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Top 5 Fights of Bernard Hopkins’ Career

By Gabriel Polanco

Posted on October 30, 2014

Bernard Hopkins will put his IBF and WBA Light Heavyweight titles on the line against the Russian Krusher, Sergei Kovalev on November 8, 2014 live on HBO. Before that clash, Gabe Polanco takes a look at Hopkins’ five best career performances.

5. Kelly Pavlik

Photo by AP/Tim Larsen

After losing to Joe Calzaghe, Hopkins moved down to a catch weight limit of 170 pounds to fight Middleweight kingpin, Kelly Pavlik.

Pavlik entered the fight with the mindset of knowing he destroyed Jermain Taylor twice. The same Taylor who beat Hopkins twice.

With that in mind, Pavlik and many of the media, thought the younger, stronger fighter would work the older Hopkins into retirement.

That was simply not the case as the 43-year-old Hopkins fought faster and smarter than his 26-year-old counterpart. Hopkins would go on to dominate the fight, proving to the world that the old man could still fight.