Hopkins vs. Cloud results: Bernard Hopkins wins unanimous decision

Tavoris Cloud had not been making Bernard Hopkins fight a hard full three minutes to any point in their HBO Championship Boxing fight. This had allowed Hopkins to take a lead on most media scorecards that were being posted on Twitter through nine rounds.

Hopkins was able to work multiple jabs in a row early in the tenth round and Cloud’s pace continued to slow. This allowed Hopkins to continue to dictate the pace and when Hopkins is dictating the pace of a fight, he is at his best.

Bernard Hopkins and Tavoris Cloud had engaged in a very close, very competitive fight through eight rounds on HBO Championship Boxing.

With Hopkins at 48 years old and Cloud’s stamina somewhat suspect, there was no certainty of what would happen in the late rounds of the fight. But Hopkins managed to still land some slick combinations, getting in with some single shots and some two punch combos while making Cloud chase and miss.

While SB Nation’s unofficial scorecard only had Bernard Hopkins up on Tavoris Cloud by a single round after seven, it was starting to feel like the fight was slipping away from Cloud.

Hopkins has been able to land clean shots and outclass Cloud as the fight wore on. Hopkins again landed the cleaner shots, letting Cloud pin him to the ropes and slipping his punches and landing slick little uppercuts. Cloud landed a big right hand seconds later though as Cloud picked up the pace and started to bring the fight back closer to even after it felt like things were getting away from him.

Between round of Bernard Hopkins vs. Tavoris Cloud, HBO showed replays that showed that a cut on Tavoris Cloud clearly came from a punch. The referee, however, had decided that the cut came from an accidental headbutt, potentially changing the complexion of the fight completely.

Cloud, knowing that the cut could be a major issue, attempted to come out hard in round seven. Hopkins still got in a few punches of his own in the round as the HBO commentary team said that Cloud’s blood was splattering them at ringside.

Both men came out faster than expected in round six of Bernard Hopkins vs. Tavoris Cloud on HBO Championship Boxing.

After Hopkins had a little success early, he landed a left hook and then Cloud complained that he was also elbowed. Cloud started bleeding over the left eye shortly after, a cut that bled very badly. Hopkins started to land a jab but cloud turned up the heat and landed some decent shots of his own.

Round five of the bout between Bernard Hopkins and Tavoris Cloud saw both men needing to get their game on track a bit more. And, as Hopkins flurried hard early, Cloud returned fire with some hard punches of his own, actually appearing to stun Hopkins briefly and force him to hold to stop the flurry as opposed to to disrupt Cloud’s timing.

Hopkins then tried to get back to working his game, slipping a big shot from Cloud, taunting, landing his own punch but then getting clipped by a hard shot from Cloud. Now Hopkins lands an uppercut and Cloud drew another warning from the referee for punching after the bell.

Bernard Hopkins and Tavoris Cloud had engaged in some after the bell antics after the third round of their HBO Championship Boxing bout and came out in the fourth round with warnings having been given by the ref in the corners.

Hopkins landed a cracking right hand early in the round after two jabs, and then moments later landed a slick left hand counter. After slipping a Cloud punch, Hopkins smiled and laughed at his foe.

With the SB Nation scorecard even at a round a piece after two, Bernard Hopkins and Tavoris Cloud came out, still trying to establish the pattern the fight would follow.

Cloud was able to open up a bit early on but Hopkins did his usual slick job of getting out without taking much damage from it. There is a chance that Hopkins’ slow pace might fail to impress when Cloud is throwing flurries, even if they’re missing. But Hopkins did dig with a hard body shot in the middle of the round. Hopkins worked the jab again and did land a hard right hand over the defense of Cloud.

Bernard Hopkins had landed five punches in the first round of his bout with Tavoris Cloud, but Cloud had only managed to land four.

In the second round, Hopkins attempted to work from the outside and slip Cloud’s punches, and he did a slick job of it for the most part. At one point, Cloud landed a body shot, Hopkins slipped a punch and landed a hard right hand. Cloud went back to the body again and then misses a left hook to the head.