46-year-old Bernard Hopkins rematches current WBC, IBO and Ring Magazine light heavyweight champion, Jean Pascal on Saturday, May 21, 2011. Their first bout was ruled a draw after Pascal scored two early knockdowns before Hopkins took control of the bout as Pascal tired. Despite an immediate reaction after the first bout that Hopkins did not want the rematch to take place in Canada, feeling he had been wronged by hometown favoritism the first time around, the rematch takes place at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Bernard Hopkins Vs. Jean Pascal II: News, Updates And Information
Hopkins will be 46 years, 4 months old on fight night. If he wins, he would move past George Foreman (45 years, 10 months) for the oldest man to win a major boxing championship.
For Pascal, a win would add a very recognizable name to his resume and possibly set up a future rematch with Carl Froch (the only man to defeat him), Chad Dawson (who Pascal defeated in 2009) or a “Canadian Superfight” against Lucian Bute.
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