All boxersBernard Hopkins
“The Executioner”
Boxing · Retired55-8-2 (2 NC)RECORD
32WINS BY KO / TKO
23WINS BY DECISION
67PRO FIGHTS
Profile
| Full name | Bernard Humphrey Hopkins Jr. |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Executioner |
| Date of birth | 15 Jan 1965 |
| Nationality | American |
| Birthplace | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Based in | Not added yet |
| Weight classes | Middleweight, Light Heavyweight |
| Trainers | Bouie Fisher, Naazim Richardson |
| Height | 185 cm (6′1″) |
| Reach | 180 cm (71″) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Years active | 1988–2016 |
| Status | Retired |
| Pro debut | 11 Oct 1988 |
| Last fight | Loss vs Joe Smith Jr., 17 Dec 2016 |
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Titles and honours
- IBF middleweight champion 1995–2005
- Undisputed middleweight champion (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) 2004–2005
- 20 consecutive middleweight title defences
- Light heavyweight champion (Ring, WBC, IBF, WBA Super)
Background
Philadelphia boxer who rose to become undisputed middleweight champion and later won light heavyweight titles into his late forties.
Fight history
67 professional fights. Newest first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Joe Smith Jr. | TKO | 8 | 0:53 | 17 Dec 2016 | Inglewood, California, USA | Final fight |
| Loss | Sergey Kovalev | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 8 Nov 2014 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | Lost WBA (Super) and IBF light heavyweight titles | |
| Win | Beibut Shumenov | Decision (split) | 12 | 19 Apr 2014 | Washington, D.C., USA | Retained IBF title; won WBA (Super) light heavyweight title | |
| Win | Karo Murat | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 26 Oct 2013 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | Retained IBF light heavyweight title | |
| Win | Tavoris Cloud | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 9 Mar 2013 | New York City, New York, USA | Won IBF light heavyweight title | |
| Loss | Chad Dawson | Decision (majority) | 12 | 28 Apr 2012 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | Lost WBC and The Ring light heavyweight titles | |
| No contest | Chad Dawson | No contest | 2 | 2:48 | 15 Oct 2011 | Los Angeles, California, USA | Originally a TKO loss; later ruled a no contest |
| Win | Jean Pascal | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 21 May 2011 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Won WBC, IBO and The Ring light heavyweight titles | |
| Draw | Jean Pascal | Decision (majority) | 12 | 18 Dec 2010 | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | For WBC, IBO and The Ring light heavyweight titles | |
| Win | Roy Jones Jr. | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 3 Apr 2010 | Paradise, Nevada, USA | ||
| Win | Enrique Ornelas | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 2 Dec 2009 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| Win | Kelly Pavlik | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 18 Oct 2008 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | ||
| Loss | Joe Calzaghe | Decision (split) | 12 | 19 Apr 2008 | Paradise, Nevada, USA | Lost The Ring light heavyweight title | |
| Win | Winky Wright | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 21 Jul 2007 | Paradise, Nevada, USA | Retained The Ring light heavyweight title | |
| Win | Antonio Tarver | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 10 Jun 2006 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | Won IBO and The Ring light heavyweight titles | |
| Loss | Jermain Taylor | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 3 Dec 2005 | Paradise, Nevada, USA | For middleweight titles | |
| Loss | Jermain Taylor | Decision (split) | 12 | 16 Jul 2005 | Paradise, Nevada, USA | Lost undisputed middleweight titles | |
| Win | Howard Eastman | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 19 Feb 2005 | Los Angeles, California, USA | Retained middleweight titles | |
| Win | Oscar De La Hoya | KO | 9 | 1:38 | 18 Sep 2004 | Paradise, Nevada, USA | Retained four titles; won WBO middleweight title |
| Win | Robert Allen | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 5 Jun 2004 | Paradise, Nevada, USA | Retained middleweight titles | |
| Win | William Joppy | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 13 Dec 2003 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | Retained middleweight titles | |
| Win | Morrade Hakkar | TKO (corner retirement) | 8 | 3:00 | 29 Mar 2003 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Retained middleweight titles |
| Win | Carl Daniels | TKO (corner retirement) | 10 | 3:00 | 2 Feb 2002 | Reading, Pennsylvania, USA | Retained undisputed middleweight titles |
| Win | Félix Trinidad | TKO | 12 | 1:18 | 29 Sep 2001 | New York City, New York, USA | Retained WBC and IBF titles; won WBA (Super) middleweight title |
| Win | Keith Holmes | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 14 Apr 2001 | New York City, New York, USA | Retained IBF title; won WBC middleweight title | |
