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Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins (born January 15, 1965, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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) is an American
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. He is best known for his ten year reign as Middleweight
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 World Champion
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 in which he defended his title a record 20 times. He is the oldest man to ever hold the Middleweight Championship in professional boxing. Now he lives in Delaware

to Bernard Hopkins Sr. and his wife Shirley. Bernard grew up in the Raymond Rosen projects in North Philadelphia, then moved to the Germantown
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 neighborhood as a kid .






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Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins (born January 15, 1965, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
. He is best known for his ten year reign as Middleweight
Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or Boxing weight classes, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s....
 World Champion
World Champion

World Champion is a title that can be given to a contesting team/individual/organisation in a sport or other competitive endeavour. To become a "world champion" it is usual for the contestant to have entered, and won, a competition open to all eligible contestants from around the world....
 in which he defended his title a record 20 times. He is the oldest man to ever hold the Middleweight Championship in professional boxing. Now he lives in Delaware

Background

Born to Bernard Hopkins Sr. and his wife Shirley. Bernard grew up in the Raymond Rosen projects in North Philadelphia, then moved to the Germantown
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 neighborhood as a kid . Hopkins turned to crime early in his life, by the age of thirteen he was mugging people and had been stabbed three times. At seventeen Hopkins was sentenced to 18 years in Graterford Prison for nine felonies. While in prison he witnessed rapes and the murder of another inmate in an argument over a pack of cigarettes, but also discovered his passion for boxing. After serving almost five years, Hopkins was released from prison and decided to use boxing as an escape from his previous life. While leaving the prison for the final time, the warden told Hopkins that he'll "see [Hopkins] again when you wind up back here," to which Hopkins replied "I ain't ever coming back here." Since then, Hopkins has proudly boasted that he's stayed completely out of trouble, never even receiving a speeding ticket.

Professional career

He immediately joined the professional boxing ranks as a light heavyweight, losing his debut on October 11, 1988, in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Famous for its boardwalk, casino, sandy beaches, shopping centers, spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean, and as the inspiration for the board game Monopoly , Atlantic City is a resort community located on Absecon Island on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean....
 to Clinton Mitchell. After a sixteen-month layoff, he resumed his career as a middleweight, winning a unanimous decision over Greg Paige on February 22, 1990.

Between February 1990 and September 1992, Hopkins scored 20 wins without a loss. He won 15 of those fights by knockout
Knockout

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, 11 coming in the first round.

Roy Jones Jr.
His first chance at a world title came on May 22, 1993 in Washington, DC, against American great Roy Jones Jr.
Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Jones, Jr. is an United States boxer. Jones was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 1990s by the Boxing Writers Association of America. As a professional he captured IBF championships in the middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions....
 for the vacant IBF
International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and WBO....
 middleweight belt. Hopkins lost by unanimous decision in a tactical bout. However he retained his world ranking and defended his USBA belt three more times. During a November 7, 2008 interview on XM/Sirius' Opie & Anthony Show, he said that he's been trying for another fight with Jones Jr. but Jones has been dodging him saying that he already defeated Hopkins. Hopkins argues he has floored two guys that beat Jones and that he thinks he's earned the right for another fight. Hopkins says that his first big payday was the Jones Jr. fight. Hopkins' purse was $700,000 but after everyone got their hands into it, he only received $80,000 and after taxes, it was less than $50,000. He said he didn't know to ask the questions "how and why" but that all changed when he learned the truth of his purses in federal court.

Winning the IBF middleweight championship

Jones abandoned the middleweight ranks in 1994, and the IBF came again knocking at Hopkins's door on December 17 of that year, matching him with Segundo Mercado
Segundo Mercado

Segundo Mercado is a retired Boxing from Ecuador.Mercado represented Ecuador at the 1988 Summer Olympics, losing on points in the Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics to Martin Kitel of Sweden....
 in Mercado's hometown of Quito, Ecuador. Mercado knocked Hopkins down twice before Hopkins rallied late and earned a draw. This remains the only time Hopkins has ever been knocked down. The fight was also contested in a bull ring and in the midst of the civil war of Ecuador. Hopkins was also not properly acclimated to the altitude of nearly 10,000 feet.

