News - Bernard Hopkins

George Foreman is backing Bernard Hopkins to break his record and become boxing’s oldest world champion ever. Foreman was 45 when he beat Michael Moorer to win a version of the heavyweight crown in 1994, but Hopkins will be 46 when he challenges Jean Pascal for the WBC light-heavyweight crown on May 21 in Montreal read more ...

Tempers boiled over in Montreal this morning as Bernard Hopkins came face to face in advance of their May 21st return engagement at the Bell Centre in Montreal. «I wanted the fight here so I could kick his ass in his own backyard,» said Hopkins as the champion Jean Pascal sat back and yawned read more ...

Legendary promoter Don King is in Sin City for this Saturdays junior middleweight clash between Miguel Cotto and his fighter Ricardo Mayorga. King told BoxingScene and other members of the media that the one fight he truly wants to see is a rematch between his fighter Felix Tito Trinidad and Bernard The Executioner Hopkins read more ...

Golden Boy Promotions won the purse bid for the upcoming rematch between WBC/IBO light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, and former champion Bernard Hopkins. The fight is a rematch of last Decembers controversial twelve round draw. Golden Boy, who promote Hopkins, put in the winning with a bid of $1.9 million, while Pascals promoter read more ...

Seemingly ageless former world champion Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KOs) celebrates his 46th birthday today. Thus far, The Executioner has shown few signs of slowing down as he gave WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal all he could handle last month. In 2011, Hopkins is in line for a WBC-mandated immediate rematch with Pascal and if he should emerge victorious, he would become the oldest man ever to win a major world title, breaking the record of George Foreman read more ...

Bernard Hopkins is at it again. During a recent interview with Lem Satterfield of FanHouse/BoxingScene.com, the 45-year-old veteran made some interesting comments reagrding the issue of race, and how it relates to boxing and the big fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley, which happens on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas read more ...

The WBC board of governors has voted in favor of ordering the immediate rematch between WBC champion Jean Pascal and emeritus champion Bernard Hopkins for the WBC light heavyweight championship of the world, WBC president Jose Sulaiman wrote to the camps. The winner of this fight has the obligation to fight Chad Dawson immediately without any intervening contest read more ...

IBF cruiserweight champion, Steve Cunningham is trained by Naazim Richardson, the same man who works with three-division, five-time titlist Sugar Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 knockouts) and former undisputed middleweight king Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KOs) read more ...

Bernard Hopkins got the ball rolling when he questioned the lack of African American opponents on Manny Pacquiaos record. A few weeks later, Pacquiao reached an agreement to face Shane Mosley on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mosley and Hopkins are good friends read more ...

Jean Pascal: I had a wonderful evening with my supporters, the people of Quebec. People from the old capital were also behind me and I saw that after the fight. They supporting me 110%. It really wams my heart. The fight was a good battle. This is the first time, I think, that Bernard Hopkins is involved in a fight as exciting as it was, given his reputation for making all his fights dull. I forced him to have a good fight. I honestly think I did enough to win, given that I am the champion read more ...