by David P. Greisman - He head butts, seemingly unintentionally, definitely otherwise. He crashes the point of his hip into his opponent’s body before initiating a clinch. He punches his opponent’s legs while the referee stands on the opposite side....
In his record setting performance to win the WBC/IBO light heavyweight titles, Bernard Hopkins outlanded Jean Pascal in every round after the second. Hopkins finished strong in the rematch, throwing a fight-high 53 punches in round twelve. The tamed...
Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - An Canadian attendance record was broken, with 17,750 screaming fans packing the venue to watch Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32KOs) make history with a twelve round unanimous decision over Jean Pascal (26-2, 16KOs)...
The bad blood is over between Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal. On Saturday night, Hopkins captured the WBC/IBO light heavyweight titles with a twelve round unanimous decision at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. During the press tour and the pre-f...
Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - A Canadian attendance record was broken, with 17,750 screaming fans packing the venue to watch Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32KOs) make history with a twelve round unanimous decision over Jean Pascal (26-2, 16KOs)...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - MONTREAL – Rumors of an imminent doomsday had been greatly exaggerated. But you’d have never known from the somber post-fight mood at the Bell Centre Saturday, as hometown hero Jean Pascal was separated from his world title b...
CompuBox review the punch output for the fight involved in tonight's HBO televised rematch in Montreal, Canada. Bernard Hopkins will challenge Jean Pascal for the WBC/IBO light heavyweight titles for the second time. They fought to a controversial dr...
On Dec. 18, a majority draw was the result between light heavyweight king Jean Pascal of Canada and former undisputed middleweight titlist Bernard Hopkins of Philadelphia, this, leading to the ordering of an immediate rematch by WBC president Jose Su...
Champs (or former champs) Jean Pascal (D12), Antonio Tarver (W12), Roy Jones (W12), Kelly Pavlik (W12), Joe Calzaghe (L12) and Winky Wright (W12) combined landed 50% fewer punches against Hopkins than in each of their previous four fights. The six ch...
Hopkins won more rounds. Almost everyone can agree on that. How many more is the key. If he won seven, and one scored the two early rounds where he was knocked down in the standard 10-8 fashion, then Hopkins got what he earned last December in his...
By Thomas Gerbasi - History has shown that Bernard Hopkins is probably not the guy you want to get angry. You only need to look at the face of William Joppy after their world middleweight championship bout in 2003 for proof of that. Bruised and mi...
Globetrotting boxing agent Donald Majeski is on the scene in Montreal where, on Saturday night a lively crowd of 16,000 plus fight fans will see a rematch between Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins for the WBC/IBO light heavyweight titles. One interesti...