On July 21, 2007, Bernard Hopkins (47-4-1, 32 KOs), the light-heavyweight The Ring champion, defends his title against former world champion Winky Wright (51-3-1, 25 KOs).
Bernard Hopkins is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Antonio Tarver, 1 year, 1 month, and 11 days ago. Winky Wright is on a 1-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Ike Quartey, 7 months and 19 days ago.
The winning odds are at 79.4-20.6 in favor of Winky Wright. It is going to be a competitive fight and Bernard Hopkins will put up a very good fight, but Wright will prevail.
Bernard Hopkins defeated Winky Wright via unanimous decision and successfully defended his The Ring light-heavyweight title. Hopkins improves his record to 48-4-1, while Wright adds a loss to his record at 51-4-1.