Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. I
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This bout was a fight in which Bernard Hopkins was an underdog, but this time against a deserving opponent.
On May 22, 1993, Hopkins met Roy Jones Jr. (21-0 20 KOs) in the ring at RFK Stadium in Washington DC for both fighters’ first world title shot.
Nobody expected Hopkins to even go the distance with Jones, but after a long fight in which both men were caught more than a few times, Jones won by unanimous decision.
Although Jones handed Hopkins the second loss of his career up to that point, this fight was instrumental in showing Hopkins’ ability to last against great fighters–something that critics didn’t believe Hopkins could do.
