Bernard Hopkins will be back in the ring Saturday night as the true Light-Heavyweight champion fresh off his first defense against top-pound-4-pound fighter Winky Wright. Hopkins’s will be met by a motivated Joe Calzaghe that is out to show that the 43-year old is indeed an old man. It can be argued that the Philly fighter has only been beaten once in his career by Roy Jones Jr. almost 15 years ago. Bernard Hopkins is a +190 boxing betting underdog at Bodoglife.com.

The 6’1” Hopkins fought most of his career as a 160 Lb. fighter but he has transformed himself into a rock solid 175 Lb. boxer with the help of fitness guru Mackie Shilstone. Hopkins is currently being trained by Freddie Roach and John David Jackson who add to the brilliant boxing IQ that Hopkins possess. Few fighters in the game are as tough as Hopkins who has an unflappable will and chin.

Bernard still has agility but he has lost a couple steps in the speed department. As a boxer Bernard can pretty much adapt to any style and he can do everything very well: Slug, box, counterpunch or be slick. B-Hop has pretty much every punch in the book but his left hook has the most juice. Hopkins is still regarded as a top pound-4-pound fighter but his fighting odometer is running high.  

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