Hopkins&#39; fight extends beyond ring
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LAS VEGAS - Bernard Hopkins, the 39-year-old boxing rebel without pause, not only continues to defy age but conventional fistic logic.
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Bernard Hopkins knocked out Oscar De La Hoya with a body shot in the ninth round Saturday in Las Vegas making him the middleweight champion of the world.
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Danny Williams&#39; trainer Jim McDonnell claimed last night that Vitali Klitschko&#39;s steroid-using past would count against him when he defends his WBC heavyweight title against the British challenger here on Saturday night.
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Bernard Hopkins suddenly ended a close fight with two left hooks to the body in the ninth round Saturday night to stop Oscar De La Hoya and ruin his bid to become the undisputed middleweight champion.
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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.
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When John Ruiz gets in the ring, things usually get ugly. Put Andrew Golota in there with him, and things could get a lot uglier. That&#39;s the possibility Saturday night when Ruiz defends his WBA heavyweight
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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.
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David vs. Goliath scenarios have always attracted an audience, particularly when the showdown is inside a boxing ring. When Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins square off Saturday
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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.
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Bernard Hopkins retained his undisputed middleweight crown in Las Vegas last night by knocking out fellow American Oscar de la Hoya in the ninth round of their title fight.
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LAS VEGAS -- Bernard Hopkins came out of retirement to put an end to Winky Wright's long unbeaten streak Saturday . Now he has his sights set on a fighter who has never lost.
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LAS VEGAS - The refrain was familiar. The chants have echoed throughout the years. But they were knocked out Saturday night. Hopkins (45-2-1, 32 KOs) dropped De La Hoya (37-4, 29 KOs) in the ninth round with
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Bernard Hopkins entered the MGM ring Saturday night in Las Vegas not to any march-to-war instrumental or jumpstart-the-heart thumping rock ballad, but to the one tune best capturing what he has done and, more, what he was about to do.
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In the end it was as easy as Bernard Hopkins predicted. In round nine Oscar De La Hoya collapsed to the canvas in agony from a short, left-hook and that was how Saturday&#39;s super fight at the MGM in Las Vegas ended.
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NEW YORK -- In the wee hours yesterday morning, promoter Don King stood at a podium inside Madison Square Garden and -- in the midst of a bombastic assault on his cable network partner, HBO, and his former fighter, Bernard Hopkins -- gave the best explanation for why a rematch between Hopkins, the undisputed middleweight champion, and former champion Felix ...
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Undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins stood at the podium yesterday at the MGM Grand Garden to talk about his fight Saturday night against Oscar De La Hoya and waved
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OSCAR de la Hoyaâs dreams of becoming the world middleweight champion were ended in Las Vegas on Saturday night by two bodyshots from Bernard Hopkins, as his step up in weight proved too much.