Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Bernard Hopkins Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016. He is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades, having held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the undisputed championship [a] at middleweight from 2001 to 2005, and the lineal championship at light heavyweight from 2011 to 2012.
17 years after their first bout in 1993, Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins, both of whom had become two of the most successful and decorated boxers in the sport since then, had finally come to an agreement for their long-awaited rematch. As a precursor to their fight, both Jones and Hopkins had bouts scheduled on December 2, 2009, with both ...
11 Jul 2008 – 19 Jun 2009 0 35 Jean Pascal: 19 Jun 2009 – 21 May 2011 2 36 Bernard Hopkins: 21 May 2011 – 28 Apr 2012 0 37 Chad Dawson (2) 28 April 2012 – 8 Jun 2013 0 38 Adonis Stevenson: 8 Jun 2013 – 1 Dec 2018 9 39 Oleksandr Gvozdyk: 1 Dec 2018 – 18 Oct 2019 1 40 Artur Beterbiev: 18 Oct 2019 – present 6
Feb – 5 Dec 2009 1 13 Marco Huck: 5 Dec 2009 – 14 Aug 2015 13 14 Krzysztof Głowacki: 14 Aug 2015 – 17 Sep 2016 1 15 Oleksandr Usyk: 17 Sep 2016 – 5 Jun 2019 6 Usyk vacated the title to move up to heavyweight. [9] 16 Krzysztof Głowacki (2) (interim champion promoted) 5 Jun – 15 Jun 2019 0 17 Mairis Briedis: 15 Jun – 25 Nov 2019 0
Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. II, billed as The Rivals, was a professional boxing match contested on April 3, 2010. [1] The fight was a rematch of the May 22, 1993 bout between the two where Jones defeated Hopkins for the IBF middleweight title.
Bernard Hopkins: 10 Jun 2006 – 19 Apr 2008 1 26 Joe Calzaghe: 19 Apr 2008 – 5 Feb 2009 1 Calzaghe retires. [18] 27 Jean Pascal (def. Chad Dawson) 14 Aug 2010 – 21 May 2011 1 28 Bernard Hopkins (2) 21 May 2011 – 28 Apr 2012 0 29 Chad Dawson: 28 Apr 2012 – 8 Jun 2013 0 30 Adonis Stevenson: 8 Jun 2013 – 23 Nov 2015 6
In the fifth, Hopkins caught Holmes with a body shot on the belt of Holmes, causing to him complain to the referee prompting a point to be deducted from Hopkins. The fight would go the distance where all three judges would score the bout to Hopkins with George Colon had it 118-109, Larry Hazzard Jr., 117-110 and Tom Kaczmack scored it 119-108.
Bernard Hopkins vs. Beibut Shumenov, billed as History at the Capitol, was a professional boxing match contested on April 19, 2014, for the WBA (super), IBF and IBA light heavyweight titles. [ 1 ] Background