Bernard Hopkins took over as the oldest fighter to win a major world championship when he claimed the WBC light-heavyweight title following the defeat of his opponent, Jean Pascal at the actual age of 46.
Hopkins wrested the WBC, IBO as well as the Ring magazine titles from his 28-year-old adversary, who had previously been making his 5th defense at the Bell Centre. Hopkins, who has a career record of 52-5-2, is definitely the oldest fighter to take a major world title belt, six months older than George Foreman when he had taken the heavyweight title having a victory over Michael Moorer in 1994.
The Philadelphia-native boxer endured an early attack from his Montreal opponent just before landing a lot more punches as well as staying away from quite a few of Pascal’s power shots, jabbing smartly along with landing numerous right-handers.
Hopkins additionally taunted his more youthful foe, dropping to do press-ups prior to the seventh round. Regardless of a late charge from Pascal, Hopkins did enough to win with all the judges each having him in advance on points following the 12th round, the cards reading 115-113, 116-112, 115-114.
Hopkins was quoted within the Globe and Mail, saying: ‘I didn’t feel like I was 46 tonight, I felt more like 36. ‘I can say I’m a great fighter, it was exciting, I think everybody enjoyed themselves.’
Pascal publicly stated his two fights, the very first of which would be a draw, against Hopkins had shown him lessons. He was quoted saying: ‘Bernard fought a great fight, he’s a great champion, he has a great defence and knows a lot of tricks. ‘These two fights will lead me to the next level, I learned a lot from Bernard and his style.’
Hopkins will next fight Chad Dawson, who previously had a unanimous decision victory over Adrian Diaconu in the elimination fight.
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