Hopkins says he could retire a champion.
But hanging up the gloves is not the first choice for the 48-year-old Hopkins. He says he would like to keep fighting if the right opponent and network home can be found.
Hopkins scored a 12-round unanimous decision over Tavoris Cloud to claim the IBF light heavyweight championship Saturday...
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March 10, 2013
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Bernard Hopkins becomes oldest boxer to win major title
Bernard Hopkins became the oldest man to ever win a major world boxing title after he scored a 12-round unanimous decision over Tavoris Cloud to win the IBF light-heavyweight title at the Barclays Center on Saturday night.
The frisky 48-year-old Hopkins (53-6-2, 32 KOs) pulled out a collection of tricks from his three decades of experience to school the 31-year-old Cloud (24-1,...
Again the oldest fighter to ever win a major world belt, Bernard Hopkins has ‘only 5 more years’ in the squared circle
Bernard Hopkins unanimously outscored Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud to earn the IBF light heavyweight title and, again, become the oldest fighter to ever win a major world belt on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. A former two-weight world champion and reformed ex-convict, Hopkins (53-6-3-2, 32 KOs) broke his own feat by overwhelming over Cloud (24-1, 19...
Hopkins: I'm ready to win title
Tavoris Cloud was 6 years old when Bernard Hopkins made his professional debut. On Saturday (9:30 p.m. ET/PT, HBO) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, the two men square off with the 48-year-old Hopkins looking to break his own record of becoming the oldest boxer to win a world title.
Hopkins admitted there were some aches and pains here and there during training, but said camp...
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March 06, 2013
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Bernard Hopkins: I’m not retiring, and I’ll challenge any champion
Hopkins & Seth Mitchell Speak After Performances on Saturday in A.C.
Though they left Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City Saturday night with different results, both future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins and heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell made statements that their careers are going strong and continuing after delivering compelling performances to a packed house in New Jersey...
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