De La Hoya: We'll Never See Anything Like Hopkins Again

By Edward Chaykovsky

Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya says his business partner, IBF/WBA light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (55-6-2, 32KOs), is a one of a kind fighter that boxing fans will never see again.

At 49-years-old, Hopkins is heading into the most dangerous fight of his career when he faces WBO champion Sergey Kovalev (25-0-1, 23KOs) in an HBO televised unification on November 8th from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

Hopkins could have retired many years ago. He already secured his position in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. According to the veteran, everything he does now is for history and pride.

"We'll never see anything like Bernard Hopkins again. We won't see any athlete in any sport compete at the highest level. It's unheard of. You can talk about any era, or any great fighter, no one has been able to compete at this level. Everybody in America should be cheering for him," De La Hoya said,

"At this point. Hopkins is already in the Hall of Fame. He's already going to be talked about as one of the greats. So he doesn't have that added pressure of trying to prove himself. I think people already have the utmost respect for him.