The IBF called for an immediate rematch, and on April 29, 1995, Hopkins became a world champion with a seventh-round technical knockout victory in Landover, Maryland
Landover, Maryland

Landover is an unincorporated area in Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover, Maryland....
.

In his first title defense he defeated Steve Frank, whom he stopped in twenty-four seconds. By the end of 2000, he had defended the IBF title 12 times without a loss, while beating such standouts as John David Jackson
John David Jackson (boxer)

John David Jackson , is a former professional boxing in the super welterweight division.Jackson was developed as an amateur out of the Tacoma Boys club in Tacoma, WA, USA, and turned pro in 1984....
, Glen Johnson
Glen Johnson (boxer)

Glengoffe Donovan Johnson is a professional boxing, nicknamed Gentleman. He stands at 180Metre#SI multiples, around 5'11" tall. Johnson has fought in the middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight divisions and has held the International Boxing Federation and The Ring championships at light heavyweight....
 (undefeated at the time and later went on to knock out Roy Jones Jr), Simon Brown
Simon Brown (boxer)

Simon Brown is a former professional Boxing. Known as "Mantequilla", a name given to him by his famous trainer Pepe Correa, Brown was an exciting welterweight fighter who held titles at multiple weight classes and at one point was considered one of the best pound for pound fighters in boxing....
, and Antwun Echols
Antwun Echols

Antwun Echols is an American Boxing. Although he has been a perennial contender in the Middleweight division, Echols has never captured a major title....
.

2001 middleweight unification tournament

The arrival of multiple-division champion Félix Trinidad
Félix Trinidad

F?lix 'Tito' Trinidad, Jr. is a Puerto Rico professional boxer, considered as one of the best boxers in that archipelago's history. When he was an amateur Trinidad won five National Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico....
, a Welterweight into the middleweight ranks set off a series of unification fights between major titleholders. The fights involved in the tournament would be reigning IBF
International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and WBO....
 Middleweight Champion, Bernard Hopkins. WBC Middleweight Champion, Keith Holmes. WBA
World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level....
 Middleweight Champion, William Joppy. The fourth contestant was former Welterweight
Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system....
 & Light Middleweight
Light middleweight

Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, between 148-154 pounds .This division was established in 1962, when the Austrian Board of Control recognized a fight between Emile Griffith and Teddy Wright for the "world" championship....
 World Champion and the undefeated Félix Trinidad.

Keith Holmes

On April 14, 2001, Hopkins won a unanimous decision over WBC champion Keith Holmes in New York City
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. Trinidad, however, knocked out Middleweight mainstay William Joppy
William Joppy

William Torelle Joppy is an American middleweight Boxing. Born in Silver Spring, Maryland on September 11, 1970, he has held the World Boxing Association middleweight title on two occasions....
 in an impressive five rounds. This led to many to believe that Felix Trinidad was simply too much, too strong for Bernard Hopkins.

Felix Trinidad
Then, on September 29, WBA
World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level....
 champion Trinidad challenged Hopkins for middleweight unification in Madison Square Garden
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.

For the first time in many years, Hopkins was an underdog in the betting which led the confident Hopkins to place a $100,000 bet on himself to win the bout. During promotion for the bout, Bernard Hopkins caused huge controversy by throwing the Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

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 flag on the floor in press conferences in both New York
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 and Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

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, the latter conference leading to a riot in which Hopkins had to be run to safety from the angry mob.

