Bernard Hopkins: record, next fight and profile →
Former two division world champion and Golden Boy Promotions executive Bernard Hopkins is shaking his head at the lack of activity and lack of top defenses by WBC light heavyweight beltholder Adonis Stevenson of Canada.
Earlier this month, former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal announced his retirement from the sport, after turning back the clock to secure a TKO victory over undefeated contender Ahmed Elbiali in Miami, Florida. Two of the biggest fights in the career of Pascal were against living legend Bernard Hopkins.
Bernard Hopkins Video Interview - Christmas will come early for boxing fans this year as WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders (25-0, 12 KOs) will put his belt on the line on Saturday, December 16 against former IBF World Middleweight Champion David Lemieux (38-3, 33 KOs) in Montreal, Canada. The fight will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:40 p.m. ET/PT.
This coming Saturday night, WBO world middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (25-0, 12 KOs) will defend his title against former IBF champion David Lemieux (38-3, 33 KOs) in a very high stakes fight. The co-main attraction will be a 10-round fight for the WBO Intercontinental Middleweight title between Antoine "Action" Douglas (22-1-1, 16 KOs) and Gary "Spike" O'Sullivan (26-2, 18 KOs).
Saunders, Lemieux Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - WBO Middleweight World Champion Billy Joe Saunders has vowed to put David Lemieux 'out like a candle' when the bitter rivals square off at the Place Bell in Laval, Quebec this weekend, live on BT Sport HD2 and BoxNation.
Russian puncher Sergei Kovalev remains to be a dangerous force for a lot of his opponents, despite the many changes in his career and the change of coach, according to former two division world champion Bernard Hopkins. Kovalev came back to the ring on Saturday night at The Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City, where he blew out Ukrainian Vyacheslav Shabranskyy in two rounds to capture the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) light heavyweight title.
NEW YORK – Bernard Hopkins was right. Kathy Duva joked during a press conference Wednesday at Madison Square Garden that she couldn’t believe she was admitting that publicly. But Sergey Kovalev’s promoter is sure Hopkins had it right in the immediate aftermath of his lopsided loss to Kovalev.
Former two division unified champion, Bernard Hopkins, is standing firm on his prediction that Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) will easily defeat IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) in a potential rematch. The two boxers fought to a controversial twelve round split draw, last month at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Now the sides are in serious discussions to do a second fight on May 5th, as part of Cinco De Mayo weekend.
Golden Boy and GGG Promotions are both very interested in staging a Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) versus Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) rematch. May 5th, 2018 is the date being targeted for the second installment. The first bout ended in a controversial split draw at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. There were scores of 114-114 for the draw, 118-110 for Canelo and 115-113 for Golovkin.
Future Hall of Famer and Golden Boy shareholder Bernard Hopkins was very impressed with Canelo Alvarez's performance against Gennady Golovkin on September 16th. The blockbuster pay-per-view event took place in front of a record crowd at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The two boxers fought to a controversial twelve round split draw. The final scores were 115-113 for Golovkin, 114-114 and Adalaide Byrd's infamous 118-110 score for Alvarez.