By Victor Salazar
New York - 50-year-old future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins (55-7-2, 32 KO’s) wants one more fight as his final swan song. And this time he is aiming at WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (43-4, 29 KO’s) as his next target.
“I’m not retired,” Hopkins said at the press conference to announce the fight between Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux. “I want to make another historic achievement. I skipped over the super middleweight division. I want from 160 straight to 175 and they said I was crazy. I see a guy out there in Arthur Abraham. He’s a big name and a very durable guy to fight. He has one of the toughest defense like Winky Wright.”
According to Hopkins, the fight is in the works and the details should be ironed out soon
“That fight entices me so much to do,” stated Hopkins. “Right now we’re just working out the details. The promotion will be based on coming to see the last of a dying breed in boxing. I want it to be promoted as that and not the cheesy way. Win, lose, or draw. I’m done after the fight. I think I earned the right. I’m saying I’m going to do it.”
Hopkins hopes for the fight to happen by January of 2016 as a celebration for his 51st birthday. Hopkins also wasn’t shy about fighting Abraham in Europe.
“By January,” Hopkins said of the timeframe for the fight. My birthday is January, I’ll be 51. It could be here or in Europe wherever it makes sense for me and him. I have a big fan base in Europe. To me that means a lot because it’s a division that I never got a chance to be a champion there. I can make the weight pretty good. We’ll make 168 or 170, it’ll be for his WBO title and the WBO President has given us the blessing for the fight.”