49 years old Bernard Hopkins Having defended a world middleweight title a record 20 times before losing the title in 2005, he is considered one of the greatest middleweight champions of all time. The Ring ranked him #3 on their list of the 10 best middleweight title holders of the last 50 years After losing his title to Jermain Taylor in 2005 and failing to regain it in a rematch, Hopkins moved up in weight and began challenging for the light heavyweight championship. In his first fight in the class Hopkins won the International Boxing Organization and Ring titles from Antonio Tarver. Hopkins lost the Ring title to Joe Calzaghe in 2008, but later regained the belt in his second fight with Jean Pascal (after controversially drawing with him in their first fight). Hopkins also won Pascals WBC title in the match, and at 46 years, 4 months, and 10 days old broke George Foremans record as the oldest fighter to ever win a world championship . On March 9, 2013, Hopkins defeated Tavoris Cloud for the IBF light heavyweight championship of the world at age 48 becoming the oldest man in recorded boxing history to win a recognized world boxing championship, breaking his own record for the second time! And today took the title and dethroned Beibut Shumenov At the age of 49! Wins over future hall of famers Trinidad De La Hoya Tarver Pavlik Jones Jnr And solid wins over Holmes hoppy cloud Pascal and many more he is just a all time legend unlucky to loose very close fight against Taylor and Calazage and Dawson the champion will go down in history as a true legend of boxing!
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 08:43:29 +0000
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