B-Hop had 19 Successful Title Defences Not 20

After wining the vacant IBF Mddleweight title in 1995 in his second fight with Segundo Mercado B-Hop went on to defend his title 19 successful times not 20 as is most commonly touted. The first fight with Robert Allen DOES NOT COUNT as it was ruled a No Contest. (Due to Mills Lane knocking B-Hop out of the ring) For some reason or other it's pretended that Hopkins made 20 title defences instead of the 19 that he really made. 1996 1. Jan. 27 -- Steve Frank, Phoenix, Arizona, KO 1 (Retained IBF middleweight title) 2. Mar. 16 -- Joe Lipsey, Las Vegas, Nevada, KO 4 (Retained IBF middleweight title) 3. July 16 -- Bo James, Atlantic City, New Jersey, KO 11 (Retained IBF middleweight title) 1997 4. Apr. 19 -- John David Jackson, Shreveport, Louisiana, KO 7 (Retained IBF middleweight title) 5. July 20 -- Glen Johnson, Indio, California, KO 11 (Retained IBF middleweight title) 6. Nov. 18 -- Andrew Council, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, W 12 (Retained IBF middleweight title) 1998 7. Jan. 31 -- Simon Brown, Atlantic City, New Jersey, KO 6 (Retained IBF middleweight title) 1999 8. Feb. 6 -- Robert Allen, Washington D.C., TKO 7 (Retained IBF middleweight title) 9. Dec. 12 -- Antwun Echols, Miami, Florida, W 12 (Retained IBF middleweight title) 2000 10. May 13 -- Syd Vanderpool, Indianapolis, Indiana, W 12 (Retained IBF middleweight title) 11. Dec. 1 -- Antwun Echols, Las Vegas, Nevada, TKO 10 (Retained IBF middleweight title) 2001 12. April 14 -- Keith Holmes, New York, New York, W 12 (Retained IBF middleweight title) (Captured WBC middleweight title) 13. Sept. 29 -- Felix Trinidad, New York, New York, TKO 12 (Retained WBC and IBF middleweight title) (Captured WBA middleweight title) 2002 14. Feb. 2 -- Carl Daniels, Reading, PA, TKO 10 (Retained unified middleweight title) 2003 15. March 29 -- Morrade Hakkar, Philadelphia, PA, TKO 8 (Retained unified middleweight title) 16. Dec. 13 -- William Joppy, Atlantic City, NJ, W 12 (Retained unified middleweight title) 2004 17. June 5 -- Robert Allen, Las Vegas, NV, W 12 (Retained unified middleweight title) 18. Sept. 18 -- Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas, NV, KO 9 (Retained unified middleweight title) 2005 19. Feb. 19 -- Howard Eastman, Los Angeles, CA, W 12 *RECAP* (Retained unified middleweight title) TOTAL =19 Successfull title defences

Comments (20)

Hopkins' legacy > Calzaghe's calzaghe sucks

17y ago

hammerhiem

5 Decent names there.

17y ago

SHB

Mills Lane > Bernard Hopkins That gets funnier every time I see it.

17y ago

TheGreatA

Mills Lane KO4 Bernard Hopkins

17y ago

DiegoFuego

Hopkins and Joe both fought mostly bums, but Hopkins' resume makes Calzaghe's look like complete shit. It's not even close between the two of them

17y ago

Vladimir303

Retaining the Title due to No Contest and ACTUALLY Successfully Defending it are two very different things. So you keep saying. A lil thick headed perhaps. Look up the rules.

17y ago

CJMak

Maybe it's not a mistake, maybe those are the rules in boxing. A draw, a no contest are all considrered successfull title defenses due to the champ retaining that title. Retaining the Title due to No Contest and ACTUALLY Successfully Defending it are two very different things.

