WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernard Hopkins says he’s representing the “40-and-up club” as he tries to become the oldest fighter to unify world titles.
At age 49, the IBF light heavyweight will try to capture the WBA and IBA belts from Beibut Shumenov on Saturday at the D.C. Armory.
Hopkins’s record is 54-6-2, and he won his first world championship when Shumenov was 11 years old.
Says Hopkins: “I’m defending something bigger than my title — my legendary, 20-plus-year legacy. That’s more important than anything around my waist.”
