His career highlights include being named a Liga ACB All-Star in 1999 and 2001, a five-time Player of the Month and a 24-time Player of the Week. Hopkins defended the middleweight crown three times during the year—each by knockout, including a first-round KO of Steve Frank in January.

A raised left hand is a tangible threat. This page was last modified on 11 September 2015, at 06:43. https://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Bernard_Hopkins_vs._Ronald_Wright&oldid=581875. He lost because he got knocked out, but he says that he thinks he did pretty good for a 51 year old boxer. By defeating Holmes, Hopkins advanced to the final. It goes to show, if you want to be a world champion at the age of 49 you've got to live clean, and fight dirty. Hopkins begins to get comfortable in the third and take the fight to Trinidad, landing his jab consistently from the outside. Lomachenko and Lopez didn’t get over the top at all, but the seriousness of Saturday’s event was fully on display. "The jab of Winky Wright wasn't there tonight," De La Hoya said. LAS VEGAS – Bernard Hopkins used his head to get past Winky Wright on Saturday night in their light heavyweight title fight before a crowd of 8,826 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.

Note also the difference in body language in this GIF. Hopkins unsuccessfully attempted to win the vacant IBF title in a bout against Roy Jones in March. ^Note 1 For Undisputed World Middleweight ChampionshipWBA,WBC,IBF middleweight titlesFor vacant lineal middleweight title Andrew Eisele is a boxing writer who has covered the sport for Time, Inc.

Let’s discover his Biography, Net Worth, Age, wife/partner, Family, Affairs, Measurements, Achievements & Much More! A lot of you have written that 'Bernard Hopkins figures out styles very quickly.' Hopkins isn't the powerful one-punch puncher that someone like Mike Tyson was, but he has the type of power which slowly but surely drains the strength from his opponents. "I must take those things away from him right away in the art of war, and when I did, he was helpless," Hopkins said. He became the oldest boxer to win such a prestigious achievment. His father, Félix Trinidad, Sr. announced that his son had not even entered a gym following his January 2008 defeat to Roy Jones Jr.[6], Bernard Hopkins went on to defeat several big names, including Oscar De La Hoya and William Joppy as well as defend his middleweight title another six times, making it twenty defences before finally being dethroned by Jermain Taylor. While he was just a kid, he got involved into criminal activities. 19 - John David Jackson, Shreveport, Louisiana, KO 7, July 20 - Glen Johnson, Indio, California, KO 11, Nov. 18 - Andrew Council, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, W 12, Jan. 31 - Simon Brown, Atlantic City, KO 6, Aug. 28 - Robert Allen, Las Vegas, No-contest 4, Feb. 6 - Robert Allen, Washington D.C., TKO 7, Dec. 12 - Antwun Echols, Miami, Florida, W 12, May 13 - Syd Vanderpool, Indianapolis, W 12, Dec. 1 - Antwun Echols, Las Vegas, TKO 10, Feb. 2 - Carl Daniels, Reading, Pennsylvania, TKO 10, March 29 - Morrade Hakkar, Philadelphia, TKO 8, Dec. 13 - William Joppy, Atlantic City, W 12, Feb. 19 - Howard Eastman, Los Angeles, W 12, July 16 - Jermain Taylor, Las Vegas, L 12, June 10 - Antonio Tarver, Atlantic City, W 12, 10-18 - Kelly Pavlik, Atlantic City, W 12, 12-02 - Enrique Ornelas, Philadelphia, W 12, 12-18 - Jean Pascal, Quebec City, Canada, D 12, 05-21 - Jean Pascal, Montreal, Canada, W 12, 03-09 - Tavoris Cloud, Brooklyn, New York, W 12, 04-19 - Beibut Shumenov, Washington, W 12, 11-08 - Sergey Kovalev, Atlantic City, L 12, Dec. 17 - Joe Smith Jr., Inglewood, California, L 8. Hopkins recorded 55 wins in his nearly three-decade career—including 32 knockouts—against only eight losses, two draws, and two no contests.

"My legacy is super longer than Joe Calzaghe's, so he ought to come to my house.". Steve Cunningham as well as potential rematches with Roy Jones Jr, Glen Johnson[9] and Joe Calzaghe. Look again at the lead hands of Jeffries and Johnson above, and then compare Hopkins' extended lead here. The most notable difference in this fight is posture. His jail friend got killed because of a small fight over a few cigarettes. Many fighters fall into the opponent when they throw their right hands, but most do it because they can't control their bodyweight. In the early stages of the fight, or whenever he feels threatened, Hopkins holds his left hand like he's keeping a knife on the opponent. Hopkins won again in the ninth round and earned $10 million. "I think I've enhanced my legacy and gained my respect and so (Calzaghe) should definitely come here," Hopkins said.

His head is mostly centered between his feet, and he carries his weight mostly forward. Notice that Hopkins' head does not just come forward with his right hand, but also moves off-line to the left. I know this gets talked about a lot, but take a moment to really let the whole idea sink in. Promoter Oscar De La Hoya was astounded by Wright's lack of success with the jab. He won both bouts by unanimous decision. Instead, the Continental Basketball Association's Yakima Sun Kings selected him third overall in their draft. But though the cut didn't help Wright, it didn't play nearly as big a role as Hopkins' conditioning and the wisdom gained from a lifetime of fighting and nearly 20 years in the ring.

