(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Allan Fox: 49-year-old Bernard Hopkins (54-6-2, 32 KO’s) is confident that he’ll be holding onto his IBF light heavyweight champion on Saturday night in his unification bout against WBA light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov (14-1, 9 KO’s) DC Armory, in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Hopkins wants to win Shumenov’s WBA title and then possibly move forward to fight WBC champ Adonis Stevenson after that.
The Stevenson fight is still not a definite thing in Hopkins’ plans, because he might choose to do something else. Stevenson wants the fight, but it’s still unclear whether Hopkins will choose to face him. Hopkins has a lot of easy marks for top contenders such as Dimitri Sukhotsky, Anatoliy Dudchenko, Nadjib Mohammedi and Sean Monaghan. With contenders like that, Hopkins could remain champion for another 2-3 years before someone eventually beats him.
By Allan Fox: 49-year-old IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (54-6-2, 32 KO’s) will be taking on WBA 175 lb champion Beibut Shumenov (14-1, 9 KO’s) on April 19th at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C, according to Dan Rafael. The fight will be televised on Showtime, and WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin will be on the undercard making a defense against an opponent still to be determined. Hopkins just turned 49 last January, and he seems like he’s just playing out his string. 
By Allan Fox: IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard “The Alien” Hopkins (54-6-2, 32 KO’s) turns 49 today and he’s still fighting at a high level. It’s difficult to believe that a person as old as Hopkins is able to hold down one of the world titles. But more impressive than that is he’s got a goal of unifying all of the 175 lb. titles by his 50th birthday next year. 
By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he’s looking to put a fight together between IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (54-6-2, 32 KO’s) and WBA Super World light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov (14-1, 9 KO’s) in a unification bout for March or April in a fight that he may stage in Texas. 
(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: 48-year-old IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (54-6-2, 32 KO’s) recently said that he was interested in unifying the 175 lb. titles, but fans assumed that he was talking about against the best champions in the weight division in WBC champ Adonis Stevenson and WBO champ Sergey Kovalev. 
By Eric Thomas: WBA Super World light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov (13-1, 8 KO’s) will be defending his World Boxing Association 175 lb. title in two months against little known fringe contender Tamas Kovacs (23-0, 14 KO’s) on December 14th on the undercard of the Adrien Broner vs. Marcos Maidana card at the MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. 
