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Bernard Hopkins Record

55-8-2
Total Fights67
Wins55
Losses8
Draws2
No-Contests2
Title Wins10
Title Defenses22
Title-Fight KOs13
KO Wins32
KO Losses1
Bernard Hopkins Record & Stats
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BERNARDHOPKINS
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
“The Executioner”
Born
Jan 15, 1965
Age
58
Debut
Oct 11, 1988
Record
55-8-2
Title Fights
34
KOs
32 (49.2%)
Height
185 cm
Reach
191 cm
Ape Index
6 cm
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
WBAWBCIBFWBOTheRing
lHV
w1
lHV
w1
lHV
w1
d2
lHV
w2
d1
MD
w1
d6
MD
w1
d7
MD
w1
d19
MD
w1
d1
MD
w1
d6
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Bernard Hopkins' Record
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      What is Bernard Hopkins' record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning 28 years and two months, Bernard Hopkins fought 67 times with 55 wins, 8 losses, and 2 draws.

      Hopkins retired from professional boxing with a record of 55-8-2, which included 10 world-title wins and 22 successful title defense fights at two weight classes — middleweight and light-heavyweight. He had a 49.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 32 of his total 67 fights being knockout wins, 13 of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Hopkins' career was a 8th round TKO loss to Joe Smith Jr., which was not a world title fight.

      His last fight was a 8th round TKO defeat to Joe Smith Jr. on December 17, 2016.

      Some of Hopkins' best fights and notable victories include wins over four Hall-of-Famers (Roy Jones Jr., Winky Wright, Óscar de la Hoya, and Félix Trinidad), William Joppy, Antonio Tarver, Jean Pascal, and Beibut Shumenov.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      67Dec 17, 201651Joe Smith Jr.LossTKO8
      66Nov 8, 201449Sergey KovalevLoss *UD
      65Apr 19, 201449Beibut ShumenovWin *SD
      64Oct 26, 201348Karo MuratWin *UD
      63Mar 9, 201348Tavoris CloudWin *UD
      62Apr 28, 201247Chad DawsonLoss *MD
      61Oct 15, 201146Chad DawsonNCTKO2
      60May 21, 201146Jean PascalWin *UD
      59Dec 18, 201045Jean PascalDraw *MD
      58Apr 3, 201045Roy Jones Jr.WinUD
      57Dec 2, 200944Enrique OrnelasWinUD
      56Oct 18, 200843Kelly PavlikWinUD
      55Apr 19, 200843Joe CalzagheLoss *SD
      54Jul 21, 200742Winky WrightWin *UD
      53Jun 10, 200641Antonio TarverWin *UD
      52Dec 3, 200540Jermain TaylorLoss *UD
      51Jul 16, 200540Jermain TaylorLoss *SD
      50Feb 19, 200540Howard EastmanWin *UD
      49Sep 18, 200439Óscar de la HoyaWin *KO9
      48Jun 5, 200439Robert AllenWin *UD
      47Dec 13, 200338William JoppyWin *UD
      46Mar 29, 200338Morrade HakkarWin *RTD8
      45Feb 2, 200237Carl DanielsWin *RTD10
      44Sep 29, 200136Félix TrinidadWin *TKO12
      43Apr 14, 200136Keith HolmesWin *UD
      42Dec 1, 200035Antwun EcholsWin *TKO10
      41May 13, 200035Syd VanderpoolWin *UD
      40Dec 12, 199934Antwun EcholsWin *UD
      39Feb 6, 199934Robert AllenWin *TKO7
      38Aug 28, 199833Robert AllenNCNC
      37Jan 31, 199833Simon BrownWin *TKO6
      36Nov 18, 199732Andrew CouncilWin *UD
      35Jul 20, 199732Glen JohnsonWin *TKO11
      34Apr 19, 199732John David JacksonWin *TKO7
      33Jul 16, 199631William Bo JamesWin *TKO11
      32Mar 16, 199631Joe LipseyWin *KO4
      31Jan 27, 199631Steve FrankWin *TKO1
      30Apr 29, 199530Segundo MercadoWin *TKO7
      29Dec 17, 199429Segundo MercadoDraw *SD
      28May 17, 199429Lupe AquinoWinUD
      27Feb 26, 199429Melvin WynnWinTKO3
      26Nov 23, 199328Wendall HallWinTKO3
      25Aug 3, 199328Roy RitchieWinTKO7
      24May 22, 199328Roy Jones Jr.Loss *UD
      23Feb 16, 199328Gilbert BaptistWinUD
      22Dec 4, 199227Wayne PowellWinTKO1
      21Sep 14, 199227Eric RhinehartWinKO1
      20Aug 28, 199227James StokesWinKO1
      19May 21, 199227Aníbal MirandaWinPTS
      18Apr 3, 199227Randy SmithWinUD
      17Jan 31, 199227Dennis MiltonWinRTD4
      16Dec 13, 199126Willie KempWinUD
      15Nov 26, 199126David McCluskeyWinTKO7
      14Sep 23, 199126Ralph MoncriefWinTKO1
      13Jul 9, 199126Danny MitchellWinTKO1
      12Jun 20, 199126Pedro MárquezWinTKO1
      11Mar 18, 199126Steve LangleyWinTKO3
      10Feb 26, 199126Richard QuilesWinKO1
      9Nov 17, 199025Mike SappWinTKO1
      8Oct 20, 199025Darren OliverWinTKO1
      7Aug 5, 199025Percy HarrisWinUD
      6Jun 30, 199025Khalif ShabazzWinKO1
      5May 31, 199025Jouvin MercadoWinTKO2
      4May 18, 199025Eddie TylerWinTKO1
      3Apr 26, 199025Keith GrayWinTKO1
      2Feb 22, 199025Greg PaigeWinUD
      1Oct 11, 198823Clinton MitchellLossMD

