Bernard Hopkins Biography, Age, Height, Family, Jail, Wife, Diet, Roy Jones Jr, Félix Trinidad, Records, Net Worth & Instagram

Bernard Hopkins Biography

Bernard Hopkins is an American boxer who dominated the middleweight division in the early 2000s with a combination of speed and precision that earned him the nickname “The Executioner”, 

He is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades, having held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the undisputed middleweight title from 2004 to 2005, and the lineal light heavyweight title from 2011 to 2012.

Hopkins first became a world champion by winning the IBF middleweight title in 1995. He would go on to compile 20 defenses, which remained a record for the weight class until 2018.

Bernard Hopkins Age

Bernard Hopkins was born with his full birth name as, Bernard Humphrey Hopkins Jr. on January 15, 1965, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He is of the African American race.

Bernard Hopkins Height

He has a pleasant height. Bernard stands at a height of 6 feet and 1 inch, which is 185 cm. Not to mention his reach, he has a reach of 75 inches i.e 191 centimeters.

Bernard Hopkins Family

Bernard was born to Bernard Hopkins Sr. and his wife Shirley, Bernard grew up with his family in the Raymond Rosen housing project in Philadelphia.

Bernard Hopkins Jail

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. 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.” Later, Hopkins attributed his personal discipline to his experiences and time spent in Graterford Prison.

Bernard Hopkins Wife

Bernard Hopkins’s life is as perfect as his career. He married Jeanette Hopkins in 1993. It is about 24 years of their married relationship and they are strongly going well.

They have shared strong love and affection with each other. They will less likely go for divorce in the future. They together have a daughter named Latrice Hopkins.

Bernard Hopkins has the busiest schedule but he equally gives importance to his family. He has maintained a perfect balance between his professional and personal life. He has been a part of controversy throughout his career.

Bernard Hopkins Diet

Bernard Hopkins is conscious of his daily diet. His nutritious diet makes him healthy and fit. His regular foods are scrambled egg whites, vegetables, a dry pancake (without sugar), Chicken/fish, buffalo meat, vegetables, salad, without sugar, rice, pasta, bread, etc.

Bernard Hopkins Middleweight

Hopkins immediately joined the professional boxing ranks as a light heavyweight, losing his debut on October 11, 1988, in Atlantic City, New Jersey to Clinton Mitchell.

After a sixteen-month layoff, he resumed his career as a middleweight, winning a unanimous decision over Greg Paige at the Blue Horizon on February 22, 1990.

Between February 1990 and December 1992, Hopkins scored 21 wins without a loss. He won 16 of those fights by knockout, 12 coming in the first round.

Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr.

Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. II, billed as “The Rivals”, was a professional boxing match contested on April 3, 2010. The fight was a rematch of the May 22, 1993 bout between the two where Jones defeated Hopkins for the IBF middleweight title.

Hopkins would dominate most of the fight as Jones had a difficult time with Hopkins’ defense and did not land much-sustained offense, throwing only 274 punches and landing only 82 of them.

 

Though Hopkins was the clear aggressor, he also had trouble with his offense despite throwing over 300 more punches than Jones, landing only 180 of his 526 thrown punches.

The fight was not without controversy as Hopkins was knocked down three times as a result of fouls from Jones. The first occurred at the end of round six as Jones landed an illegal punch to the back of Hopkins’s head.

Hopkins crumpled to the mat clutching his head and the match was stopped for three minutes to allow Hopkins to recuperate, while Jones was docked a point for his foul.

When the match resumed with 10 seconds left, Hopkins backed up Jones into the corner and unleashed a flurry of punches as Jones attempted to cover up.

When the bell rang, the two continued to fight while referee Tony Weeks and security entered the ring to separate the two. In the eighth round and tenth rounds, Hopkins dropped to a knee after Jones landed a rabbit-punch and a low-blow respectively, but no points were deducted for either foul.

When the fight went to the judge’s scorecards, Hopkins was named the winner by unanimous decision with one score of 118–109 and two scores of 117–110.

The match failed to find an audience and only attracted around 150,000 pay-per-view buys. In addition, the fight was heavily criticized. Dan Rafael of ESPN called the bout an “abomination” and a “horrible fight” and called for both fighters to retire.

Bernard Hopkins vs. Félix Trinidad

Bernard Hopkins vs. Félix Trinidad, billed as And Then There Was One, was a boxing match that took place on September 29, 2001, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, between WBC & IBF middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins and WBA middleweight champion Félix Trinidad to unify all three titles and decide the first undisputed middleweight champion since Marvin Hagler. The winner would also become The Ring middleweight champion.

At the time of the stoppage, Bernard Hopkins was leading the bout on all three judges’ scorecards. Don Ackerman had the bout 109-100 whilst both Stanley Christodoulou & Anek Hongtongkam scored the bout 107-102 all in favor of Bernard Hopkins. HBO unofficial ringside scorer Harold Lederman had Hopkins up 108-101.

After the fight, Bernard Hopkins was named 2001 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year, and also won this award from the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

Bernard Hopkins Records

As a fighter, Bernard Hopkins held multiple world titles as a middleweight and light heavyweight. Hopkins recorded 55 wins in his nearly three-decade career—including 32 knockouts—against only eight losses, two draws, and two no contests. For more information about his records, click the following link

Bernard Hopkins Net worth

Bernard Hopkins has an estimated net worth of $40 million in 2018, collected from his 54 wins, out of 64 total fights. Bernard Hopkins is one of the greatest middleweight champions, winning ‘The Ring’ middleweight championship, followed by the 2011’s WBA and WBC titles.

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