The old man took the youngster from Youngstown to school. That's pretty much it, in a nutshell. Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins took the middleweight world champion, Kelly Pavlik and simply mopped up the ring with him.
Hopkins got off first, and he got off first all night. Quicker hands? Yes, quicker hands and much better movement proved to be all the ingredience needed for the 43 year old Bernard Hopkins to deliver Pavlik the first loss of his professional career.
I scored it a complete shutout for Hopkins. The judges were a little bit more generous than I was, and gave Pavlik a few rounds here and there. But, it was pretty much a clean sweep shutout for Hopkins. Hopkins after the fight was very respectful to Pavlik, telling him that at 160 lbs he would be unbeatable.
The win was very impressive, and love him or hate him, Bernard Hopkins made a lot of people eat crow this evening. Me being one of them!
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