Bernard hopkins oldest champion
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Bernard Hopkins was born on January 15, 1965 in a humble neighborhood of Philadelphia. Just a few days ago he turned 60 years old, and that is why today we look at his career and his outstanding performance in the ring, where he left an indelible mark as perhaps the best boxer in the middleweight category, above even two other great Americans, Marvin “Maravilloso” Hagler, and the Argentine Carlos “Escopeta” Monzón, also considered the greatest exponents in the history of the division. This middleweight comprises fighters weighing between 154 and 160 pounds, and has been home to many other great boxers, whom it would be too long to mention at this time.
Before continuing with the story of Bernard Hopkins, we will pause briefly to review the careers of Hagler and Monzon, the other two titans of the division, before returning to the main focus of this article: “The Executioner”.
HAGLER AND MONSOON: TWO MONSTERS
Marvin “Marvelous” Hagler, also known as “The Hammer” or “The Baldy”, was a boxer who fought professionally from May 18, 1973 until his retirement on April 6, 1987. Durin
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Bernard Hopkins
American boxer
For the basketball player, see Bernard Hopkins (basketball).
Bernard Hopkins Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016. He is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades, having held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the undisputed championship[a] at middleweight from 2001 to 2005, and the lineal championship at light heavyweight from 2011 to 2012.
Hopkins first became a world champion by winning the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight title in 1995. He compiled 20 defenses against 17 opponents, with 19 wins as a result of his no-contest bout against Robert Allen.[2][3][4][5][6][7] In 2001, Hopkins successfully unified the middleweight division by defeating Félix Trinidad to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version), World Boxing Council (WBC), Ring magazine and lineal titles. A victory over Oscar De La Hoya for the World Boxing Organiz
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Born January 15, 1965 in Philadelphia, PA.
Hopkins turned pro in 1988 and won the USBA middleweight title before stopping Segundo Mercado (TKO 7) for the vacant IBF belt in 1995 to begin a historic 160-pound title reign that includes a division record 20 successful title defenses. Hopkins unified all four title bets, the first to do so, by defeating WBC champion Keith Holmes (W 12), scoring a riveting 12th round TKO over WBA champ Felix Trinidad and stopping Oscar De La Hoya (TKO 9) for the WBO title. After a decade atop the division, Hopkins lost the belts to Jermain Taylor in 2005 and soon moved up to light heavyweight to beat Antonio Tarver (W 12) in 2006. He won the WBC strap (W 12 Jean Pascal) in 2011, the IBF (W 12 Tavoris Cloud) in 2013 and the WBA (W 12 Beibut Shumenov) in 2014. Following losses to Sergey Kovalev and Joe Smith, Jr. he retired in 2016 with a record of 55-8-2, 2 NC, 32 KOs that includes wins over Roy Jones Jr., Winky Wright, Glen Johnson, Simon Brown, Carl Daniels, Antwun Echols and Kelly Pavlik. Highly respected during his 28 year career for his me
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