Hopkins-Jones

By Jim Dower: 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) said to ESPN analyst Brian Kenny on Friday night that he plans on cleaning up the light heavyweight division after Bernard gets through with his fight on April 3rd against 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. Hopkins, who has only fought once in the past two years, said [...]

By Chris Williams: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, there are a number of possible fights that Golden Boy Promotions and Square Ring are looking to put together for the undercard of the April 3rd fight between Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins. As of now, the following fights could wind up on the undercard: [...]

By Jim Slattengren: You got to like Bernard Hopkins. He really knows how to come up with some good sound bites to sell a fight, even one that a lot of boxing cans could really care less about at this point. The 45-year-old Hopkins will be facing 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) on [...]

By Chris Williams: It’s been ages since Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) and Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) last fought.
I can only imagine where the boxing fans are today who witnessed the fight between these two aging warriors seventeen long years ago in 1993. And I doubt if the fans who saw that [...]

By William Mackay: 17 years after the two of them last faced each other, Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) and Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) will finally meet up again for a light heavyweight bout on April 17th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It appears that the two [...]

By Michael Taylor: August: At the beginning of August Devon Alexander was introduced to the big time with a victory over Junior Witter, retiring Witter for the vacant WBC Light Welterweight title. On the same show, Timothy Bradley and Nate Campbell’s WBO Light Welterweight clash ended in a no-contest, as a head butt caused a [...]

By Sam Gregory: Right after Bernard Hopkins ceiled his fiftieth career win in a less than stellar performance in route to a defeat over light heavyweight Enrique Ornelas on the Versus TV network Wednesday night, commentators were excited to show the boxing world what Hopkins had to say about Danny Green’s 122 second stoppage of [...]

By William Mackay: Bernard Hopkins refuses to be turned off towards a rematch with Roy Jones Jr., despite Jones being destroyed in a 1st round TKO on Wednesday night by Danny Green in Sydney, Australia. Hopkins defeated an over-matched middleweight contender Enrique Ornelas tonight in a 12 round unanimous decision in Philadelphia.

By Liam Fitzgerald: Providing that they come through their respective fights next Wednesday unscathed, we will be witnessing a rematch between Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr early in 2010. Their first bout took place amazingly 16 years ago but both men are completely different fighters now and have been through a lot since then. [...]

By Liam Santiago: Although the rematch between old veterans Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones is receiving plenty of positive hype, it also has its critics. The two American legends, who have a combined age of 84 are due to fight sometime in early 2010. One man who is not in the slightest bit interested is [...]

By Sean McDaniel: 40-year-old Roy Jones Jr. could ruin his chance for a big money payday in a rematch with Bernard Hopkins if Roy can’t get by his next opponent Australian Danny Green on December 2nd. In hindsight, it might end up being a costly mistake for Jones because Green, a former light heavyweight champion, [...]

By Brian Kenneth Blackwell: After re-watching the 1993 bout between Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins, as well as analyzing the two in recent matches, I believe it is evident that it would be a huge mistake for Bernard to take this fight. In no way am I downplaying any of Bernard’s accomplishments, or his [...]