During the fight, Hopkins was on his way to a lopsided decision victory when in the 12th and final round he floored Trinidad and referee Steve Smoger called a halt to the fight after Trinidad's father entered the ring to stop the fight. It was the first loss of Trinidad's career, and made Hopkins the first undisputed world middleweight champion since Marvin Hagler
Marvin Hagler

Marvelous Marvin Hagler , is a former United States boxing. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest middleweights of all time and finished his career with a record of 62-3-2 with 52 knockouts....
 in 1987. 'The Ring' magazine and the 'World Boxing Hall of Fame' named Hopkins as the 2001 Fighter of the Year.

Undisputed middleweight champion

He defended the undisputed title six times. Hopkins bested Carl Daniels
Carl Daniels

Carl Bryant Daniels , is a professional boxing in the Light Middleweight division....
 on February 2, 2002, by tenth-round technical knockout; Morrade Hakkar
Morrade Hakkar

Morrade Hakkar is a middleweight boxing who has held a number of regional championship belts during his 11-year professional career. He held the French national middleweight title twice , the World Boxing Council International middleweight title and the European middleweight title 2002....
 on March 29, 2003, by eighth-round TKO; William Joppy
William Joppy

William Torelle Joppy is an American middleweight Boxing. Born in Silver Spring, Maryland on September 11, 1970, he has held the World Boxing Association middleweight title on two occasions....
 on December 13, 2003, by unanimous decision; and Robert Allen
Robert Allen (boxer)

Robert Allen is an United States professional Boxing from Atlanta, Georgia. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and fights as a middleweight....
 on June 5, 2004, also by unanimous decision.

Oscar De La Hoya

In the highest paying fight of his career, Hopkins fought six-division titleholder Oscar de la Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya

Oscar De La Hoya — nicknamed "The Golden Boy" — is an United States boxing and promoter who won a List of Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
, another welterweight for the undisputed middleweight championship on September 18, 2004, in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

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. The fight was fought at a catchweight of 158 lbs, two pounds below the middleweight
Middleweight

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 limit of 160 lbs. Hopkins won the bout with a knockout in the ninth round with a left hook to the body and thus became the first boxer ever to unify the titles of all four major sanctioning bodies. At the time of the stoppage, Hopkins was ahead on two of the scorecards, while De La Hoya was ahead on the other scorecard.

In November 2004 de la Hoya invited Hopkins to join his boxing promotional firm, Golden Boy Promotions
Golden Boy Promotions

Golden Boy Promotions, Inc. is a combat sport promotional firm started by former boxing world champion in six weight divisions, Oscar De La Hoya, ....
, as president of its new East Coast chapter.

Reaching Number 20 - Howard Eastman

Aged 40 years old, an age in which most boxers are retired. Bernard Hopkins reached the middleweight record of 20 title defenses on February 19, 2005, against ranked #1 WBC Middleweight contender Howard Eastman
Howard Eastman

??Howard Anthony Eastman is a London, England-based Middleweight boxer nicknamed the Battersea Bomber, and currently promoted by Hennessy Sports....
, the European middleweight champion. Hopkins dominated the fight from start to finish winning 119-110, 117-111 & 116-112

Hopkins vs Taylor
In his next fight on July 16, 2005, Hopkins lost his undisputed middleweight championship to Jermain Taylor
Jermain Taylor

Jermain Taylor is a professional United States boxing and former undisputed middleweight champion of the world. Taylor currently has a record of 28-2-1, with 17 wins coming by way of knockout....
 via a split decision. Hopkins started slowly but came on strong over the second half of the fight. Many press row writers scored the fight for Hopkins. . Compubox round-by-round punch stats showed Taylor outscoring Hopkins 6-5-1.

On December 3, 2005, Hopkins lost his rematch against Jermain Taylor by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the fight 115-113 for Taylor.

Compubox statistics indicated that Hopkins landed more overall punches and significantly more power shots over the course of the fight, however these statistics may not accurately reflect the judging as rounds are scored in isolation.

