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Bernard Humphrey Hopkins, Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American professional boxer who currently fights at light heavyweight and previously at middleweight. Hopkins was a world middleweight titlist from 1994 until 2005, unifying and successfully defended his title a record 20 times. He won the International Boxing Federation title in 1994, then added the World Boxing Council, World Boxing Association, and ''The Ring'' titles in 2001 and became the first man to hold all four major sanctioning bodies' titles when he won the World Boxing Organization title in 2004. ''The Ring'' ranked him #3 on their list of the "10 best middleweight title holders of the last 50 years."〔Fischer, Doug. (September 30, 2011) (10: Best middleweight titleholders of the last 50 years | RingTV ). Ringtv.craveonline.com. Retrieved on August 5, 2012.〕 After losing his title to Jermain Taylor in 2005 and failing to regain it in a rematch, Hopkins moved up to light heavyweight and won the ''Ring'' and International Boxing Organization titles from Antonio Tarver at 42 years of age, making two defenses of the ''Ring'' title before losing it to Joe Calzaghe. Three years later, Hopkins defeated Jean Pascal for the WBC title and broke George Foreman's record for oldest fighter to ever win a world championship at the age of 46. Hopkins later broke his own record by winning the IBF title from Tavoris Cloud in 2013 and again in 2014 when he won the WBA title from Beibut Shumenov, aged 48 and 49 respectively.〔(Hopkins vs Cloud live results: Round 12 – Bernard Hopkins wins unanimous decision to become oldest world champ ever ). SBNation.com. Retrieved on November 20, 2013.〕 In addition to being an active boxer, Hopkins is also a minority partner with Golden Boy Promotions. == Background == Born to Bernard Hopkins, Sr. and his wife Shirley, Bernard grew up with his family in the Raymond Rosen housing project in Philadelphia. Hopkins turned to crime early in his life. By the age of thirteen he was mugging people and had been stabbed three times. At seventeen, Hopkins was sentenced to 18 years in Graterford Prison for nine felonies. While in prison he witnessed the murder of another inmate in an argument over a pack of cigarettes, but also discovered his passion for boxing. After serving almost five years, Hopkins was released from prison in 1988. He then decided to use boxing as an escape from his previous life, and converted to Islam.〔Steve Bunce (November 11, 2001) (The forgotten prince ) Guardian. Retrieved on July 29, 2009.〕 While Hopkins was leaving the prison for the final time, the warden told him he'd "see () again when you wind up back in here," to which Hopkins replied "I ain't ever coming back here."〔Jake Donovan (July 15, 2005). ("Still Waiting for Bernard Hopkins to Grow Old?" ) July 15, 2005.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bernard Hopkins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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