Boxing: Hopkins to meet flair with fists
311215
Not Surprisingly, tonight&#39;s middleweight fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas between Bernard Hopkins and Oscar de la Hoya is being called the &quot;Fight of the Century&quot;.
175943
NEW YORK - After preliminaries stuffed with enough lawsuits and trash-talk to make Don King proud, the first of TV's battling boxing series threw some real punches on Tuesday.    Fox's "The Next Great Champ" takes 12 amateur boxers and has them compete for a contract with Oscar De La Hoya's promotional company and a title fight within the World Boxing Organization...
158986
An old-school fighter used an old-school punch to knock out the star of the new era of boxing. Bernard Hopkins delivered a devastating shot to Oscar De La Hoya&#39;s rib cage, knocking out boxing&#39;s Golden Boy
753795
Hurricane Ivan could blow away some of the rewards Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins hope to realize from their middleweight showdown here Saturday.
95588
Vitali Klitschko will defend his WBC heavyweight title tonight against Danny Williams in Las Vegas. Klitschko is 34-and-2 with 33 knockouts heading into his first title defense.
447129
Las Vegas, NV (Sports Network) - When Vitali Klitschko defends his WBC title for the first time against Brit Danny Williams Saturday night, it will mark the heaviest combined weight for a heavyweight title fight.
488736
Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright clash in Las Vegas on Saturday in a catch-weight bout between two of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
567080
Bernard Hopkins shoved Winky Wright in the face at the weigh-in for tonight's 170-pound fight, sparking a heated scuffle between their entourages.
494834
Sport: Boxing: Bernard Hopkins tells Donald McRae that he has seen the fear in Joe Calzaghe's eyes
124357
Bernard Hopkins&#39; fights are studies in boxing&#39;s subtleties. He deals in nuances. He doesn&#39;t have to be hitting an opponent to be setting him up, as he was Oscar De La Hoya here Saturday night.
732912
Mention Bernard Hopkins, and Felix Trinidad winces. Bring up Oscar De La Hoya or Roy Jones, and Trinidad shakes his head.
512266
With one awesome body blow, Bernard Hopkins&#39; 11-year quest to be recognized as one of the greatest middleweights of all-time was fulfilled.
608304
If Bernard Hopkins beats Oscar De La Hoya in what should be the richest non-heavyweight fight in history early on Sunday, he will cement his place among the great middleweights of all time.
711227
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Oscar De La Hoya is scared of Bernard Hopkins, which, other than the towering piles of cash involved, is exactly why I think De La Hoya signed to fight him in the first place.
67722
Jail never made anybody tougher. Youâre either tough before you go in or youâre not. If anything, jail makes you paranoid. Hopkins, 39, is probably boxingâs most paranoid representative.
673528
Las Vegas, NV (Sports Network) - The middleweight megafight billed as the &quot;Quest for History&quot; between undisputed champion Bernard Hopkins and the Golden Boy of boxing, Oscar De La Hoya, is just a day away.
301344
Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins held their final press conference Wednesday at the MGM Grand to promote their historic Saturday showdown that will ultimately net the winner all four-world titles in the middleweight division.