Bernard Hopkins Dominates, Decisions Enrique Ornelas

By Mark Vester

At the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32KOs) won a dominating twelve round unanimous decision over rugged Enrique Ornelas (29-6, 19KOs) in a light heavyweight bout. The scores were 118-110, 120-109 and 119-109.

During the first four rounds, Hopkins started very slow and allowed Ornelas to land some good punches. Hopkins would counter well at times, especially on the inside. During the fifth, both began to get more active and let their hands go. Hopkins started landing some heavy combinations in the sixth round to stun Ornelas. Hopkins started to outbox and outwork Ornelas over the next few rounds with accurate punching and picking his spots. Ornelas landed a very hard power shot to Hopkins' head near the end of the ninth but the veteran was back on the attack in the tenth, picking his spots to land big power shots.

During the eleventh and the twelfth rounds, Hopkins was landing some very heavy blows. Ornelas' face was swelling up by this point. Hopkins stunned Ornelas in the final minute and tried to finish him off against the ropes. Ornelas survived but in the final ten seconds, Hopkins really pounded away on Ornelas as the bell ended the fight.

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