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On December 17th the legendary Bernard Hopkins returned to the ring following a two-year hiatus to take on top Light-Heavyweight contender Joe Smith Jr. at The Forum in Inglewood, CA. The main storyline of the bout was that it was billed as “The Final One” a title to symbolize the final time Bernard Hopkins would enter the ring as a fighter after an illustrious twenty-eight year career. Prior to this bout, this observer stated that even though Hopkins himself was insistent on this being his last fight, I was not sure on the basis that the fifty-one year old future Hall of Famer was facing a fighter who was rated in the top five of two world sanctioning organizations and that if he were to emerge victorious and do so in convincing fashion that one could assume that he would seek another opportunity at a world championship. For a time it appeared that would be the case as the fight was fought at a measured and tactical pace, which is tailor-made for Hopkins. Hopkins using lateral ...

On November 8, 2014 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins entered the ring as the unified IBF/WBA Light-Heavyweight world champion in an attempt to further unify the Light-Heavyweight division as he took on undefeated WBO world champion and knockout artist Sergey Kovalev. Hopkins, a fighter known for defying odds was attempting at age forty-nine to take another step toward an accomplishment no other fighter in the history of Boxing has been able to do, completely unify a second weight class.                             It was not to be however, as Kovalev would win a twelve round unanimous decision to unify three of five world championships in the division. Although Hopkins will always be known for his accomplishments as a Middleweight in setting the all-time record for consecutive title defenses by a world...

We would like to let our readers know that a preview for Saturday’s Light-Heavyweight clash between future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins and top Light-Heavyweight contender Joe Smith is currently in the works and will be released on Friday, December 16th. Stay tuned. “And That’s The Boxing Truth.” The Boxing Truth® is a registered trademark of Beau Denison All Rights Reserved. Follow Beau Denison on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Beau_Denison

On Saturday, December 10th the Boxing world was focused on several key bouts throughout the entire sport. A highlight of the day however, was two fights for separate versions of the World Heavyweight championship that took place in two different countries. At the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, undefeated IBF Heavyweight world champion and knockout artist Anthony Joshua made the second defense of his world championship against IBF number eight rated contender Eric Molina. In previewing this fight this observer stated that the question I had as the fight approached was whether or not Molina, who was making his second attempt at a world championship, would not only be able to extend Joshua in a similar manner as he was able to do against undefeated WBC world champion Deontay Wilder in his one previous world championship opportunity, but more specifically whether he could make the fight competitive. The champion established the tempo of the fight from the outset working b...

Boxing’s Heavyweight division will close out 2016 with a bang on Saturday with two world championship fights in two different countries. The first championship bout will take place at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand as undefeated WBO number one Heavyweight contender Joseph Parker will square off with undefeated number three WBO contender Andy Ruiz for the vacant WBO Heavyweight world championship previously held by former unified world champion Tyson Fury. Although the circumstances which led to three of five world championships being vacated in the Heavyweight division is a story in of itself, the battle between Parker and Ruiz will pit two of the division’s top contenders against each other. In one corner will stand Joseph Parker of Auckland, New Zealand. Parker, unbeaten in twenty-one professional fights has scored knockouts in eighteen of those twenty-one wins and will enter this fight with a career knockout percentage of 86%. In his last bout, Parker scored a thir...

We would like to let our readers know that a feature previewing this weekend’s two World Heavyweight championship fights is currently in the works and will be released on Friday, December 9th. Stay tuned. “And That’s The Boxing Truth.” The Boxing Truth® is a registered trademark of Beau Denison All Rights Reserved. Follow Beau Denison on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Beau_Denison

Current NABF Jr. Lightweight champion Tevin Farmer successfully retained his title with a ten round unanimous decision over a very “Game” Dardan Zenunaj on Friday night at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA. The fight was dominated by the hometown favorite Farmer’s ability to use his hand speed and lateral movement to get his punches off first. Although Zenunaj was consistent in trying to pressure Farmer and occasionally backed the North American Boxing Federation champion up on the ropes, he was not able to land anything significant. Farmer often would catch Zenunaj, a native of Pec, Kosovo, with offense as he came forward and would use his movement to evade him. This was particularly evident during moments when Farmer was on the ropes. Although Zenunaj never stopped trying to turn the ebb and flow of the fight in his favor, he was unable to turn things around and as the fight progressed would taunt Farmer when Farmer would land punches cleanly. At the end of the ten round bout...

One of the topics of discussion with regard to the sport of Boxing over the last week has been the outcome of the November 26th WBO Jr. Lightweight world championship fight between two-division world champion Vasyl Lomachenko and former WBA Featherweight world champion Nicholas Walters. It was a highly anticipated encounter between two of the best fighters in the world. The champion Lomachenko, one of the most decorated amateur boxers in history having finished his amateur career with an incredible record of 396-1 and earned two Olympic gold medals before embarking on a professional career where in only eight previous professional bouts prior to his title defense against Nicholas Walters, had won seven of those eight fights and had already earned two professional world championships in two different weight classes. The challenger Walters had earned a reputation as a fighter with punching power in either hand having scored knockouts in twenty-one of his twenty-six victories his p...