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Bernard Hopkins (The Executioner) is a 58-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on January 15, 1965. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. Hopkins was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2020. His professional boxing career spanned more than 28 years — from 1988 to 2016.

      Hopkins made his professional boxing debut against Clinton Mitchell at the age of 23 on October 11, 1988, losing to Mitchell via 4 round majority decision. He went on to win 22 consecutive fights after this loss, which included 16 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on May 22, 1993 after 23 professional fights, against Roy Jones Jr. for the IBF (vacant) title. He lost to Jones Jr. via 12 round unanimous decision.

      Bernard Hopkins was a two-time undisputed middleweight world champion, and a two-time unified world champion — at light-heavyweight and middleweight, and has won 10 world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Hopkins' world title wins and defenses refer to "Bernard Hopkins World Titles".

      Hopkins had a total of eight losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a non-title bout against fellow American boxer Joe Smith Jr. on December 17, 2016. Hopkins lost the fight via 8th round TKO. It's been 6 years, 11 months, and 22 days since this fight.

      For a very detailed list Hopkins' fights refer to "All of Bernard Hopkins' fights".

      Highlights

      Hopkins fought a total of 67 times during his professional career, which includes 34 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some incredible performances in his fights. These 11 fights are the highlight of his career.

      • May 22, 1993: In his first world-title fight, Bernard Hopkins loses to Roy Jones Jr. via 12 round unanimous decision. He was fighting for the IBF (vacant) middleweight title.

      • April 29, 1995: Hopkins wins the IBF middleweight title from Segundo Mercado, by beating Mercado via 7th round TKO.

      • April 14, 2001: Hopkins becomes a unified middleweight world champion by beating Keith Holmes via 12 round unanimous decision. He now holds the IBF and WBC middleweight world-champion belts.

      • September 29, 2001: Hopkins becomes the undisputed middleweight world champion by defeating Félix Trinidad via 12th round TKO. He now holds the WBC, IBF, WBA (Super), and The Ring middleweight world-champion belts.

      • December 13, 2003: Hopkins successfully defends the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring middleweight titles against William Joppy, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.

      • September 18, 2004: Hopkins becomes the undisputed middleweight world champion by defeating Óscar de la Hoya via 9th round KO. He now holds the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, The Ring, and WBO middleweight world-champion belts.

      • June 10, 2006: Hopkins wins The Ring light-heavyweight title from Antonio Tarver, by beating Tarver via 12 round unanimous decision.

      • July 21, 2007: Hopkins successfully defends The Ring light-heavyweight title against Winky Wright, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.

      • May 21, 2011: Hopkins wins the WBC and The Ring light-heavyweight titles from Jean Pascal, by beating Pascal via 12 round unanimous decision.

      • March 9, 2013: Hopkins wins the IBF light-heavyweight title from Tavoris Cloud, by beating Cloud via 12 round unanimous decision.

      • April 19, 2014: Hopkins becomes a unified light-heavyweight world champion by beating Beibut Shumenov via 12 round split decision. He now holds the IBF and WBA (Super) light-heavyweight world-champion belts.

      World Titles

      Hopkins was a two-weight-division world champion. He has held 10 world titles, two of which were vacant title wins, and the rest eight were lineal championship wins.

      Weight DivisionWorld Titles Held
      Light-heavyweightWBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring 2x
      MiddleweightWBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, The Ring
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