World Boxing News 2010-2013

Bernard Hopkins, Three-Time And Two-Division World Champion & Oldest Fighter In History To Win A World Championship: "Age is not an enemy to me.  The clock is not something to try to stop.  The man upstairs can't even do that.  You can get the daylight to be earlier or the darkness to be later, but the clock has to move forward. "People will always tell me, 'You can't do this.  You can't do that.'  When I hear that, it gives me motivation.  I know there are some things in life that are out of reach.  Some people are not capable of doing certain things.  I have been doing this half of my life.  I know what I am capable of.     "Some people are trying to write my destiny, but when you see a guy that has a track record that has proven to be more right than wrong over 28 years, Cloud has to say that he has a challenge.  In reality, he is going to have to train harder than he ever has before. "[To Cl...

Former Two-Division World Champion Bernard Hopkins (Left) and undefeated IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Tavoris Cloud (Right) pose on January 15, 2013 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York at the press conference to officially announce their March 9, 2013 world title fight at Barclays Center which will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing.  PHOTO CREDIT: Rich Kane - Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions

Phil D. Jay  WBN Editor Picture by Constantino Garcia ‘B-Hop’ to fight for IBF belt on March 9 Former undisputed world middleweight king Bernard Hopkins will attempt to defy logic once again when the oldest recognised champion of all time looks to add another year to his record. Two-weight world title holder Hopkins, who turns 48 next week, claimed the record when defeating Jean Pascal in May 2011 for the WBC light-heavyweight title, overthrowing ‘Big’ George Foreman’s long-standing feat. Philly-based Hopkins was then dethroned by 'Bad' Chad Dawson last than a year later following a no-contest decision the first time around and was conspicuous by his absence until this recent announcement to prolong his career further. ‘The Executioner’ is now all set to attempt to end IBF champion Tavoris Cloud’s solid 24-fight undefeated record at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and break his own record by another eleven months. Cloud also turns a year older in the ...

Things hotting up between light-heavyweight pair Tavoris Cloud has virtually called out the whole top ten in his division this week and it seems that one man fancies his chances against the IBF Light-Heavyweight Champion. Out of the five men Cloud called out, Nathan Cleverley, ranked number 4 by IBF, has stepped forward as the man who seemingly wants to take up the Tallahassee fighter’s offer to “beat them in their own hometown.” Cleverley, 23, fights for interim WBO Title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on December 11th, whilst Cloud (21-0) takes on Fulgencio Zuniga just six days later and if both come through their respective title bouts, it could set up an explosive clash between the two unbeaten fighters in the New Year. Cleverley: Title chance Cleverley’s opponent on the night is Alejandro Lakatos (31-5-2), who lost a unanimous decision to Zsolt Erdei in his last WBO Title challenge and the Welshman will be confident of picking up the interim belt. Cloud 28, m...