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On Saturday, July 16th Philadelphia’s most celebrated junk yard dog, Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins will be poised and ready to turn back the challenge of young Jermain "Bad Intentions" Taylor. Twenty have tried to take Bernard’s title…twenty have failed.
Bernard, being the current undisputed middleweight champion, will be putting up all four middleweight belts (IBF/WBC/WBA/WBO). The Executioner has been a middleweight champion for over ten years; he sports an incredible record of 20 wins, 1 draw and 1 no-contest in championship fights.
Only two other champions, Joe "The Brown Bomber" Louis and old-timer Johnny Kilbane have had longer title reigns. Joe was ten days short of twelve years in defending his heavyweight crown; Kilbane comes in at a close second with eleven years and 103 days to his credit. After losing a twelve round decision to the great Roy Jones Jr. on May 22, 1993, Bernard has not lost a fight in over twelve years. He has never looked back. Prior to his loss to Roy, Bernard had chalked up 22 straight wins. Going into the Taylor fight, his career record reads, 42 wins, 2 L, 1 no-contest w/ 32 KO’s. Besides Roy Jones, his only other loss came in his very first fight, a four round pro debut to someone by the name of Clinton Mitchell on October 11, 1988
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Bernard, being the current undisputed middleweight champion, will be putting up all four middleweight belts (IBF/WBC/WBA/WBO). The Executioner has been a middleweight champion for over ten years; he sports an incredible record of 20 wins, 1 draw and 1 no-contest in championship fights.
Only two other champions, Joe "The Brown Bomber" Louis and old-timer Johnny Kilbane have had longer title reigns. Joe was ten days short of twelve years in defending his heavyweight crown; Kilbane comes in at a close second with eleven years and 103 days to his credit. After losing a twelve round decision to the great Roy Jones Jr. on May 22, 1993, Bernard has not lost a fight in over twelve years. He has never looked back. Prior to his loss to Roy, Bernard had chalked up 22 straight wins. Going into the Taylor fight, his career record reads, 42 wins, 2 L, 1 no-contest w/ 32 KO’s. Besides Roy Jones, his only other loss came in his very first fight, a four round pro debut to someone by the name of Clinton Mitchell on October 11, 1988
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