Won 55 (KOs 32)  |  Lost 8 (KOs 1)

Drawn 2  |  Bouts 67 (No Contest 2)

Rounds 514  |  Debut 1988-10-11

67 Loss (55-8-2) (2) vs Joe Smith Jr.
TKO 8 (12), 0:53 | Dec 17, 2016
For WBC International light heavyweight title

66 Loss (55-7-2) (2) vs Sergey Kovalev
UD 12 | Nov 8, 2014
Lost WBA (Super) and IBF light heavyweight titles, for WBO light heavyweight title

65 Win (55-6-2) (2) vs Beibut Shumenov
SD 12 | Apr 19, 2014
Retained IBF light heavyweight title, won WBA (Super) light heavyweight title

64 Win (54-6-2) (2) vs Karo Murat
UD 12 | Oct 26, 2013
Retained IBF light heavyweight title

63 Win (53-6-2) (2) vs Tavoris Cloud
UD 12 | Mar 9, 2013
Won IBF light heavyweight title

62 Loss (52-6-2) (2) vs Chad Dawson
MD 12 | Apr 28, 2012
Lost WBC and The Ring light heavyweight titles

61 NC (52-5-2) (2) vs Chad Dawson
TKO 2 (12), 2:48 | Oct 15, 2011
WBC and The Ring light heavyweight titles at stake, Originally a TKO win for Dawson, later ruled an NC after an incorrect referee call.

60 Win (52-5-2) (1) vs Jean Pascal
UD 12 | May 21, 2011
Won WBC and The Ring light heavyweight titles

59 Draw (51-5-2) (1) vs Jean Pascal
MD 12 | Dec 18, 2010
For WBC and The Ring light heavyweight titles

58 Win (51-5-1) (1) vs Roy Jones Jr.
UD 12 | Apr 3, 2010

57 Win (50-5-1) (1) vs Enrique Ornelas
UD 12 | Dec 2, 2009

56 Win (49-5-1) (1) vs Kelly Pavlik
UD 12 | Oct 18, 2008

55 Loss (48-5-1) (1) vs Joe Calzaghe
SD 12 | Apr 19, 2008
Lost The Ring light heavyweight title

54 Win (48-4-1) (1) vs Winky Wright
UD 12 | Jul 21, 2007
Retained The Ring light heavyweight title

53 Win (47-4-1) (1) vs Antonio Tarver
UD 12 | Jun 10, 2006
Won IBO and The Ring light heavyweight titles

52 Loss (46-4-1) (1) vs Jermain Taylor
UD 12 | Dec 3, 2005
For WBA (Undisputed), WBC, WBO, and The Ring middleweight titles

51 Loss (46-3-1) (1) vs Jermain Taylor
SD 12 | Jul 16, 2005
Lost WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring middleweight titles

50 Win (46-2-1) (1) vs Howard Eastman
UD 12 | Feb 19, 2005
Retained WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring middleweight titles

49 Win (45-2-1) (1) vs Oscar De La Hoya
KO 9 (12), 1:38 | Sep 18, 2004
Retained WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, and The Ring middleweight titles, won WBO middleweight title

48 Win (44-2-1) (1) vs Robert Allen
UD 12 | Jun 5, 2004
Retained WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, and The Ring middleweight titles

47 Win (43-2-1) (1) vs William Joppy
UD 12 | Dec 13, 2003
Retained WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, and The Ring middleweight titles

46 Win (42-2-1) (1) vs Morrade Hakkar
RTD 8 (12), 3:00 | Mar 29, 2003
Retained WBA (Unified), WBC, IBF, and The Ring middleweight titles

45 Win (41-2-1) (1) vs Carl Daniels
RTD 10 (12), 3:00 | Feb 2, 2002
Retained WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring middleweight titles

44 Win (40-2-1) (1) vs Félix Trinidad
TKO 12 (12), 1:18 | Sep 29, 2001
Retained IBF and WBC middleweight titles, won WBA (Super) and vacant The Ring middleweight titles

43 Win (39-2-1) (1) vs Keith Holmes
UD 12 | Apr 14, 2001
Retained IBF middleweight title, won WBC middleweight title

42 Win (38-2-1) (1) vs Antwun Echols
TKO 10 (12), 1:42 | Dec 1, 2000
Retained IBF middleweight title

41 Win (37-2-1) (1) vs Syd Vanderpool
UD 12 | May 13, 2000
Retained IBF middleweight title

40 Win (36-2-1) (1) vs Antwun Echols
UD 12 | Dec 12, 1999
Retained IBF middleweight title

39 Win (35-2-1) (1) vs Robert Allen
TKO 7 (12), 1:18 | Feb 6, 1999
Retained IBF middleweight title

38 NC (34-2-1) (1) vs Robert Allen
NC 4 (12), 2:57 | Aug 28, 1998
IBF middleweight title at stake,
Hopkins unable to continue after the referee accidentally pushed him out of the ring.

