Hopkins vs. Ornelas

By Sam Gregory: Tonight from the Liacouras Center at Temple University in Bernard Hopkins’ hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hopkins won a unanimous decision over Enrique Ornelas in a 12 round non-title bout in the light heavyweight division.
In the opening rounds of the fight Ornelas came out hard and fast against the former undisputed middleweight champion; [...]

By Eric Thomas: As expected, 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins defeated middleweight Enrique Ornelas by a 12 round unanimous decision on Wednesday night in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The final judges’ scores were 118-110, 120-109 and 119-109. Hopkins used his superior boxing skills to easily handle the smaller Ornelas all night, jabbing him and landing sharp right hands at [...]

By David Lahr: World Boxing Council light heavyweight interim champion Chad Dawson (29-0, 17 KO’s) had some choice words to say about Bernard Hopkins in today’s press release, saying “He’s [Hopkins] on the run like the one-armed man in ‘The Fugitive’. Eventually the law catches up to him. Well, I’m the sheriff of the light [...]

By David Lahr: 44-year-old light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KO’s) will be fighting Enrique Ornelas (29-5, 19 KO’s), a middleweight contender, on Wednesday night in what is in effect a tune-up bout at the Liacouras Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although Hopkins says “This is not a tune-up,” it’s hard to see it any other [...]

By Peter Wells: Roy Jones Jr-Bernard Hopkins is already been set up for March 13th, and both fighters get ready for warm up fight on Wednesday. Bernard fights in his hometown of Philadelphia, while Jones goes down under to Australia for Danny Green’s IBO Cruiserweight title. Jones is going up in weight, but has done [...]

By William Mackay: 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KO’s) has lofty goals for 2010, saying in article at the New York Post, “I will become heavyweight champion in 2010.” However, with Hopkins’ advanced age, and his limited size, it seems unlikely that Hopkins will ever accomplish this goal. Hopkins has been out of action for [...]

By Zachary M. Johnson: Showtime’s Super Six boxing tournament and the meteoric rise of Manny Pacquiao have made for a pretty terrific year in boxing already. The 2009 closeout fight for the Super Six tournament will take place tonight between Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward, and predictions abound in the blogosphere. Even better [...]

By Chris Williams: Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KO’s) will be fighting Enrique Ornelas (29-5, 19 KO’s) in a tune-up bout on December 2nd at Liacouras Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is a warm-up bout for the 44-year-old Hopkins so that he can get prepared for a bout next year against Roy Jones Jr. That fight [...]