Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins is an American former professional boxer from Philadelphia who fought from 1988 to 2016. He won the vacant IBF middleweight title in 1995, defended it 20 times, and in 2001 unified the division by beating Felix Trinidad, then became undisputed champion in 2004 by beating Oscar De La Hoya, the first man to hold all four major sanctioning body belts together. He moved to light heavyweight and, at age 46 in 2011, became the oldest boxer to win a world championship. Nicknamed the Executioner and later the Alien, he was known for defensive skill and for competing at an advanced age.