Awww dayum this is a hot ass mess. Legendary boxer Bernard Hopkins former middle weight and light heavy weight champion got knocked out of the ring last night in Inglewood Ca fighting Joe Smith Jr. It was left right left combination that sent poor Bernard sailing through the ropes and out of the ring. Bernard showing up looking every day of his 51 yrs and while he wasn't flabby his body still lacked it's normal crisp definition and six pack. Bernard was unable to get back into the ring by the referees' count of 20. This technical knockout occurred in the 8th round of the fight. This ends Hopkins career with stats of 55-8-2.
Smith was leading on two of the three cards at the time of the stoppage. Thomas Taylor had it 69-64 and Tim Cheatham had it 67-66 for Smith. Pat Russell had it 67-66 for Hopkins. Yahoo Sports scored it 68-65 for Smith.
Hopkins will be inducted into the boxing hall of fame on the first day he is eligible. He had that good of a career, too bad it had to end like it did.
Hopkins claims that he was pushed out of the ring, but watching the replays over and over again, you can see that that is not the truth. He got hit with 3 punches, left/right/left and then he went down and out through the ropes. Hey Bernard , just take it like a man and stop lying about what happened dude. Sigh. Oh well, C'est la vie. (Such is life. Folks.) hahaha
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