BERNARD HOPKINS RUMORS

Hopkins & Seth Mitchell Speak After Performances on Saturday in A.C. Though they left Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City Saturday night with different results, both future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins and heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell made statements that their careers are going strong and continuing after delivering compelling performances to a packed house in New Jersey...

Chad Dawson defeated Bernard Hopkins by a 12-round majority decision Saturday night to win the WBC light heavyweight title. The 29-year-old Dawson (31-1, 17 KOs) never let a deep cut near his left eye affect his methodical approach at taking out Hopkins. At 47, Hopkins (52-6-2) may have fought his last fight, though it seems impossible to count him out for another run at the belt...

Chad Dawson defeated Bernard Hopkins by a 12-round majority decision Saturday night and won the WBC light heavyweight title. The 29-year-old Dawson (31-1, 17 KOs) never let a deep cut near his left eye affect his methodical approach at taking out Hopkins. At 47, Hopkins (52-6-2) may have fought his last fight, though it seems impossible to count him out for another run at the belt...

Hopkins vs. Dawson II Results On Saturday, April 28th, fight fans finally got to see the highly anticipated rematch between Chad Dawson and Bernard Hopkins; or the first official match between the two men, depending on your perspective. Would Hopkins continue to defy age and expectation? Would Dawson back up his trash talk and come through with a memorable performance? Check out...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- The undercard before the HBO-televised doubleheader. The opening bout of the night saw undefeated (22-0) Canadian junior middleweight Phil Lo Greco overcome a knockdown in round 1 and defeat unheralded Hector Orozco (5-10) out of Minneapolis. A competitive fight, Orozco landed flush shots though out, but fell behind in punch output and lacked the power...

There's a growing and earnest constituency that believes the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday night will provide the backdrop to the final swansong of evergreen boxer-cum-Peter Pan figure Bernard Hopkins. The 47-year-old Hopkins has, of course, graced his sport professionally for nearly 24 years, and for many of those he's turned in performances of astonishing...

On paper, Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KOs) shouldn't beat Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KOs) on Saturday at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. But, on paper, nothing Hopkins has been doing recently has made sense. In December 2010, Hopkins, then 45, was supposed to be cashing out of a 22-year career, flown in to Quebec to be sacrificed to 27-year-old WBC light heavyweight titlist...

Bernard Hopkins is being eerily quiet in the lead up to his rematch with Chad Dawson. There are a few things that could mean... Perhaps the future Hall of Famer and legendary controversy concoctor is focused to the point where he doesn't feel he needs to hype himself up. There is a precedent for this and incidentally, it was the last time "The Executioner" graced Boardwalk...

In this special video from HBO Boxing, we'll take a look at the Greatest Hits of Bernard Hopkins. In this Hopkins highlights video clip, we'll get to see some of the best and biggest moments of his career. Take a look and enjoy, and see the legendary B-Hop in action. This Bernard Hopkins highlights video simply alludes to the 20 middleweight title defenses that he scored...

The shake-up of the light heavyweight division will (hopefully) finally be settled on April 28 in Atlantic City, when the ageless wonder Bernard Hopkins meets a man who many thought would once dominate the 175-pound division for years, Chad Dawson. The first bout between these two men ended in controversy, as Dawson threw Hopkins to the canvas and (faked, according to some partisans...