Best 25 fighters of the last 25 years: Number Four

bernard hopkins vs Roy Jones

4 Bernard Hopkins

THE long-reigning middleweight king scored the win of his long career when he handed Puerto Rican star Felix Trinidad his first loss on an emotional night in New York. Heโ€™d already beaten a number of dangermen, including John David Jackson, Glen Johnson, Antwun Echols and Simon Brown. The Philadelphia veteran, still active at a high level today at the age of 50, eventually climbed to light-heavyweight where he defeated the likes of Jean Pascal, Antonio Tarver, Tavoris Cloud and Beibut Shumenov. His legacy, as a boxer who seemed to get better with age, has been secured despite losses to Joe Calzaghe, Chad Dawson and Sergey Kovalev later in his career.

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