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Bernard Hopkins had a total of eight losses in his professional boxing career — six of them in title bouts and two in non-title bouts. He suffered his first loss in his professional debut against Clinton Mitchell via 4th round MD. He has been stopped once and lost seven times via decision.
Joe Smith Jr., Sergey Kovalev, Chad Dawson, Joe Calzaghe, and Jermain Taylor are some of the boxers who have beaten Hopkins.
This is the first loss in Bernard Hopkins' career. Hopkins lost to Clinton Mitchell via 4 round majority decision on in a non-title bout. He was 23 years old and it was his first professional boxing fight.
On Hopkins lost to Roy Jones Jr. via 12 round unanimous decision. He and Jones Jr. were fighting for the vacant middleweight IBF title. He was 28 years old with a record of 22-1. Jones Jr. was 24 years old with a record of 21-0.
On Hopkins lost to Jermain Taylor via 12 round split decision. He was defending his middleweight WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring titles, he was 40 years old with a record of 46-2-1. Taylor was 26 years old with a record of 23-0.
On Hopkins lost to Jermain Taylor in the rematch via 12 round unanimous decision. He was fighting for Taylor's middleweight WBA (Undisputed), WBC, WBO, and The Ring titles, he was 40 years old with a record of 46-3-1. Taylor was 27 years old with a record of 24-0.
On Hopkins lost to Welsh boxer Joe Calzaghe via 12 round split decision. He was defending his light-heavyweight The Ring title, he was 43 years old with a record of 48-4-1. Calzaghe was 36 years old with a record of 44-0.
On Hopkins lost to Chad Dawson in the rematch via 12 round majority decision. He was defending his light-heavyweight WBC and The Ring titles, he was 47 years old with a record of 52-5-2. Dawson was 29 years old with a record of 30-1.
On Hopkins lost to Russian boxer Sergey Kovalev via 12 round unanimous decision. He was defending his light-heavyweight WBA (Super) and IBF titles, and fighting for Kovalev's light-heavyweight WBO title, he was 49 years old with a record of 55-6-2. Kovalev was 31 years old with a record of 25-0-1.
On Hopkins lost to Joe Smith Jr. via 8th round TKO in a non-title bout. He was 51 years old with a record of 55-7-2. Smith Jr. was 27 years old with a record of 22-1.