On June 5, 2004, Bernard Hopkins (43-2-1, 31 KOs), the middleweight WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring champion, defends his titles against fellow American challenger, Robert Allen (36-4, 27 KOs).
Bernard Hopkins is coming in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over William Joppy, 5 months and 23 days ago. Robert Allen is on a 13-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Steve Walker, 6 months and 28 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Bernard Hopkins at 99-1 winning odds. Robert Allen really doesn't have much to present against Hopkins.
Bernard Hopkins defeated Robert Allen via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring middleweight titles. Hopkins improves his record to 44-2-1, while Allen adds a loss to his record at 36-5.