Bernard Hopkins Boxing News

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By Dan Ambrose: On Saturday night, 47-year-old Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) will likely be passing his WBC light heavyweight title to challenger Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) in their HBO televised fight. On top of giving up his World Boxing Council title, Hopkins will effectively be crowning the 29-year-old Dawson as the best fighter [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 47-year-old Bernard Hopkins thinks he’s going to be able to match the fast pace, speed and the energy that challenger Chad Dawson will be bringing to their fight at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hopkins says he’s not a typical 47-year-old fighter, and that what would work on a [...]

By Allan Fox: Former two time WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson believes that 47-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins faked his injury last time they fought in their controversial 2nd round non decision last October. Hopkins hurt his left shoulder when Dawson picked him up and dropped him late in the 2nd round.

Kelly Swanson Thank you, everybody, for joining us. We are going to feature both Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson on the media conference call today. Both fighters are training hard in the hot, hot sun of Florida. So I think we’re going to have a great fight.

By Dan Ambrose: This Saturday night 47-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) will be defending his World Boxing Council title against Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) in a return match from their 2nd round no contest last year in October.

By Allan Fox: We saw how 47-year-old Bernard Hopkins was able to get under the skin of Chad Dawson enough to where he lost his temper and angrily picked Hopkins up and dropped him on the canvas in the 2nd round in their fight last October. Hopkins, whether you believe it or not, was injured [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): 47 year old World Boxing Council (WBC) and Ring Magazine light heavyweight champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins (52-5-2-2 NC, 32 KO’s) will attempt to roll back the clock one more time when he faces “Bad” Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) on April 28 in Atlantic City. The fight will be [...]

ADDITIONAL TICKETS OPEN FOR “ONCE AND FOR ALL: HOPKINS VS. DAWSON” AS DEMAND FROM FANS CONTINUES TO BUILD Atlantic City (April 18)…Due to astronomical demand for tickets for “Once and For All: Hopkins vs. Dawson” at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, nearly 1,300 additional tickets have opened for sale so more fans can [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly had to pull out of his April 28th mismatch against #4 WBO Robin Krasniqi this week with Cleverly being too ill to train for the fight. Cleverly and his trainer/father Vince Cleverly are still hoping to face WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins in the summer [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) wants to be the first to knockout 47-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) when they meet up on April 28th in their rematch at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The two fought last October with Hopkins hitting the canvas and [...]

By Allan Fox: If WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) wants to walk out of the Boardwalk Hall arena still the in possession of his World Boxing Council title on April 28th, he’s going to have to follow Jean Pascal’s blueprint in how to beat the younger 29-year-old Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Sr, the former trainer for two-time former WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s), believes that Dawson will beat WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) on April 28th in their fight at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins has finally started to show his age after all these years. At 47, Hopkins is one of the oldest world champions of all time and that’s a testament to how good he is, but also how poor the light heavyweight is at this time. For him [...]

By Dan Ambrose: In a training photo sent by Chad Dawson’s trainer today, you can see that Dawson, 29, is in excellent shape for his rematch with WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) slated for later on this month on April 28th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Dan Ambrose: I’d say that WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) is really up against it in his rematch with Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) on April 28th. This is not a good fight for the 47-year-old Hopkins. I don’t think he’s shot, but Hopkins has clearly slipped a notch since [...]

By Allan Fox: Bernard Hopkins is looking at a one-sided loss coming up real fast on April 28th against former two time light heavyweight world champion Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Clevery is like a dog that can’t let go of a bone. He’s totally convinced he’s going to get a fight against 47-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins this summer, possibly forgetting that Hopkins has a fight on April 28th against Chad Dawson and he’s probably [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The last time former two-time WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) fought WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s), Dawson got the win by a 2nd round TKO win Dawson lifted Hopkins off of his feet and shucked him to the canvas in the 2nd round of [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It seems that WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly’s promoter is getting way ahead of himself with talking about a unification bout between Cleverly and WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins for the summer in Wales. Even Hopkins’ promote Richard Schaefer is talking about the fight possibly taking place.

World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Light-Heavyweight Champion Nathan Cleverly’s chances of a showdown in the UK with American great Bernard Hopkins have been given a boost by Richard Schaefer CEO of Golden Boy Promotions.

By Dan Ambrose: It’s pretty much academic at this point that 47-year-old Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) will be losing to Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) in their rematch on April 28th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. That’s pretty much a given. Hopkins is way too old, way too slow [...]

By William Mackay: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly badly wants to fight WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins in the summer in Wales in a fight that could draw between 40,000 to 50,000 fans. However, Hopkins has a big fight against Chad Dawson next month on April 28th and it doesn’t look good for [...]

By William Mackay: Promoter Frank Warren believes that his fighter WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (24-0, 11 KO’s) could rebound well from a loss to WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins if the fight takes place in the summer like Warren wants it to. Cleverly is facing #4 WBO contender Robin Krasniqi (37-2, 13 [...]

By William Mackay: The WBO has given WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (24-0, 11 KO’s) permission to bypass his mandatory challenger Dmitry Sukhotsky to face little known WBO European light heavyweight Robin Krasniqi (37-2, 13 KO’s) on April 28th at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. It seems that the venue is the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 47-year-old Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) is finally starting to show signs of aging after he was made to look average in the two rounds of his last fight against Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s). Hopkins will get a chance to prove that fight was just a blip on the radar screen [...]

By Sean McDaniel: 47-year-old Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) can’t afford another performance like his last one against Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) where Hopkins looked bad in the two rounds of the fight and then was hurt when he was dumped on the canvas by Dawson.

By Dan Ambrose: Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) not only wants to beat 47-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) next month in their long awaited rematch on April 28th, but he also wants to send Hopkins into retirement so that new blood can move in and have their time at the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: If Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) wants to improve his chances for success in beating WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (5-5-2, 32 KO’s) on April 28th, then Dawson needs to make sure he fights a clean fight without bumping, throwing blows and especially not picking Hopkins up and depositing him on [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The winner of the April 28th fight between Chad Dawson and WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins has the option of facing WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly this summer in a unification match. The catch here is that the Hopkins-Dawson winner will likely have to be willing to fly all the [...]