Bernard Hopkins Becomes 46-Year-Old Champion

SteveRobWhatever · #1 05-22-2011, 12:46 AM

Hopkins becomes 46-year-old champion - USATODAY.com

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Bernard Hopkins became the oldest fighter to win a major world championship, taking the WBC light heavyweight title Saturday night from Jean Pascal at the age of 46.

Hopkins won a unanimous decision against the Canadian Pascal in a rematch of their Dec. 18 draw in Quebec City.

Dragonite · #2 05-22-2011, 12:52 AM

Awesome, congrats B Hop.

smeagle · #3 05-23-2011, 11:24 AM

who cares.

Dragonite · #4 05-23-2011, 01:01 PM

A whole bunch of people including me.

smeagle · #5 05-23-2011, 02:25 PM

really ? why ? does it impress you that he beat a guy at 46yrs old ? to me that once again shows the crap that is out there anymore.

his rant about mcnabb was more impressive than this win.

86WARD · #6 05-23-2011, 03:21 PM

Does anyone really care about boxing in general?

Omen · #7 05-23-2011, 03:44 PM

No not really not anymore

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smeagle · #8 05-23-2011, 04:11 PM

and thats is a shame cause it used to be huge.

86WARD · #9 05-23-2011, 04:23 PM

Curious if anyone knows the ppv numbers compared to UFC.

Dragonite · #10 05-23-2011, 04:27 PM

Top 10 Grossing Fighting PPV's from 2009 were

Top 10 PPV buy rates, 2009
1. UFC 100: Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, July 11, 1.6 million

2. Boxing: Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto, Nov. 14, 1.25 million

3. Boxing: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, Sept. 19, 1.05 millon

4. UFC 94: Georges St. Pierre vs. B.J. Penn, Jan. 31, 920,000 buys

5. UFC 101: Penn vs. Kenny Florian/Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin, Aug. 8, 850,000

6. Boxing: Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton, May 2, 825,000

7t. UFC 107: Penn vs. Diego Sanchez, Dec. 12, 650,000

7t. UFC 97: Silva vs. Thales Leites/Chuck Liddell vs. Mauricio Rua, April 18, 650,000

9. UFC 99: Lyoto Machida vs. Rashad Evans/Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra, May 23, 635,000

10. Wrestling: WWE WrestleMania 25,
525,000