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Boxing: Hopkins becomes oldest to win major title

Agence France-PresseMarch 10, 2013 04:30

Bernard Hopkins became the oldest boxer to win a major world championship Saturday, breaking his own record by beating Tavoris Cloud at the age of 48. Hopkins scored a unanimous 12-round decision to dethrone Cloud, who is 17 years his junior, for the International Boxing Federation's light-heavyweight title and beat his own record. "The 40 and up club still rules," Hopkins said. "I got a history. I got a history of destroying young champions and you never seen them again."

Boxing: Hopkins becomes oldest to win major title

Agence France-PresseMarch 10, 2013 02:15

Bernard Hopkins became the oldest boxer to win a major world championship here Saturday, breaking his own record by beating Tavoris Cloud at the age of 48. Hopkins scored a unanimous 12-round decision to dethrone Cloud, who is 17 years his junior, for the International Boxing Federation's light heavyweight title and beat his own record. "The 40 and up club still rules," Hopkins said. "I got a history. I got a history of destroying young champions and you never seen them again."

Boxing: Hopkins eyes history in Cloud challenge

Agence France-PresseMarch 7, 2013 22:00

Bernard Hopkins will try to make history again as he aims to break his own record for being the oldest fighter to win a major world title when he faces unbeaten Tavoris Cloud for a light heavyweight crown on Saturday. The all-American showdown for Cloud's International Boxing Federation throne pits the 31-year-old champion, making his fifth title defense, against a boxer old enough to be his father. "I'm not counting age. Everybody else is counting it," said 48-year-old Hopkins, who has won only one of his past four bouts.