Hopkins Shumenov

Ratings: HBO, Showtime Split Audience For Mediocre Digits

•Apr 22, 2014

Not only does boxing fail to fare well when competing against itself, but struggles when competing with other major sporting events. Bernard Hopkins has never been a major pay-per-view attraction, but the future Hall of Fame boxing legend has always managed to serve as a huge ratings magnet for HBO and Showtime. That dynamic dramatically changed over the past weekend, with his April 19 historic unification title win over Beibut Shumenov on Showtime averaging just 760,000 viewers over the course of their 12-round main event, according to data obtained from Nielsen Media Research.

Bernard Hopkins Tried to Stop Shumenov, End KO Drought

David P. Greisman

•Apr 21, 2014

It’s been nearly a decade since Bernard Hopkins won a bout by knockout or technical knockout. That fight was in September 2004, when Hopkins dropped Oscar De La Hoya for the count with a body shot. Since then, Hopkins has fought 16 times, going 10-4-1 with 1 no contest. And so when Hopkins dropped Beibut Shumenov in the 11th round of their fight on Saturday, Hopkins wanted the bout to come to an end before the final bell.

Hopkins and the Landscape at 175: Post Report Card

Cliff Rold

•Apr 21, 2014

Unification made a nice narrative, but it wasn’t really the point. Bernard Hopkins wants, at age 49, to be the Light Heavyweight Champion again. When he beat Antonio Tarver, he didn’t win the lineal title in the purist sense, but he captured the line of ‘best Light Heavyweights’ dating to Roy Jones’ unification of the three most recognized titles in the 1990s. When he beat Jean Pascal, he did both. Since moving to Light Heavyweight with the Tarver bout in 2006, nearly eight years ago, Hopkins is 9-2-1 with 1 No Contest. Only the loss to Chad Dawson is entirely without debate about the outcome. Of the foes he’s faced in that run, Shumenov qualifies as one of the softer touches and he held a belt (if by virtue of a bad call) and was at least a top ten Light Heavyweight.

CompuBox: Hopkins Drops 49% of Shots on Shumenov

CompuBox

•Apr 21, 2014

Ageless wonder Bernard Hopkins outlanded novice Beibut Shumenov in each of the last nine rounds of their light heavyweight unification clash. The selective Hopkins landed 51% of his power punches and 46% of his jabs, averaging 32 punches thrown per round. Shumenov, who oddly trains himself (and his performance showed it), landed just 20% of his total punches and 20% of his power shots.

Fighting Words: Hopkins-Shumenov, Mismatch Master Class

David P. Greisman

•Apr 21, 2014

by David P. Greisman - When Bernard Hopkins was sentenced to hard time behind bars, Beibut Shumenov had not yet even been born. For the entirety of the 30 and a half years that Shumenov has been on this earth, Hopkins has either been incarcerated or in the ring. Hopkins went from prison to professional prizefighting more than 25 years ago. He’s 49 years old now, at least a decade beyond the age at which boxers are typically resigned to retiring or consigned to fighting in crossroads bouts for short money against younger opponents whose reflexes are fresher and whose futures are brighter. Hopkins vs. Shumenov was a unification bout between two world titleholders in the light heavyweight division. But to phrase it like that is to imply that there was some comparison in terms of accomplishment, capability and experience. There was no comparison. This was no even fight. This wasn’t a crossroads bout. This was a mismatch in favor of Hopkins, who put on another master class against an opponent who was often made to look as if he had no clue and no chance. Forget what the record book says in describing the win as a split decision. The fact that one judge somehow had Shumenov slightly ahead after 12 rounds says far more about the judge than it does about the fight. The other two judges rightly had Hopkins the victor, scoring the bout 116-111, eight rounds to four with an additional point taken from Shumenov for the knockdown he suffered in the 11th round. Even that score makes it seem as if Shumenov had more success than he did.

Video: Hopkins Talks Shumenov Win, Stevenson, More

BoxingScene Staff

•Apr 20, 2014

Bill "Two Scoops" Emes catches up with IBF/WBA light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins to break down his unification twelve round decision victory over Beibut Shumenov, thoughts on the scorecard that gave the fight to Shumenov, when he intends to end his long career, a unification with WBC champion Adonis Stevenson and more.

Hopkins Drops, Dominates Shumenov To Unify Titles

Cliff Rold

•Apr 20, 2014

by Cliff Rold - Just shy of 21 years ago, a short walk across the parking lot away at RFK Stadium, Bernard Hopkins lost his first shot at a major title against Roy Jones Jr. On Saturday night at the DC Armory in Washington DC, in front of a crowd of 6,823, 49-year old IBF Light Heavyweight Bernard Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KO) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, got halfway to being the second man to unify all four major sanctioning body titles since the birth of the WBO in the late 1980s. The first? Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins dropped and befuddled Kazakhstan’s 30-year old WBA titlist Beibut Shumenov (14-2, 9 KO) of Las Vegas, Nevada, en route to a decisive win marred by an official split decision verdict. Shumenov, who picked up a belt in a widely decried decision against Gabriel Campillo, was made to look every bit the undeserving pretender but Hopkins has had a way of doing that to far better foes over the years too. The world can marvel not because of who he beat but because he continues to win against contemporary top ten Light Heavyweights as the calendar grows closer to his fiftieth birthday. Hopkins remains one of the best of the world, having outlasted by years rivals like Jones, Felix Trinidad, and Oscar De La Hoya and through an assortment of ‘pound-for-pound’ players from the prime of the Pernell Whitaker to the eeking twilight of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.

Hopkins, Schaefer Respond to Shumenov Scoring

David P. Greisman

•Apr 20, 2014

Bernard Hopkins left with the victory and the unification of two light heavyweight titles. But that doesn’t mean that Hopkins or Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions were happy with the scoring. The win, which appeared to be clearly in Hopkins’ favor, was a split decision. Judge Gustavo Padilla scored the bout 114-113 for Shumenov, giving him seven of the 12 rounds. Padilla was the only judge to give Shumenov rounds 3, 6 and 8.

Examining the Hopkins-Shumenov Split Decision Scoring

David P. Greisman

•Apr 20, 2014

We went to the scorecards knowing that Bernard Hopkins had out-boxed Beibut Shumenov en route to a clear victory, unifying their two world titles at light heavyweight. And then we heard Jimmy Lennon Jr. announce that there was a split decision. Fortunately, the decision still went to the right man, to Hopkins, who two of the judges had winning 116-111, eight rounds to four with an additional point taken from Shumenov for the knockdown he suffered in the 11th round.

Hopkins-Shumenov - CompuBox Historical Review

CompuBox

•Apr 19, 2014

Bernard Hopkins throws well below wgt. class avg. and landed 41% of his power punches. Hopkins opponents landed 50% fewer punches vs. BHop than in their previous 4 fights and threw 41% fewer. Beibut Shumenov, making a huge step up in class, threw and landed above wgt. class avg. (vs. Kovacs, Ornelas, Santiago, Campillo I & II) and landed 42% of his power shots. Can the inexperienced Shumenov (he's fought 101 pro rounds- Hopkins 301 title fight rounds) put up those numbers vs. the master BHop?