Moving Up To Light Heavyweight - Antonio Tarver

Following his two losses to Jermaine Taylor, Hopkins at 41 decided not to retire and made the decision to jump two weight divisions to face off against The Ring light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver
Antonio Tarver

Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional Boxing from Orlando, Florida, who is the former Ring light heavyweight champion and former IBF, WBC and IBO light heavyweight champion....
 on June 10, 2006. Going into the fight, Tarver was a 3-to-1 favorite and had been the first man ever to knock Roy Jones Jr. out. Many now placed Tarver among the sports top competitors. He was constantly ranked in the P4P rankings. However, Bernard Hopkins picked up a lopsided unanimous decision, scoring 118-109 on all three judges scorecards.

Antonio Tarver also lost a $250,000 bet with Hopkins, after he failed to stop Hopkins in the first six rounds.

Return in 2007 - Winky Wright
On July 21, 2007, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Hopkins defended The Ring light heavyweight championship against former undisputed junior middleweight champion
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 Winky Wright
Winky Wright

Ronald Lamont "Winky" Wright is an United States boxing, the former Undisputed Champion light middleweight world champion and a current middleweight contender....
. During the weigh-in, Hopkins shoved Wright with an open-hand to the face, igniting a brawl between both fighters entourages. Hopkins was fined $
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200,000 for instigating the brawl. Hopkins struggled to figure out Wright in the early rounds, but began landing effective punches as the fight progressed. An accidental head butt opened a nasty cut by Wright's left eye in the third round. Referee Robert Byrd warned Hopkins repeatedly for using his head, but he never deducted a point. Hopkins looked fresh late in the bout, luring Wright in and snapping off combinations. In the final round, Hopkins wobbled Wright with a right hand as blood streaked down his cheek. Hopkins prevailed with a unanimous decision victory by scores of 117-111, 117-111 and 116-112.

Joe Calzaghe
On April 19, 2008, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Hopkins lost The Ring light heavyweight championship to Joe Calzaghe
Joe Calzaghe

Joseph William Calzaghe member of the Order of the British Empire, Order of the British Empire is an undefeated Welsh People former professional boxer....
, who was seven years Hopkins' junior, by split decision. Hopkins got off to a great start by knocking Calzaghe down with a straight right hand in the first round. Hopkins mostly threw one punch at a time and often initiated clinches to prevent Calzaghe from punching in combinations. Hitting and holding was prevelant, but Calzaghe slowly began to land quick flurries of short punches. In the end, judges Chuck Giampa (116-111) and Ted Gimza (115-112) scored the fight for Calzaghe, while judge Adalaide Byrd (114-113) scored the fight for Hopkins.

After the fight, Hopkins was upset with the official decision and said that he was robbed of a clear points win. Hopkins said, "I just really feel like I took the guy to school. I feel like I made him fight my fight, not his. I wanted him to run into my shots. I think I made him do that, and I think I made it look pretty easy. I think I controlled the pace, and I controlled the fight."

Kelly Pavlik
On July 17, 2008, ESPN.com reported that Pavlik promoter Bob Arum reached a deal with Golden Boy Promotions, securing an October 18, 2008 fight between Kelly Pavlik
Kelly Pavlik

Kelly Johnson Pavlik is an United States professional boxing. He is The Ring , World Boxing Council, and World Boxing Organization middleweight champion, defeating Jermain Taylor to earn those titles....
 and Bernard Hopkins, the former undisputed Middleweight champion, Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight champion, and top ten pound-for-pound mainstay. The non-title fight took place at a catch-weight of 170 lbs, five pounds below the Light Heavyweight limit. The fight aired on HBO pay-per-view, with Hopkins defeating the then-undefeated Pavlik via unanimous decision. In what was seen as a shocker, Bernard Hopkins easily defeated Kelly Pavlik. Many critics and newspaper articles claimed that Hopkins "turned back the clock" and that he "schooled" Pavlik. At the end of the fight but before the results were read, Hopkins faced the critics area from the ring with an emotional tone. Hopkins did not fight a slow fight as he did with Calzaghe. Instead he later talked about how he was too careful in the past trying to avoid any knockdowns, which was not a feature of this fight. Hopkins was able to outbox, outwork and dominate the 26 year old Pavlik. The fight was named Ring Magazine upset of the year.

