Izenberg: Hopkins gets his job done
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&quot;The fight doesn&#39;t always go to the biggest, strongest guy but that sure as hell is the way to bet.&quot;. So last night, in this town where The House is rarely wrong, where it lives off the near
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LAS VEGAS Â· Bernard Hopkins&#39; future seems certain, full of big fights and bigger paydays. The future is less clear for Oscar De La Hoya.
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Bernard Hopkins told everyone who would listen that he had a foolproof plan for getting inside Winky Wrightâs vaunted defense.On Saturday night, the 42-year-old Hopkins ended Wrightâs seven-and-a-half-year, 13-bout unbeaten streak with a unanimous decision in their 170-pound matchup at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.Hopkins (48-4-1,32 knockouts) landed his biggest blow when he opened a gash over Wrightâs left eye with a head butt in the third round. Hopkins spent the night picking at it while Wright (51-4-1) scrambled and counterpunched, his face showing frustration and fatigue as the fight slipped away.Hopkins abandoned retirement for a shot at the 35-year-old Wright, who had not lost since December 1999.
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Mention Bernard Hopkins, and Felix Trinidad winces. Bring up Oscar De La Hoya or Roy Jones, and Trinidad shakes his head.
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Bee Staff Writer. LAS VEGAS - Now that he has knocked out two of the better fighters of his era, first Felix Trinidad and then Oscar De La Hoya, Bernard Hopkins hopes to avenge a defeat that has been sticking in his craw for a long time.
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Well kids, it&#39;s only two more sleeps until the much anticipated middleweight showdown between undisputed champion Bernard Hopkins and Oscar De La Hoya takes place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Bernard Hopkins came into the ring to a recording of one of Frank Sinatraâs epic songs. Fighting his usual tactical fight, Hopkins allowed Oscar De La Hoya to dominate the first
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In the waning rounds of his March 2001 second fight against Evander Holyfield, John Ruiz took matters into his own hands. Having been victimized by several unpunished low blows
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At 42 years of age, Bernard Hopkins ends Winky Wright's 7 1/2 -year unbeaten streak with a unanimous decision in their 170-pound matchup on Saturday night.
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Nearly an hour after knocking out Oscar De La Hoya in the ninth round Saturday night in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins
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MotoGP championship leader Valentino Rossi was second quickest behind surprise pace-setter John Hopkins in the first qualifying session for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday.
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Bernard Hopkins defended his  undisputed world middleweight championship for the 19th time on  Saturday, knocking out Oscar De La Hoya in the ninth round of  their scheduled 12-round bout in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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When Ron Stevens, the chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, was deciding whether to put Evander Holyfield&#39;s career on ice, he kept getting hit with the image of an aging former champion getting pounded in a makeshift ring in some boxing
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It is a strange time in baseball. The announcement of Hall of Fame voting is due today, and the issue of performance-enhancing drugs was part of the thought process for voters in determining which of the boxes they checked off. Perhaps it wasn't quite as important as statistics and performance accolades, but, unfortunately, these are the times we live in ...
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SARASOTA, Fla.  -- Josh Hamilton's comeback is going very well.
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The pace of the semifinal game between Johns Hopkins and Delaware in the N.C.A.A. menâs lacrosse tournament on Saturday fluctuated between languid and lethargic.
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It would be easy to dismiss Brian Cashmanâs perch atop the Yankeesâ hierarchy on superficial grounds. But if people have listened to him lately, they have heard the assertiveness in his voice.