We’ve all heard the saying, age is nothing but a number, and there’s no better proof of that than the ‘Alien’ Bernard Hopkins.
“One fight, one historic fight, one meaningful fight this year,” said Hopkins. “Yeah, absolutely at 51 and I can add – 51 years young – but 51 is 51.”
Hopkins is enjoying a pretty good post-boxing run right now and he doesn’t need to fight but his love for the sport is obviously pulling him back to the ring.
“I did my exercises and letting my body react the way it can react and hopefully, not like a 61-year-old but I feel great, I feel good. It’s good to see another year and I’m looking forward to this being one of my historic years in a lot of ways to add into that big list of historic things that I’ve done. But it’s time to sit back and reflect and I come off the new year and then the first month of the year, I celebrate another milestone or page turn in my life,” said Hopkins.
According to Hopkins his last opponent will have to be a big name and the options aren’t great in the 160-168lb weight class. His best bet would be fighting GGG at 160lbs if the proposed Canelo fight falls through.
If Hopkins actually wants a chance to leave with a victory then he could fight Arthur Abraham for the WBO super-middleweight championship.
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