By Jim Dower: The potential big money fight between Bernard Hopkins and International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek might not be dead after all according to Dan Rafael. Hopkins and Adamek had been in conversations for a fight recently, but failed to come to an agreement due to the money not being right for Adamek, who wanted more than what was being offered to him.
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Toney Wants Bout with Hopkins – News
By Eric Thomas: With no fights on his schedule, former super middleweight champion James Toney (71-6-3, 43 KOs) is interested in a fight with middleweight great Bernard Hopkins at cruiserweight. In an interview with Boxing Talk, Toney said “The punk [referring to Hopkins] was supposed to fight me at cruiserweight, but you go and run out on me…Here I am, don’t back out like a sissy. Step up to the plate and get knocked out.”
Haye-Hopkins in The Future?
By Jason Kim: According to the latest boxing gossip on Steve Bunce’s show, Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, there could be a possible bout between Bernard Hopkins and David Haye in the future. However, there are a lot of ifs that are involved for this to occur, starting with David Haye having to defeat IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in their June 20th title fight at the Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, next month.
What Are the Options for 44-year-old Hopkins?
By Matt Stein: Former middleweight and light heavyweight champion of the World Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KOs) is looking for a big money for his next bout, but so far he’s had little luck in landing the right opponent that’s will to take the money that he’s offering. In a lot of ways, Hopkins’ career is now mimicking the final days of Joe Calzaghe’s career.
News – Dawson’s Manager Thinks Hopkins is Afraid of Chad
By Eric Thomas: In an article on the Yahoo Boxing Blog, IBF light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson’s manager Mike Criscio doubts that Bernard Hopkins will fight Dawson, saying “Hopkins is afraid of Chad. I think if he goes into the ring he knows Chad will be way too quick for him and I think Chad will take him [Hopkins] out early.” Dawson and his team figure it’s more likely that Joe Calzaghe comes out of retirement to fight Dawson than Hopkins getting the desire to step up and face Dawson for his IBF title.
Boxing Needs Big Fights
By Simon Hirst: Much has been said of how big fights that the public want are avoided for whatever reason. Some of these reasons are fighters wanting too much money, other are fighters are unwilling to travel. The fact there are four world titles makes it easier for champions to defend their titles against those who are unworthy or of an easier standard. There are challengers getting world titles ahead of those who are more worthy because they’ve taken a easier route.
Did Calzaghe Fight the Wrong Fight against Hopkins?
By Dave Lahr: In looking back at Joe Calzaghe’s 12-round split decision win against then 43-year-old Bernard Hopkins, Calzaghe has to consider himself very fortunate that he got the win on that night, because he fought the worst fight imaginable. Actually, I think Calzaghe lost the fight by a couple of rounds, but given the benefit of the doubt by the judges.
Will Hopkins Fight Dawson?
By William Mackay: Well, we now know that IBF light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson didn’t put in one of his better performances against Antonio Tarver last Saturday night, beating him by a 12-round unanimous decision that left a lot of people wondering about Dawson. With the fight well in hand after six rounds, Dawson had a number of lapses of concentration in the final six rounds, taking shots and not entirely dealing well with the little bit of pressure that Tarver was putting on Dawson.
Will Carl Froch Ever Get The Recognition He Deserves?
By Adam Fillingham: After Carl Froch’s defeat of Jermain Taylor on the 25 of April a lot of people have written off the victory due to Taylor being ‘past his best’. Is this true? Or is this just an excuse due to Froch being British? Just look at the fighters that he has as potential opponents:
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Froch-Hopkins: Could Carl Be The Next One Facing Retirement?
By Dave Lahr: They say bad things happen in threes. First with Joe Calzaghe’s abrupt retirement from boxing, which took away the biggest star in the UK, and then with Ricky Hatton’s humiliating second round knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao on May 2nd. And now with World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KOs) looking at possibly fighting Bernard Hopkins in the near future.