On April 19, 2008, Joe Calzaghe moved up to light heavyweight to take on the legendary American pugilist Bernard Hopkins at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Director Steve Read’s In the Company of Kings is a unique boxing documentary that drops you into the lives of fighters both well-known (Bernard Hopkins and Larry Holmes) and those who perhaps have been somewhat forgotten (Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Tim Witherspoon).
When you think about prolific boxers, what names come to mind? Some people will obviously say, Muhammad Ali. Some will refer to Joe Frazier. Some will even mention Mike Tyson.
On April 3, 2010, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. met in their much anticipated rematch at 175lbs. The first fight between the two happened 17 years earlier on May 22, 1993 for the vacant IBF middleweight championship, with Jones winning by unanimous decision with all three judge’s scoring the bout 116–112 in Jones’ favour.
Legendary middleweight Bernard Hopkins, now a promotional partner at Golden Boy, has spoken to Fight Hub TV about the upcoming super middleweight bout between Canelo Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) and Jaime Munguía (43-0, 34 KOs) on May 4 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Bernard Hopkins has hit out at fighters trading shots at each other on social media at the expense of getting into the ring. Social media has become another tool for boxers to raise their profile outside of the ring.
It was startling, even by boxing standards: Ryan Garcia, at a press conference to promote Saturday’s 140-pound showdown against Oscar Duarte, used his time at the podium Thursday to tee off on the promoters—his promoters—putting on the show.
Boxing star Ryan Garcia is accusing Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins - his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions - of "backing" his next opponent.
Bernard Hopkins enjoyed a glittering boxing career at middleweight and light-heavyweight, where he defied his age and continued to compete at the highest level, winning titles late into his forties.
Boxing icon Oscar De La Hoya stated that he did not attend the press conference following the Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Ryan Garcia fight because he received death threats.
The Hall of Fame 2020 class includes Bernard Hopkins, Juan Manuel Marquez and Shane Mosley in the modern boxer category, along with Christy Martin and Lucia Rijker in the female boxer category.
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