Video: Bernard Hopkins Discusses Lucas Matthysse
Bill Emes catches up with IBF lightweight heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins who discusses hard punching junior welterweight Lucas Matthysse
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Hopkins Says Matthysse Would KO Khan, Talks Froch
The boxing world is still abuzz over Lucas Matthysse’s incredible knockout over Lamont Peterson on Saturday night. Inside of the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Matthysse, the WBC interim champion at 140 pounds, would drop the highly-regarded Peterson three times for a resounding third round TKO that highlighted his power and precision. The building was packed with boxing luminaries for Matthysse’s triumph, including living legend and reigning IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins. Never one to overly-gush about his fellow prizefighters, Hopkins couldn’t help but give Matthysse praise following his victory. Speaking with Kugan Cassius of IFilmLondon, Hopkins touched on a few topics, including a Matthysse duel with WBA/WBC champion Danny Garcia and his reasoning as to why Amir Khan would suffer the same fate as Peterson if given a chance with Matthysse. This is what Hopkins had to share.
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Hopkins vs. Murat: Special VIP Pre-Sale For Tickets
Continuing to break his own records, IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins will become the oldest fighter in history to make his initial title defense when he faces number one rated IBF light heavyweight contender Karo Murat on Saturday, July 13 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. July 13 will mark Hopkins' second time fighting in Brooklyn's new arena following his stellar win over Tavoris Cloud at Barclays Center in March.
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Photos: Peterson-Matthysse, Alexander-Purdy Weigh-In
UPDATE: "Lee Purdy couldn't shift the final [half a pound]," promoter Eddie Hearn wrote on Twitter. "Fight goes ahead with Alexander. If Lee wins, he will fight for [the] vacant title next." Caesars Atlantic City Hotel and Casino — Junior welterweight titleholders Lamont Peterson and Lucas Matthysse both made weight for their main event Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, with Peterson weighing in at the agreed-upon catch-weight of 141 pounds on the nose, while Matthysse was 140 pounds. Peterson, 29, of Washington, D.C., is 31-1-1 with 16 knockouts. Matthysse, a 30-year-old from Argentina, is 33-2 with 31 knockouts and 1 no contest. Devon Alexander came in at 146.7 pounds for his welterweight title defense against Lee Purdy, who tipped the scales at 148 pounds. Purdy had until 5:43 p.m. Eastern Time to drop that extra pound.
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Froch To Hopkins: You Want Me? Only at a Catch-Weight!
If Bernard Hopkins wants to fight Carl Froch, the IBF light heavyweight champion will need to come down to a catch weight to make it happen. Froch expressed interest in boxing Hopkins on a conference call Wednesday to discuss his super middleweight championship rematch against Mikkel Kessler on May 25 in London. The British star also made it perfectly clear that he has no intention of moving all the way up to 175 pounds for a shot at the 48-year-old legend.
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Hopkins vs. Froch: A Can’t-Miss Classic For 2013
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - I’ve been a boxing fan for more than 30 years. That means I’ve seen most of my generation’s nominees for the greatest fight of all time, most notably the first Pryor-Arguello duel in 1982, the Hagler-Hearns mini-masterpiece in 1985 and the epic to-and-fro between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo exactly two decades later. Gun to my head… the last of those three matches is the best I’ve ever seen. Of course, over that same time frame, there have been eagerly anticipated fights that turned out to be duds, and clashes that were barely noticed on the front end before winding up as classics. We could all fill notebooks with varieties of both. But over the last few weeks, I’ve heard the initial stages of rumbling for a fight that’s got me as intrigued as any I can remember encountering in either 36 years as a fan or 25 years as a professional journalist. And the winner is: Bernard Hopkins vs. Carl Froch. On the surface, I’ll concede it’s no Gatti/Ward. Hopkins has long been the antithesis of titillation when it comes to ring work, content instead to make venomous promises at press conferences before lulling his opponents – and assembled audiences – to sleep during cerebral 12-round chess matches.
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Hearn: No Froch vs. Hopkins, No Catch-Weight Fight
Eddie Hearn does not expect a fight between Carl Froch and Bernard Hopkins to come to pass. Hopkins, at 48 the oldest world champion in history, said last week Froch was 'top of my wish list' despite the American now campaigning in a higher weight class. But that difference in weight - the Briton is a natural super-middleweight - means a fight between the pair is unlikely. And Froch also must take care of Mikkel Kessler later this month before considering his future options.
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Hopkins: I'm Rooting For Froch To Win, Want Him Next
IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins tells Jeff Powell of Daily Mail that he wants Carl Froch (30-2, 22KOs) to defeat Mikkel Kessler in their unification rematch on May 25th - because Hopkins wants to fight him next. Hopkins has a mandatory defense of his title on July 13th against Karo Murat. "Froch is top of my wish list. I have great respect for him as a fighter. He is very exciting and our styles would make for a great fight. I will happily go over to the UK to make it happen but of course Carl will have to beat Kessler first. I am rooting for him to do it and I think he will win this time," Hopkins said.
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Hopkins Shocked: Pacquiao is Brave To Take Rios Fight
IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins was shocked when BoxingScene.com informed him that eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38KOs) would return to the ring against Brandon Rios (31-1-1, 23KOs). A deal for Pacquiao-Rios was announced on Monday. The fight takes place on November 23rd at the Venetian in Macau, China. HBO Pay-Per-View will carry the event. Hopkins believes Pacquiao is a finished product and will never be the same after suffering a brutal knockout in the sixth round of his fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez last December.
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Hopkins: I Can Fight Carl Froch at a Catch-Weight
Carl Froch has been given an added incentive to beat Mikkel Kessler later this month after Bernard Hopkins pinpointed the Nottingham slugger as the man he would next like to face after mandatory challenger Karo Murat. Froch is looking to avenge his defeat to Denmark's Kessler when the two meet at the O2 Arena on May 25 in a blockbusting bout for the WBA and IBF super-middleweight belts. And should Froch prosper then Hopkins, who became the oldest person to win a major title when he defeated Tavoris Cloud for the IBF light-heavyweight crown in March, is willing to do whatever it takes to set up an encounter that would surely capture the public's imagination.
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