Bernard Hopkins

Career, Record, Stats
Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins (The Executioner) is a 59-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 10 world-title wins. In a career spanning 28 years, 2 months, and 6 days, Hopkins amassed a record of 55-8-2, which includes 32 wins via KO, 13 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2020.

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LEGEND

Bernard Hopkins' Boxing Career

Bernard Hopkins was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on January 15, 1965. He made his professional debut at the age of 23 years on October 11, 1988 against Clinton Mitchell. Hopkins lost to Mitchell via 4-round majority decision. Not a good start!

Hopkins got his first shot at a world title at the age of 28 after 23 professional fights. On May 22, 1993 Hopkins challenged Roy Jones Jr.'s IBF middleweight title but lost via 12-round unanimous decision.

He became a world champion on April 29, 1995 at the age of 30 years, after by defeating Segundo Mercado in a clash for the vacant IBF middleweight champion. Hopkins stopped Mercado in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight. This was his 30th fight as a professional.

Hopkins then went on to successfully win the light-heavyweight (The Ring, WBC, IBF, WBA) titles also to become a two-division world champion — and undisputed at middleweight.

Hopkins' last fight was an 8th-round TKO loss to Joe Smith Jr. at age 51, on December 17, 2016.

Some of Bernard Hopkins' best fights have been against Félix Trinidad (HOFer), Oscar De La Hoya (HOFer), Tavoris Cloud, Kelly Pavlik, Keith Holmes, Beibut Shumenov, and William Joppy. For a complete list of Hopkins' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Bernard Hopkins".

Hopkins has 8 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Bernard Hopkins Losses".