17y ago

Vladimir303

That's the point Im making,the mistake has been made. I wouldn't have thought it possible either. As for Jermain Taylor he beat B-Hop for the titles so no thats not the 20th successfull title defence since he lost. I brought this up because I find it quite disturbing that such a mistake has been made with something such as an official record. It makes me wonder how many other mistakes have been made when it comes to the record books. There's probably alot more inconsitancies that we dont know about. Maybe it's not a mistake, maybe those are the rules in boxing. A draw, a no contest are all considrered successfull title defenses due to the champ retaining that title.

17y ago

CJMak

juan carlos giminez ferrari, branko sobot, will mcntyre, tocker pudwill, mger mtchkian are these real defenses? none of these guys even sniffed the top 10 ring ratings probably why the wbo(not a real belt) let calzaghe fight them for the worthless belt. You are definately a closet Calzaghe fan pretending to be a hater seein as you feel the need to bring him into nearly everything.Its obvious you really cant help yourself. STFU Unless you have something usefull to say and stick to the topic. This is not about Calzaghe,If you want to talk about him do it in a thread discussion that's actually about him because THIS ONE ISN'T.

17y ago

daggum

17y ago

Scott9945

Retaining the Title due to No Contest and actually Successfully Defending it are two very different things. He left the ring with his title, so he had some degree of success.

17y ago

CJMak

You might actually be right that it didn't count either way because there was no winner in the match, in that case though, wouldn't #20 actually be Jermain Taylor? I'm saying this because it would HAVE to add up to 20 because there's no way so many boxing critics, historians, etc. would all make that mistake. That's the point Im making,the mistake has been made. I wouldn't have thought it possible either. As for Jermain Taylor he beat B-Hop for the titles so no thats not the 20th successfull title defence since he lost. I brought this up because I find it quite disturbing that such a mistake has been made with something such as an official record. It makes me wonder how many other mistakes have been made when it comes to the record books. There's probably alot more inconsitancies that we dont know about.

17y ago

Vladimir303

Retaining the Title due to No Contest and actually Successfully Defending it are two very different things. LIke I said , it's your preference to think so if you choose to. 20 officially in the record books.

17y ago

CJMak

That's your preference, however that's not how it goes and that's why he has 20 title defenses officially. Retaining the Title due to No Contest and actually Successfully Defending it are two very different things.

17y ago

Madvillain

I have 19 because I dont count the 1st fight with Robert Allen which he didn't win becuse it was a No Contest due to the fact he was knocked out of the ring by Mills Lane. No win=No Real Title Defence because quite simply you havent defended the title if you didn't finish the fight. You might actually be right that it didn't count either way because there was no winner in the match, in that case though, wouldn't #20 actually be Jermain Taylor? I'm saying this because it would HAVE to add up to 20 because there's no way so many boxing critics, historians, etc. would all make that mistake.

17y ago

Vladimir303

I have 19 because I dont count the 1st fight with Robert Allen which he didn't win becuse it was a No Contest due to the fact he was knocked out of the ring by Mills Lane. No win=No Real Title Defence because quite simply you havent successfully defended the title if you didn't finish the fight. Hence why really his successfull TITLE DEFENCES TOTAL=19 That's your preference, however that's not how it goes and that's why he has 20 title defenses officially.

17y ago

CJMak

You have 19 because you didn't count the second time he fought Robert Allen. NC or not, he retained the title. I have 19 because I dont count the 1st fight with Robert Allen which he didn't win becuse it was a No Contest due to the fact he was knocked out of the ring by Mills Lane. No win=No Real Title Defence because quite simply you havent successfully defended the title if you didn't finish the fight. Hence why really his successfull TITLE DEFENCES TOTAL=19

17y ago

CJMak

17y ago

Madvillain

You have 19 because you didn't count both times he fought Robert Allen. NC or not, he retained the title.

17y ago

Vladimir303

A draw counts as a successfull title defense since the champ gets to keep the title, hence the 20 title defenses. Pretty simple really.

17y ago