Izenberg: Patience pays off for Hopkins
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There was no mystery ... no secret strategy ... no baited trap that snapped shut and changed the course of history&#39;s most lucrative non-heavyweight fight.
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Just six months after retiring from the ring, Bernard Hopkins has decided he is not ready to hang up his gloves after all.
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada: American Bernard Hopkins connected with a left hook to the body to knock out compatriot Oscar de la Hoya in the ninth round and retain the undisputed world middleweight title.
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Sitting still and being patient can really pay off.
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Bernard Hopkins ends Winky Wright's 7 1/2 year-unbeaten streak, retaining his light heavyweight title, winning by unanimous decision.
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Although you wouldn't know it from Kelly Pavlik's history of dynamite knockouts, patience is among the middleweight champion's greatest virtues.
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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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"I'm being patient, waiting for the right situation,"  Jordan told The New York Times. "Basketball is still my  passion. If the right situation comes up, it will happen."
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LAS VEGAS (Ticker) - Bernard Hopkins won the war of words. That doesn&#39;t seem to matter to Oscar De La Hoya, who relishes his role of underdog for Saturday&#39;s middleweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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Patience has never been highly rated as a virtue in the NFL. That's especially true among owners, who tend to change coaches almost as often as they do underwear.
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For the fight of his life, undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins chose some music that says something about his life. When he enters the ring Saturday to face Oscar De La Hoya, it won&#39;t be to pulsating rap.
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Leon Lawson was watching over Andre Dirrell&#39;s shoulder last night, literally and figuratively, as the US middleweight tried to box his way into the medal rounds at the Olympic Games.
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At first glance, it appears the advantages lie with undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins in his title defense against Oscar De La Hoya tonight.
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LAS VEGAS -- Bernard Hopkins outfoxed age and Winky Wright the same way: first with his head, then with his heart.
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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.
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When Danny Williams suffered a form of crucifixion here in the small hours of yesterday morning - his pain was slow and relentless at the hands of the defending champion, Vitali Klitschko, and the outcome was never in doubt - it seemed that heavyweight
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Bernard Hopkins has been called the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. He is boxing&#39;s first undisputed middleweight champion since &quot;Marvelous&quot; Marvin Hagler in 1987 and has won an unprecedented 18 consecutive title defenses.