My Take
Bernard Hopkins is one of those fighters who makes you rethink everything you assumed about what a boxer can be. Coming up out of Philadelphia — a city that seems to breed a certain kind of hard-edged resilience — he turned a stretch in Graterford Prison into a launching pad for one of the most disciplined careers in boxing history. The guy held the undisputed middleweight championship from 2001 to 2005, unified all four major belts, and then — just when most fighters are playing golf on their earnings — he went and won a world light heavyweight title in 2011 at age 46, becoming the oldest world champion in the sport's history at the time. Ring magazine gave him a Comeback of the Year and the International Boxing Hall of Fame called in 2020. I've always found Hopkins fascinating not for flash or power, but for pure chess-match intelligence. He's the definition of fighting smarter, not just harder.
Overview
Bernard Hopkins Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016. 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 championship at middleweight from 2001 to 2005, and the lineal championship at light heavyweight from 2011 to 2012.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bernard Hopkins
- Name (Japanese)
- バーナード・ホプキンズ
- Reading
- ばーなーど・ほぷきんず
- Born
- January 15, 1965 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Snake
- Origin
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- boxer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2010 The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year
- WBO World Middleweight Champion
- 2020 International Boxing Hall of Fame
- WBC World Light Heavyweight Champion
- WBC World Middleweight Champion
- IBF World Light Heavyweight Champion
- IBF World Middleweight Champion
- WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.