Bernard Hopkins' Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
67
Dec 17, 2016 51 Joe Smith Jr. Joe Smith Jr. 27 22-1
loss
TKO
8
66
Nov 08, 2014 49 Sergey Kovalev Sergey Kovalev 31 25-0-1
loss
UD
12
65
Apr 19, 2014 49 Beibut Shumenov Beibut Shumenov 30 14-1
win
SD
12
64
Oct 26, 2013 48 Karo Murat Karo Murat 30 25-1-1
win
UD
12
63
Mar 09, 2013 48 Tavoris Cloud Tavoris Cloud 31 24-0
win
UD
12
62
Apr 28, 2012 47 Chad Dawson Chad Dawson 29 30-1
loss
MD
12
61
Oct 15, 2011 46 Chad Dawson Chad Dawson 29 30-1
nc
NA
60
May 21, 2011 46 Jean Pascal Jean Pascal 28 26-1-1
win
UD
12
59
Dec 18, 2010 45 Jean Pascal Jean Pascal 28 26-1
draw
MD
12
58
Apr 03, 2010 45 Roy Jones Jr. Roy Jones Jr. 41 54-6
win
UD
12
57
Dec 02, 2009 44 generic fighter pic Enrique Ornelas
win
UD
12
56
Oct 18, 2008 43 Kelly Pavlik Kelly Pavlik 26 34-0
win
UD
12
55
Apr 19, 2008 43 Joe Calzaghe Joe Calzaghe 36 44-0
loss
SD
12
54
Jul 21, 2007 42 Winky Wright Winky Wright 35 51-3-1
win
UD
12
53
Jun 10, 2006 41 Antonio Tarver Antonio Tarver 37 24-3
win
UD
12
52
Dec 03, 2005 40 Jermain Taylor Jermain Taylor 27 24-0
loss
UD
12
51
Jul 16, 2005 40 Jermain Taylor Jermain Taylor 26 23-0
loss
SD
12
50
Feb 19, 2005 40 Howard Eastman Howard Eastman 34 40-1
win
UD
12
49
Sep 18, 2004 39 Óscar de la Hoya Óscar de la Hoya 31 37-3
win
KO
9
48
Jun 05, 2004 39 generic fighter pic Robert Allen
win
UD
12
47
Dec 13, 2003 38 William Joppy William Joppy 33 34-2-1
win
UD
12
46
Mar 29, 2003 38 generic fighter pic Morrade Hakkar
win
RTD
8
45
Feb 02, 2002 37 Carl Daniels Carl Daniels 31 47-3-1
win
RTD
10
44
Sep 29, 2001 36 Félix Trinidad Félix Trinidad 28 40-0
win
TKO
12
43
Apr 14, 2001 36 Keith Holmes Keith Holmes 32 36-2
win
UD
12
42
Dec 01, 2000 35 generic fighter pic Antwun Echols
win
TKO
10
41
May 13, 2000 35 generic fighter pic Syd Vanderpool
win
UD
12
40
Dec 12, 1999 34 generic fighter pic Antwun Echols
win
UD
12
39
Feb 06, 1999 34 generic fighter pic Robert Allen
win
TKO
7
38
Aug 28, 1998 33 generic fighter pic Robert Allen
nc
NA
37
Jan 31, 1998 33 Simon Brown Simon Brown 34 47-6
win
TKO
6
36
Nov 18, 1997 32 generic fighter pic Andrew Council
win
UD
12
35
Jul 20, 1997 32 Glen Johnson Glen Johnson 28 32-0
win
TKO
11
34
Apr 19, 1997 32 John David Jackson John David Jackson 33 35-2
win
TKO
7
33
Jul 16, 1996 31 generic fighter pic William Bo James
win
TKO
11
32
Mar 16, 1996 31 generic fighter pic Joe Lipsey
win
KO
4
31
Jan 27, 1996 31 generic fighter pic Steve Frank
win
TKO
1
30
Apr 29, 1995 30 generic fighter pic Segundo Mercado
win
TKO
7
29
Dec 17, 1994 29 generic fighter pic Segundo Mercado
draw
SD
12
28
May 17, 1994 29 generic fighter pic Lupe Aquino
win
UD
12
27
Feb 26, 1994 29 generic fighter pic Melvin Wynn
win
TKO
3
26
Nov 23, 1993 28 generic fighter pic Wendall Hall
win
TKO
3
25
Aug 03, 1993 28 generic fighter pic Roy Ritchie
win
TKO
7
24
May 22, 1993 28 Roy Jones Jr. Roy Jones Jr. 24 21-0
loss
UD
12
23
Feb 16, 1993 28 generic fighter pic Gilbert Baptist
win
UD
12
22
Dec 04, 1992 27 generic fighter pic Wayne Powell
win
TKO
1
21
Sep 14, 1992 27 generic fighter pic Eric Rhinehart
win
KO
1
20
Aug 28, 1992 27 generic fighter pic James Stokes
win
KO
1
19
May 21, 1992 27 generic fighter pic Aníbal Miranda
win
PTS
10
18
Apr 03, 1992 27 generic fighter pic Randy Smith
win
UD
10
17
Jan 31, 1992 27 generic fighter pic Dennis Milton
win
RTD
4
16
Dec 13, 1991 26 generic fighter pic Willie Kemp
win
UD
10
15
Nov 26, 1991 26 generic fighter pic David McCluskey
win
TKO
7
14
Sep 23, 1991 26 generic fighter pic Ralph Moncrief
win
TKO
1
13
Jul 09, 1991 26 generic fighter pic Danny Mitchell
win
TKO
1
12
Jun 20, 1991 26 generic fighter pic Pedro Márquez
win
TKO
1
11
Mar 18, 1991 26 generic fighter pic Steve Langley
win
TKO
3
10
Feb 26, 1991 26 generic fighter pic Richard Quiles
win
KO
1
9
Nov 17, 1990 25 generic fighter pic Mike Sapp
win
TKO
1
8
Oct 20, 1990 25 generic fighter pic Darren Oliver
win
TKO
1
7
Aug 05, 1990 25 generic fighter pic Percy Harris
win
UD
6
6
Jun 30, 1990 25 generic fighter pic Khalif Shabazz
win
KO
1
5
May 31, 1990 25 generic fighter pic Jouvin Mercado
win
TKO
2
4
May 18, 1990 25 generic fighter pic Eddie Tyler
win
TKO
1
3
Apr 26, 1990 25 generic fighter pic Keith Gray
win
TKO
1
2
Feb 22, 1990 25 generic fighter pic Greg Paige
win
UD
4
1
Oct 11, 1988 23 generic fighter pic Clinton Mitchell
loss
MD
4
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