According to WBA light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov, his Showtime televised unification with IBF champion Bernard Hopkins has a finalized date of April 19th. Although the fight was reportedly going to happen in Texas or the Barclays Center in...
For six rounds, it sucked. It was really just, well, terrible. Challenger Karo Murat might have won 3 of the first four rounds through sheer hustle, but none of what was going on was entertaining. Then, in round seven, Bernard Hopkins dug in,...
Soon to be 49-yr. old Bernard Hopkins, displaying little movement, had to rumble for this win against the stamina-challenged Murat. Hopkins' 247 landed punches are the most he's landed in 12 years (he landed 260 in his upset win over Trinidad). B-H...
It was a bizarre yet highly entertaining moment — Bernard Hopkins had opened a cut over Karo Murat’s eye in the eighth round of their fight, and suddenly Hopkins turned his back and moved into Murat’s corner, speaking to members of his team while his...
It’s rare to see Bernard Hopkins take many flush punches, yet that’s what happened against Karo Murat on Saturday. Though the first thought might be that Murat’s success in hitting Hopkins is because the 48-year-old is finally showing his age, and sl...
Bill Emes catches the post-fight press conference to Bernard Hopkins' defense of the IBF light heavyweight championship against Karo Murat. Hopkins, and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, discuss the victory over Murat and potential future p...
Karo Murat threw and landed twice as many punches as IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (vs. Cleverly, Campillo - both champions). However, Hopkins is a master at blunting opponents' attacks. Against Hopkins, Tavoris Cloud threw 33% fewer...
by Cliff Rold - Imhotep, Pythagoras, Mozart, Edison, Einstein… …their names live on long after they have left this plane. Moments might be fleeting, but genius lives forever. Bernard Hopkins hasn’t written a great medical treatise, composed an...
Bernard Hopkins doesn't want to just pad his remarkable resume against German Karo Murat on Saturday. The ageless American wants to end his nine-year knockout drought. Hopkins, the oldest boxer to win a major world title, will put his Internationa...
Karo Murat has fired a warning shot to Bernard Hopkins on the eve of their world title showdown in Atlantic City telling the legendary fighter he's going to make him look all of his 48 years. The Philadelphian prizefighter etched his name into the...
The weights are in for Saturday's Showtime televised tripleheader from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. In the main event, the near 50-year-old Bernard Hopkins will defend his IBF light heavyweight title against mandatory challenger Karo Murat of...