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Unification made a nice narrative, but it wasn’t really the point.
Bernard Hopkins wants, at age 49, to be the Light Heavyweight Champion again. When he beat Antonio Tarver, he didn’t win the lineal title in the purist sense, but he captured the line of ‘best Light Heavyweights’ dating to Roy Jones’ unification of the three most recognized titles in the 1990s. When he beat Jean Pascal, he did both.
Since moving to Light Heavyweight with the Tarver bout in 2006, nearly eight years ago, Hopkins is 9-2-1 with 1 No Contest. Only the loss to Chad Dawson is entirely without debate about the outcome. Of the foes he’s faced in that run, Shumenov qualifies as one of the softer touches and he held a belt (if by virtue of a bad call) and was at least a top ten Light Heavyweight. [Click Here To Read More]
Bernard Hopkins wants, at age 49, to be the Light Heavyweight Champion again. When he beat Antonio Tarver, he didn’t win the lineal title in the purist sense, but he captured the line of ‘best Light Heavyweights’ dating to Roy Jones’ unification of the three most recognized titles in the 1990s. When he beat Jean Pascal, he did both.
Since moving to Light Heavyweight with the Tarver bout in 2006, nearly eight years ago, Hopkins is 9-2-1 with 1 No Contest. Only the loss to Chad Dawson is entirely without debate about the outcome. Of the foes he’s faced in that run, Shumenov qualifies as one of the softer touches and he held a belt (if by virtue of a bad call) and was at least a top ten Light Heavyweight. [Click Here To Read More]
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