By Jason Kim: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins is no longer satisfied with trying to have his fight from last weekend against Chad Dawson changed from a 2nd round TKO loss to a no contest.
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Is Bernard Hopkins still considered the best fighter in the light heavyweight division?
By Dan Ambrose: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins may get his WBC title back after the World Boxing Council finishes their review of Hopkins’ 2nd round TKO loss to Chad Dawson last Saturday night. The outcome of that fight will probably be overturned and changed to a no contest; in which case Hopkins will keep his WBC title.
Is this the end for Bernard Hopkins?
By Jason Kim: Starting on Monday, Golden Boy Promotions will start the wheel churning to try and get Bernard Hopkins’ WBC light heavyweight title back Chad Dawson by appealing to the WBC and the California Athletic Commission.
Wright: Hopkins quit against Dawson
By Dan Ambrose: There’s been a lot of fallout from Saturday’s fight between WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson and a lot of boxing fans still think Hopkins opted to quit in the 2nd round after he slid off the back of Dawson. Winky Wright, who helped train Dawson, thinks Hopkins quit.
Dawson did the right thing by getting Hopkins off his back
By Dan Ambrose: Some of Bernard Hopkins’ fans are unhappy how Hopkins was thrown down and injured by Chad Dawson last night in Hopkins’ second round TKO loss at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Dawson had enough of Hopkins and put him down when Hopkins jumped his back.
Dawson wants Pascal next, not interested in fighting Hopkins again
By Eric Thomas: Unless the California Athletic Commission or the World Boxing Council opt to overturn the results of Saturday’s victory for Chad Dawson (31-1, 18 KO’s) over WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KO’s), we will likely be seeing Dawson, the new WBC champion, defend his title against former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-2, 16 KO’s) next rather than seeing Dawson fight Hopkins again. Dawson’s said this about a rematch with Hopkins “Rematch for what? He’ll be older in another three or four months.”
Dawson’s TKO win will likely be overturned but Hopkins needs to pack it in
By Jason Kim: Chad Dawson’s 2nd round TKO win over WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KO’s) on Saturday night will likely be overturned when it gets reviewed by the California Athletic Commission or the World Boxing Council.
Hopkins loses to Dawson in strange ending
By Eric Thomas: WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KO’s) was beaten tonight by the younger 29-year-old Chad Dawson (31-1, 18 KO’s) in a second round stoppage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Dawson stops Hopkins in 2nd round!!!!!
By Dan Ambrose: Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson round by round Round 1 Dawson jabbing a slow Bernard Hopkins with stinging jabs. Hopkins unable to … continue
Hopkins to taste defeat tonight against Dawson
By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda – World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins’ fight with challenger Chad Dawson is about to start tonight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Hopkins, 46, has had a good run of luck in the past three years since he was last beaten beaten by Joe Calzaghe in 2008, but that luck runs out tonight against the faster, bigger, younger, stronger and much more talented Dawson.