Fight Bernard Hopkins NC NC 2 (12) Chad Dawson

Moments ago at the California Commission meeting in Van Nuys, California, and seven CSAC commissioners voted on the Hopkins/Golden Boy appeal on the Bernard Hopkins vs Chad Dawson bout which was ruled as a TKO win for Dawson after Hopkins was thrown to the canvas and injured a shoulder causing the bout to be stopped. The Commission reversed the TKO win by Dawson and ruled the bout a No Decison read more ...

The WBC has returned the light heavyweight championship to Bernard Hopkins after declaring his bout with Chad Dawson a technical draw. Hopkins was stopped for the first time in his career Saturday night in bizarre fashion when Dawson lifted him and tossed him to the canvas late in the second round, leaving the 46-year-old champion with a dislocated joint in his shoulder. Dawson claimed the WBC light heavyweight read more ...

«I am the new generation...people like my style. I want to show my skills...I’m ready to fight Chad Dawson now. If he wants to do first defense with me, I’m ready to see him in the ring. I want to fight Jean Pascal; whatever,» stated undefeated light heavweight contender Ismayl Sillakh, who shared his thoughts on the outcome of Hopkins vs. Dawson, his future plans and much more. Check it out! read more ...

«They want me out of boxing, and this is one way to do it,» said Hopkins. «Chad Dawson came in the ring tonight, and he just wanted to rough me up with dirty tactics. He wanted to get me out of there, and that was the only way he could. He knew he wasn’t in there with a 46-year-old, because I was quicker and faster than him. That was a blatant foul, and it should be a no-contest, not a disqualification.» read more ...

During the second, Dawson lifted Hopkins when they were clinched on the inside. Hopkins charged in and was hovering over Dawson and leaned on his back. Dawson pushed him off in a tackle-like format, Hopkins went down hard near the ropes. He told the referee that he hurt his left shoulder and couldn’t continue. The referee ruled it as a technical knockout because read more ...

Bernard Hopkins has been released from the California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles after being x-rayed and examined by Dr. Sam Thurber, MD who diagnosed Hopkins with a separation of the acromioclavicular (A-C) joint which connects the collar bone and shoulder blade read more ...

WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KOs) lost his title against Chad Dawson (31-1, 18 KOs) on Saturday night at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. The bout ended in round two when the 29-year-old Dawson hurled the 46-year-old boxing legend Hopkins to the deck and Hopkins injured a shoulder. Referee Pat Russell ruled there was no foul, therefore the California Commission ruled it a TKO win for Dawson read more ...

«He could almost be my son, but I’m used to that,» Hopkins said. «Not many guys who couldn’t be my son are still fighting at my level.» Dawson sees the fight as nothing less than the defining moment of his career. He has been angling for this bout since shortly after he won his first title in early 2007, figuring a win over Hopkins will establish him as the world’s greatest 175-pounder read more ...

Bernard Hopkins 173.4 vs. Chad Dawson 174.2 (WBC light heavyweight championship) Antonio DeMarco 134.4 vs. Jorge Linares 134.6 (Vacant WBC lightweight championship) Kendall Holt 139.4 vs. Danny Garcia 139.4 (WBC/IBF jr welterweight title eliminator) read more ...

According to light heavyweight Chad Dawson, the training location was not a deciding factor in leaving trainer Emanuel Steward after one fight of working together earlier this year. Steward told BoxingScene.com that Dawson refused to train at Steward’s Kronk Gym in Detroit, and wanted to train closer to home in Connecticut. Dawson faces WBC champion Bernard Hopkins on October 15th at Staples Center in Los Angeles read more ...