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