Bernard Hopkins news reveals that "The Alien" will continue fighting despite his age and most recent loss against. Golden Boy Promotions is looking at Gennady Golovkin as one of the next possible opponents.
At 49-years old, Hopkins fought his seventh light heavyweight title bout on Saturday, when he faced up-and-coming prospect Sergey Kovalev of Russia. "The Alien", who put his IBF and WBA titles on the line, unfortunately lost by a wide margin after being dominated on for twelve straight rounds, while being knocked down in the first round.
Bernard Hopkins news reveals that despite these factors, "B-Hop" has decided to carry on with his boxing career. Golden Boy Promotions head honcho Oscar De La Hoya, who ironically had fought Hopkins in the past and is now promoting his fights, spoke about the matter in an interview with Ring TV Online.
"At 49 years old, Bernard Hopkins is a living legend. He will forever solidify his career as one of the world's best to ever lace up the gloves, and I overheard him say he's not done yet," De La Hoya said. "He just faced a guy who was a big, big puncher who had never been past eight rounds and a guy who was 49 years old was able to take him the distance."
Hopkins prides himself as a rare breed of fighter for accomplishing what he had done at his age, hence the nickname "The Alien." This was why De La Hoya was counting on the one big punch that could spell the difference of the fight, in favor of Hopkins.
"As a fighter, I was looking for that one moment and for that one punch that he can land," De La Hoya admitted. I did see Bernard Hopkins have difficulties but I still felt that he was in control and that something wanted to make me believe that he was still in control."
Bernard Hopkins news also reveals that given "B-Hop's" reluctance to finally call it quits, Golden Boy Promotions already has an opponent lined up for his next potential fight.
"He could do down and challenge, let's say, a Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. or he could challenge a fighter like 'Triple G,' who could come up to 170 pounds or 168," De La Hoya said. "Fighters like that, why not?"