37 Win (34-2-1) vs Simon Brown
TKO 6 (12), 1:00 | Jan 31, 1998
Retained IBF middleweight title

36 Win (33-2-1) vs Andrew Council
UD 12 | Nov 18, 1997
Retained IBF middleweight title

35 Win (32-2-1) vs Glen Johnson
TKO 11 (12), 1:23 | Jul 20, 1997
Retained IBF middleweight title

34 Win (31-2-1) vs John David Jackson
TKO 7 (12), 2:22 | Apr 19, 1997
Retained IBF middleweight title

33 Win (30-2-1) vs William Bo James
TKO 11 (12), 2:02 | Jul 16, 1996
Retained IBF middleweight title

32 Win (29-2-1) vs Joe Lipsey
KO 4 (12), 2:50 | Mar 16, 1996
Retained IBF middleweight title

31 Win (28-2-1) vs Guyana Steve Frank
TKO 1 (12), 0:24 | Jan 27, 1996
Retained IBF middleweight title

30 Win (27-2-1) vs Segundo Mercado
TKO 7 (12), 1:10 | Apr 29, 1995
Won vacant IBF middleweight title

29 Draw (26-2-1) vs Segundo Mercado
SD 12 | Dec 17, 1994
For vacant IBF middleweight title

28 Win (26-2) vs Lupe Aquino
UD 12 | May 17, 1994
Retained USBA middleweight title

27 Win (25-2) vs Melvin Wynn
TKO 3 (10), 0:48 | Feb 26, 1994

26 Win (24-2) vs Wendall Hall
TKO 3 (12), 0:28 | Nov 23, 1993
Retained USBA middleweight title

25 Win (23-2) vs Roy Ritchie
TKO 7 (12), 1:47 | Aug 3, 1993
Retained USBA middleweight title

24 Loss (22-2) vs Roy Jones Jr.
UD 12 | May 22, 1993
For vacant IBF middleweight title

23 Win (22-1) vs Gilbert Baptist
UD 12 | Feb 16, 1993
Retained USBA middleweight title

22 Win (21-1) vs Wayne Powell
TKO 1 (12), 0:21 | Dec 4, 1992
Won vacant IBF-USBA middleweight title

21 Win (20-1) vs Eric Rhinehart
KO 1 (10), 1:47 | Sep 14, 1992

20 Win (19-1) vs James Stokes
KO 1 (10), 1:44 | Aug 28, 1992

19 Win (18-1) vs Aníbal Miranda
PTS 10 | May 21, 1992

18 Win (17-1) vs Randy Smith
UD 10 | Apr 3, 1992

17 Win (16-1) vs Dennis Milton
RTD 4 (10), 3:00 | Jan 31, 1992

16 Win (15-1) vs Willie Kemp
UD 10 | Dec 13, 1991

15 Win (14-1) vs David McCluskey
TKO 7 (10) | Nov 26, 1991

14 Win (13-1) vs Ralph Moncrief
TKO 1 (10), 1:28 | Sep 23, 1991

13 Win (12-1) vs Danny Mitchell
TKO 1 (8), 3:00 | Jul 9, 1991

12 Win (11-1) vs Pedro Márquez
TKO 1 0:56 | Jun 20, 1991

11 Win (10-1) vs Steve Langley
TKO 3 (6), 1:10 | Mar 18, 1991

10 Win (9-1) vs Richard Quiles
KO 1 (6) | Feb 26, 1991

9 Win (8-1) vs Mike Sapp
TKO 1 (8), 0:35 | Nov 17, 1990

8 Win (7-1) vs Darren Oliver
TKO 1 | Oct 20, 1990

7 Win (6-1) vs Percy Harris
UD 6 | Aug 5, 1990

6 Win (5-1) vs Khalif Shabazz
KO 1 (6), 0:36 | Jun 30, 1990

5 Win (4-1) vs Jouvin Mercado
TKO 2 (4), 0:43 | May 31, 1990

4 Win (3-1) vs Eddie Tyler
TKO 1 | May 18, 1990

3 Win (2-1) vs Keith Gray
TKO 1 | Apr 26, 1990

2 Win (1-1) vs Greg Paige
UD 4 | Feb 22, 1990

1 Loss (0-1) vs Clinton Mitchell
MD 4 | Oct 11, 1988

Hopkins first became a world champion by winning the IBF middleweight title in 1995. He would go on to compile 19 defenses against 17 opponents; a division record at the time. In 2001, Hopkins successfully unified the middleweight division by defeating Félix Trinidad to win the WBA (Super), WBC, Ring magazine and lineal titles. A victory over Oscar De La Hoya for the WBO title in 2004 cemented Hopkins’ status as undisputed champion, while also making him the first male boxer to simultaneously hold world titles by all four major boxing sanctioning bodies. In 2001, Hopkins was voted Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America. In 2011, The Ring ranked Hopkins as third on their list of the “10 best middleweight title holders of the last 50 years.” As of April 2021, he is ranked by BoxRec as the seventh greatest boxer of all time, pound for pound.

After losing the undisputed title to Jermain Taylor in 2005 and failing to regain it in a rematch the same year, Hopkins achieved further success in 2006 when he moved up to light heavyweight, winning the IBO and Ring titles from Antonio Tarver at 41 years of age. Two defenses of the Ring title were made before a loss to Joe Calzaghe in 2008. Three years later, Hopkins defeated Jean Pascal for the WBC and lineal light heavyweight titles, as well as regaining the Ring title. This made Hopkins the oldest boxer in history to win a world championship, at the age of 46, breaking George Foreman’s record set in 1994. Hopkins later broke his own record by winning the IBF light heavyweight title from Tavoris Cloud in 2013, and again in 2014 when he won the WBA (Super) title from Beibut Shumenov, at ages 48 and 49, respectively.

Nicknamed “The Executioner”, and later “The Alien”, Hopkins was known among observers for his longevity and ability to continue competing successfully at an advanced age. Widely considered one of the greatest boxers of the modern era, he was a highly strategic and defensive boxer known for carrying good speed and power along with counterpunching skills. He credits mastering the boxing fundamentals and a great defense for his longevity in the sport. He was also a very seasoned fighter, being able to take advantage of a wide variety of situations in the ring and implement rough and dirty tactics while fighting on the inside or in a clinch.

In the last years of his active career, Hopkins also became a minority partner with Golden Boy Promotions, with which he still remains post-career.

Coverphoto: Muriel Leclerc, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Source text: Wikipedia Bernard Hopkins.