| Win | Antwun Echols | TKO | 10 | 1:42 | 1 Dec 2000 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Retained IBF middleweight title |
| Win | Syd Vanderpool | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 13 May 2000 | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | Retained IBF middleweight title | |
| Win | Antwun Echols | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 12 Dec 1999 | Miami, Florida, USA | Retained IBF middleweight title | |
| Win | Robert Allen | TKO | 7 | 1:18 | 6 Feb 1999 | Washington, D.C., USA | Retained IBF middleweight title |
| No contest | Robert Allen | No contest | 4 | 2:57 | 28 Aug 1998 | Winchester, Nevada, USA | IBF title at stake; Hopkins was pushed out of the ring by the referee |
| Win | Simon Brown | TKO | 6 | 1:00 | 31 Jan 1998 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | Retained IBF middleweight title |
| Win | Andrew Council | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 18 Nov 1997 | Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA | Retained IBF middleweight title | |
| Win | Glen Johnson | TKO | 11 | 1:23 | 20 Jul 1997 | Indio, California, USA | Retained IBF middleweight title |
| Win | John David Jackson | TKO | 7 | 2:22 | 19 Apr 1997 | Shreveport, Louisiana, USA | Retained IBF middleweight title |
| Win | William Bo James | TKO | 11 | 2:02 | 16 Jul 1996 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | Retained IBF middleweight title |
| Win | Joe Lipsey | KO | 4 | 2:50 | 16 Mar 1996 | Paradise, Nevada, USA | Retained IBF middleweight title |
| Win | Steve Frank | TKO | 1 | 0:24 | 27 Jan 1996 | Phoenix, Arizona, USA | Retained IBF middleweight title |
| Win | Segundo Mercado | TKO | 7 | 1:10 | 29 Apr 1995 | Landover, Maryland, USA | Won vacant IBF middleweight title |
| Draw | Segundo Mercado | Decision (split) | 12 | 17 Dec 1994 | Quito, Ecuador | For vacant IBF middleweight title | |
| Win | Lupe Aquino | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 17 May 1994 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | Retained USBA middleweight title | |
| Win | Melvin Wynn | TKO | 3 | 0:48 | 26 Feb 1994 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | |
| Win | Wendall Hall | TKO | 3 | 0:28 | 23 Nov 1993 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Retained USBA middleweight title |
| Win | Roy Ritchie | TKO | 7 | 1:47 | 3 Aug 1993 | Winchester, Nevada, USA | Retained USBA middleweight title |
| Loss | Roy Jones Jr. | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 22 May 1993 | Washington, D.C., USA | For vacant IBF middleweight title | |
| Win | Gilbert Baptist | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 16 Feb 1993 | Denver, Colorado, USA | Retained USBA middleweight title | |
| Win | Wayne Powell | TKO | 1 | 0:21 | 4 Dec 1992 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | Won vacant USBA middleweight title |
| Win | Eric Rhinehart | KO | 1 | 1:47 | 14 Sep 1992 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Win | James Stokes | KO | 1 | 1:44 | 28 Aug 1992 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | |
| Win | Aníbal Miranda | Decision (points) | 10 | 21 May 1992 | Paris, France | ||
| Win | Randy Smith | Decision (unanimous) | 10 | 3 Apr 1992 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | ||
| Win | Dennis Milton | TKO (corner retirement) | 4 | 3:00 | 31 Jan 1992 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Win | Willie Kemp | Decision (unanimous) | 10 | 13 Dec 1991 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | ||
| Win | David McCluskey | TKO | 7 | 26 Nov 1991 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| Win | Ralph Moncrief | TKO | 1 | 1:28 | 23 Sep 1991 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Win | Danny Mitchell | TKO | 1 | 3:00 | 9 Jul 1991 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Win | Pedro Márquez | TKO | 1 | 0:56 | 20 Jun 1991 | Parsippany, New Jersey, USA | |
| Win | Steve Langley | TKO | 3 | 1:10 | 18 Mar 1991 | Paradise, Nevada, USA | |
| Win | Richard Quiles | KO | 1 | 26 Feb 1991 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| Win | Mike Sapp | TKO | 1 | 0:35 | 17 Nov 1990 | Fort Myers, Florida, USA | |
| Win | Darren Oliver | TKO | 1 | 20 Oct 1990 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | ||
| Win | Percy Harris | Decision (unanimous) | 6 | 5 Aug 1990 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | ||
| Win | Khalif Shabazz | KO | 1 | 0:36 | 30 Jun 1990 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | |
| Win | Jouvin Mercado | TKO | 2 | 0:43 | 31 May 1990 | Rochester, New York, USA | |
| Win | Eddie Tyler | TKO | 1 | 18 May 1990 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | ||
| Win | Keith Gray | TKO | 1 | 26 Apr 1990 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| Win | Greg Paige | Decision (unanimous) | 4 | 22 Feb 1990 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| Loss | Clinton Mitchell | Decision (majority) | 4 | 11 Oct 1988 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | Professional debut |