Hopkins vs. Pascal

BERNARD HOPKINS HONORED BY MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, PA (June 1)…Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter honored newly crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Champion Bernard Hopkins today for his championship win over Jean Pascal which took place May 21. The mayor presented Hopkins with a Liberty Bell replica and made a [...]

By Peter Wells: Well it’s been quite a while now since my last post and plenty has happened. And already we’ve had some ups and downs to this year so far. Prospects Juan Manuel Lopez and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr where both given a harsh lesson while Manny Pacquiao sent us to sleep with his last [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The second and hopefully the final fight between Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal brought in a huge rating of 1.8 million viewers for HBO Sports last Saturday night. The ratings were the highest for HBO since 2009 when WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko wiped out challenger Chris Arreola in a one-sided 10th [...]

HBO Sports will air a replay of the May 21 World Championship Boxing telecast: Tonight, Monday, May 23 (11:15 p.m.) on HBO. Tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 24 (11:00 p.m.) on HBO2. (Times are ET/PT)

By Jason Kim: Newly crowned WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) says he doesn’t care who he faces next – Lucian Bute or Chad Dawson. This comes after beating Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Other than [...]

By Dan Ambrose: After losing to 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) last Saturday night, former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO’s) wasn’t giving up in wanting to still fight Hopkins in what would be a third fight between two.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Bernard Hopkins AKA “The Executioner” (52-5-2-1, 34 KO’s) defeated Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO’s) Saturday night at the Bell Center in Montreal. Thus Hopkins became the oldest man at forty six years old to ever win a boxing world championship. George Foreman was forty five years old when he knocked [...]

By Richard Hall: In what was a highly anticipated rematch with the new WBC light heavyweight world champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 38KO’s) and the former World Boxing Council champion Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16KO’s) turned out to be a entertaining close decision victory for the oldest world champion in the sport Hopkins, who passed George Foreman [...]

By Mark Young: Bernard Hopkins is not my favourite fighter by a country mile, I don’t like his persona and on many occasions I have found his fights boring and ugly to watch, but at 46 years old, he schooled Jean Pascal tonight. Pascal entered the ring with exactly the same plan he brought to [...]

By Jim Dower: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (52-5, 32 KO’s) became the oldest man to ever capture a world title tonight when he defeated World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

By Dan Ambrose: The 42-year-old Roy Jones Jr. really looked his age tonight in getting stopped by Russian Denis Lebedev in a brutal 10th round knockout in a fight that took place in Russia.

By Eric Thomas: Saturday’s rematch between WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) and challenger Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) is expected to take place in front of a packed house of 16,000 fans at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Most of those fans will be rooting for Pascal – the home [...]

By Jim Dower: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins weighed in at 174.9 for Saturday’s fight against World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Hopkins came in overweight on the first weigh-in attempt, but after one hour he was able to shed the excess pounds and make the fight.

By Jason Kim: Former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) is hoping to set himself up for a big money fight against the winner of Saturday’s bout between 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins and WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. To get the winner of that fight, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) is poised to make history on Saturday night when he takes on and beats WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In beating the 28-year-old Pascal, Hopkins will erase George Foreman’s record from 1994 of being [...]

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS May 20, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

By Reni M. Valenzuela: Bernard Hopkins is forty six years old and nobody seems to howl. Because of his advanced age and “fading” career as an ex- top boxer and a former super bantamweight and super featherweight champion, a lot of people “cried wolf” out of their sincere concern for his safety and welfare when [...]

Montreal, Canada (May 19)…With American and Canadian media in attendance, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins hosted a media workout today at a local boxing gym in Montreal, Canada where the 46-year-old Two-Division World Champion and Future Hall of Famer discussed his championship rematch against World Boxing Council (WBC) and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Champion Jean [...]

By Eric Thomas: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) is hoping to become the oldest fighter to ever win a world title when he takes on World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) in a rematch on Saturday night at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada. Hopkins wants to beat [...]

HBO Sports serves up a double dose of hard-hitting action when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: JEAN PASCAL VS. BERNARD HOPKINS II AND CHAD DAWSON VS. ADRIAN DIACONU is presented live SATURDAY, MAY 21 (10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT) from the Bell Centre in Montreal, exclusively on HBO. The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING team will be ringside for [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) faces World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) in a rematch on Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The winner of the Hopkins-Pascal fight will face the winner of Saturday’s undercard fight between former WBC champion Chad Dawson [...]

By Richard Hall: Bernard Hopkins (51-5 -2) has got inside Jean Pascal’s (26-1-1) head as Max Kellerman hosts a face off with and Bernard Hopkins looking to break the record of the oldest world champion in history.

“Big” George Foreman Discusses The Possibility Of Bernard Hopkins Breaking His Record As The Oldest Fighter In Boxing History To Win A Significant World Title “You must get a knockout. This fight and the record will not be broken on a unanimous decision. There must be a knockout.

By Dan Ambrose: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) says he’s going to throw a lot of punches on May 21st against World Boxing Council WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. It would be a huge chance for Hopkins if he does opt to fight [...]

“This [surpassing of George Foreman’s record] is a hell of a milestone. This is something that not any old fighter gets to do, or most athletes from any sport for that matter. I am glad to be able to represent that at this stage of my career.

By Dan Ambrose: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) is hoping to go down in the record books with a win over World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) on May 21st at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Hopkins, if he wins, will be the oldest fighter to ever [...]

By Dan Ambrose: According to fightnews.com, the May 21st rematch bout between WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 Ko’s) and 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) could have special drug testing for performance enhancing drugs by the Quebec boxing commissions. They’ are considering this special testing for the Hopkins vs. Pascal rematch, which [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) and WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) argued viciosly with one another on HBO’s Face off with Max Kellerman recently. Hopkins, 46, stuck to a major theme throughout the televised meeting by saying Pascal is a “Four round fighter.” The two fighters fought [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Last time out WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) failed to fight smart and push the fight at the 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) in their 12 round draw last December. Pascal seemed to be under the mistaken impression that he could pick his spots and basically pot [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) looks to become the oldest fighter ever to capture a major title when he takes on WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) in a rematch next month on May 21st in an HBO televised bout at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Hopkins [...]