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Bernard Hopkins knew well in advance that a win on Saturday over Tavoris Cloud in Brooklyn would mean his phone would be ringing non-stop immediately thereafter.
Sure enough, the once-again light heavyweight titlist now has a full voicemail inbox to sift through while deciding his next step. The 48-year old wunderkind became the oldest fighter in boxing history to capture a major belt, breaking his own record set at age 46 following his May ’11 rematch with over Jean Pascal.
Talks have swirled prior to last weekend’s encounter of a potential showdown with unbeaten Welshman – and current alphabet titlist – Nathan Cleverly. With any title win also comes mandatory challenges, especially when the dethroned titlists – such as Cloud – endures massive gaps of inactivity, thus not already honoring such obligations.
“There [are] champions that [have] been callin[g] me out after my historic victory,” Hopkins recently said through his Twitter account. “I'm aware that I [have] a mandatory obligation under the IBF rules. My mandatory challenger (is) Karo Murat.”
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Sure enough, the once-again light heavyweight titlist now has a full voicemail inbox to sift through while deciding his next step. The 48-year old wunderkind became the oldest fighter in boxing history to capture a major belt, breaking his own record set at age 46 following his May ’11 rematch with over Jean Pascal.
Talks have swirled prior to last weekend’s encounter of a potential showdown with unbeaten Welshman – and current alphabet titlist – Nathan Cleverly. With any title win also comes mandatory challenges, especially when the dethroned titlists – such as Cloud – endures massive gaps of inactivity, thus not already honoring such obligations.
“There [are] champions that [have] been callin[g] me out after my historic victory,” Hopkins recently said through his Twitter account. “I'm aware that I [have] a mandatory obligation under the IBF rules. My mandatory challenger (is) Karo Murat.”
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