Talks of Rematch with Jones


After recently retired Joe Calzaghe
Joe Calzaghe

Joseph William Calzaghe member of the Order of the British Empire, Order of the British Empire is an undefeated Welsh People former professional boxer....
 declined a rematch with Hopkins, the opportunity for a rematch with the former pound for pound king Roy Jones Jr.
Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Jones, Jr. is an United States boxer. Jones was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 1990s by the Boxing Writers Association of America. As a professional he captured IBF championships in the middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions....
 came knocking on his door. Provided that Jones wins his fight against Omar Sheika
Omar Sheika

Omar Sheika is an United States boxing....
, there will be a rematch that will take place in the summer of 2009. On February 6, 2009, Bob Arum
Bob Arum

Robert "Bob" Arum is professional boxing promoter. He also worked for the US Attorneys Office for the southern district of New York, in the Tax division....
 stated, "The rematch between Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins has been in the making for the past 15 years and will be the fight of the century."

Moving Up to Cruiserweight (against Tomasz Adamek)


After Tomasz Adamek
Tomasz Adamek

Tomasz Adamek is a professional boxing in the cruiserweight division and is the reigning IBF Champion. His record is 37-1 . He is the former World Boxing Council world light heavyweight champion and the current IBF and IBO cruiserweight champion....
 knocked out Jonathan Banks of ESPN's Friday Night Fights, Hopkins immidiately told ESPN's Dan Rafael that he was interested in moving up to cruiserweight to fight Adamek for the title. Hopkins said repeatedly he wasn't interested in tangling with the younger, busier light heavyweight titleholder Chad Dawson
Chad Dawson

Chad Dawson is an American boxer and the current IBO and IBF light heavyweight champion. Dawson was born to Wanda and Rick Dawson, a former boxer who compiled a record....
, a worthy foe but someone who has virtually no fan base.

Hopkins stated to ESPN, "Adamek is definitely a threat. He has ability and he's world champion." "It would be a big challenge. I've never fought that heavy [200-pound division limit], so there's a risk. This is a junior heavyweight fight. I can't ever match up with Wladimir Klitschko, so this would be my fantasy fight. This is the closest I'd get to a heavyweight championship fight."

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|align=left| Kelly Pavlik
Kelly Pavlik

Kelly Johnson Pavlik is an United States professional boxing. He is The Ring , World Boxing Council, and World Boxing Organization middleweight champion, defeating Jermain Taylor to earn those titles....
|Unanimous Decision ||

See also


  • List of IBF world champions
    List of IBF world champions

    The following are lists of world champions in the International Boxing Federation. Champions listed defeated the previous champion unless noted....
  • List of WBA world champions
    List of WBA world champions

    List of WBA world champions is a table showing the world champions certificated by World Boxing Association . This list includes champions certificated by the National Boxing Association ....
  • List of WBO world champions
    List of WBO world champions

    The following are lists of world champions in the World Boxing Organization. Champions listed defeated the previous champion unless noted....
  • List of WBC world champions
    List of WBC world champions

    List of WBC world champions is a table showing the world champions certificated by World Boxing Council ....
  • Ring Magazine pound for pound
    Ring Magazine pound for pound

    This table lists the current pound for pound rankings of The Ring magazine , which some boxing experts and fans regard as an authoritative source for ranking the best pound-for-pound boxing in the world....
  • Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe
    Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe

    Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe was a boxing match that took place on April 19, 2008, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, between The Ring light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins and List_of_undisputed_boxing_champions#Super_Middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe....


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