Photo: DEWALT POWER TOOLS FIGHT NIGHT CLUB 2010 / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
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.
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
- Height
- 185 cm
- Occupation
- boxer
2. Background
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
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Bernard Hopkins born?
Born January 15, 1965 (age 61).
Where is Bernard Hopkins from?
Bernard Hopkins is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
What does Bernard Hopkins do?
Bernard Hopkins works as boxer.
How tall is Bernard Hopkins?
Bernard Hopkins is 185 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.