Speaking with BoxingScene.com’s Jose “OnFire” Aguirre, Bernard Hopkins, at age 43, says that he is finally starting to get tired of fighting. The only thing that can motivate him to fight again is facing the winner of Roy Jones Jr. vs. Joe Calzaghe, scheduled for November 8. The future of another Hopkins fight is riding on the shoulders of Jones. Calzaghe, who won a close decision over Hopkins in April read more ...

Speaking with BoxingScene.com's Bill Emes, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik tried to make sense of what went wrong last Saturday in Atlantic City when he was dominated by Bernard Hopkins over twelve rounds. Pavlik moved up to a catch-weight of 170-pounds. Some felt he looked sluggish when he fought the February rematch with Jermain Taylor at 166, and looked even more sluggish as a light heavyweight read more ...

In a non-title light heavyweight shocker, 43-year-old former middleweight champion and ring legend Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KOs) stunned previously unbeaten, current WBC/WBO world middleweight champion, and 4:1 betting favorite Kelly Pavlick (34-1, 30 KOs) taking a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision on Saturday night before 11,332 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Hopkins looked like the younger read more ...

In a brief but direct, respectful but confident showdown of trainers, Jack Loew, representing Kelly Pavlik, and Nazim Richardson, from the camp of Bernard Hopkins, both predicted wins for their fighters Saturday night in Atlantic City. Fighting at a catchweight of 170, Pavlik will move up from his reign at middleweight to fight the former middleweight king, now campaigning at light-heavyweight read more ...

WBC and WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has denied claims that he turned down the opportunity to fight Joe Calzaghe. Pavlik, who takes on Bernard Hopkins on the 18th of October, has said that no approach from the Calzaghe camp was ever made. In an interview on Setanta Sports News during Steve Bunce's Boxing Hour Pavlik said "I don't know why they keep throwing my name out there. They never ever offered us the fight. Calzaghe? read more ...

If all goes as planned against Bernard Hopkins on October 18, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik will target Joe Calzaghe, who recently made it known that he will continue his career [beyond the September 20th bout with Roy Jones Jr.] to pursue a possible fight with Pavlik. “If I beat Jones, I might move back down to super middleweight to face Kelly Pavlik. I still feel young," Calzaghe told Ron Lewis read more ...