Hopkins, on the other hand, knows not to trust his eyes implicitly--after all, he himself has a style that cleverly manipulates the opponents sense of distance, as we observed above--so he uses his lead hand to test the range.

For me to take the jab away, that was the fight. He played college ball at Hagerstown Community College for two seasons before transferring to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) for his final two. But it was easy for me to know what to take away from him.".

He scores with his fists, but the reason Hopkins is one of the game's all-time greats is that he always uses his head. His hands start high, right around shoulder-level, and slowly drift downward over the course of the fight. Wins are designed by "W" for a non-knockout victory, "KO" for a knockout, and "TKO" for a technical knockout. Loma or Lopez? "When a person has something he's used and that has worked for him, and you all promoted it the way you had to, but I heard you say 'Winky Wright has the best defense in boxing. Wright would argue that it was Hopkins' noggin, which the 42-year-old wasn't shy about using as a weapon, that was the difference. The Associated Press scored the bout 115-113 for Hopkins. The fight begins slowly, with both fighters circling the ring at a distance and trading jabs in a close first round. "Hopkins is an amazing guy," De La Hoya said. He won over many boxers that were out of his league and he became the main fear of every boxer in the area.

As a senior in 1995–96, Hopkins was named the 1996 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament MVP as well as the Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Well, Hopkins himself will be the first to tell you the answer to that question: technique, technique, technique. No decisions are designated by "D" and losses with an "L.". People put their money for bets on Trinidad but Hopkins was so sure he would win that he invested $100 000 in himself. Hopkins lands the first big punch of the fight, an overhand right just before the bell. Hopkins, who had said before his June 10, 2006, triumph over Tarver that it would be his finale, was so enthused by his effort Saturday that he said he felt he could continue for four more years.

This causes his chest to orient down, making his chin an open target even when tucked. 29 - Segundo Mercado, Landover, Maryland, KO 7, Apr. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. At around the same time, Félix Trinidad had cleaned out the Welterweight division defeating everybody in front of him including a win over Oscar De La Hoya.

Hopkins fought once professionally in 1988—a four-round loss to Clinton Mitchell in Atlantic City—and was inactive in 1989. When leaving prison, he claimed he will never come back.

Born on January 15, 1965, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the US, his childhood was into crime and was put in prison when he was 18 years of age. His grand winning time between 1990 and 1992 helped him gain popularity since he never lost a match in that period of time. It generated between 300,000 and 330,000 buys.

When he was released, he decided to leave his earlier life and resolved to follow a career in boxing. At 41, after a loss or two more, he decided not to retire and he faced Tarver whom he defeated and won $250 000 in a private deal. Pascal, ever the modern "athlete" fighter, uses his own judgment and, after a few feints, steps into a jab to the body. Let's examine the features of Hopkins' stance in comparison to that of one of his biggest opponents, Oscar de la Hoya, whom I would describe as having a very typical "modern" stance. Hopkins fended off several challenges and retained the unified title during several bouts in 2002 through early 2005. Don Ackerman had the bout 109-100 whilst both Stanley Christodoulou & Anek Hongtongkam scored the bout 107-102 all in favour of Bernard Hopkins. var rcds = document.getElementById("rcjsload_3ba850"); rcds.appendChild(rcel); Before his fight with Kovalev, he wanted to be a bit threatening and cause some controversy, so he wore an alien mask and was asked by the judges to take it off before the fight. For Hopkins, this falling right is a controlled maneuver, designed to get him safely into the phone booth, where virtually no one else in the sport can compete with him.

He'll be 46 in four years. He never looked back and thus began his illustrious career in world boxing.

He sometimes had problems with racist comments claiming caucasian people can’t beat him and similar. Hopkins was invited to the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament following his senior season, the only postseason camp conducted for just the top NCAA seniors.

Everything Hopkins does is scientific, from the way he stands, to the way he moves, to the way he clowns and fouls his opponents. "That's probably the most effective punch in his arsenal. Only two problems with making that fight – Calzaghe has a unification bout with Mikkel Kessler in Wales in November and New York temperatures at night in March are more conducive to hockey than boxing. Watch: Calm intensity on display at final Loma-Lopez presser. He was beaming, satisfied that he remains one of the game's elite more than 12 years after he won his first world title.

Hopkins knows how to neutralize whatever game plan you have.". In this GIF, Hopkins and Pascal are testing the distance with their left hands. On 21 May 2011, Hopkins at the age of 46 became the oldest world champion in boxing history by defeating Jean Pascal by unanimous decision for the WBC and The Ring Light Heavyweight Championship. Below is a decade-by-decade listing of his record broken down by year. As a fighter, Bernard Hopkins held multiple world titles as a middleweight and light heavyweight. De la Hoya's stance, by comparison, is rudimentary. Bernard Hopkins, world champion prizefighter, is 49 years old. Boxing isn't a forgiving sport, but it is especially unforgiving to those who expect the sport to take care of them.