Roy Jones Jr. vs Bernard Hopkins

Roy Jones Jr. vs Bernard Hopkins Light Heavyweight April 3rd, 2010 Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Las Vegas Nevada HBO/PPV

HBO Pay Per View is going to offer one of the most important fights of the year this April 3rd. The well experienced Roy Jones Jr. is going to fight against Bernard Hopkins. The fight is going to be held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino located at Las Vegas Nevada.

The fight, which is a really important event for Hopkins to remember the first world event he had against Roy Jones back in 1993 at Washington DC, is going to be scheduled at 11:00 PM ET and broadcasted by PPV.

Hopkins is the favorite now and it is probably because everybody knows that he is going to take back his lost against Jones Jr.in 1993. Both of the fighters are experienced,but at the end, someone has to win.

Roy Jones, Jr. (born January 16, 1969 in Pensacola, Florida) is an American boxer and current NABO and IBC light heavyweight champion. As a professional he has captured IBF championships in the middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions and is commonly regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 1990s by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Jones has an impressive record of 60 fights, 54 wins, 40 by KO, 6 losses, no draws or no contests. He has also been part of the Hollywood arena by interpreting Captain Ballard in The Matrix Reloaded. Jones won the 1984 United States National Junior Olympics in the 119 lb weight division, the 1986 United States National Golden Gloves in the 139 lb (63 kg) weight division and the 1987 United States National Golden Gloves in the 156 lb weight division. He also represented the United State in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games where he got a Silver medal. His most recent bout was against Danny Green where he was defeated by Green in the first round via KO.

On the other hand we have Bernard Hopkins which is known as the Executioner; he held the middleweight World Champion title for 10 years after Jones move to another division. He was born in Philadelphia in 1965,Hopkins is also the first fighter to retain all 4 major boxing governing body belts. Hopkins won 20 fights between 1990-1992, 15 of these he won by knockout and 11 fights in the first round, that is quite a record. This professional fighter holds more records like being the oldest fighter to hold the middleweight championship in professional boxing. His most recent fight was against Carlos Ornelas in Dec. 2009, Hopkins defeated Ornelas in a 12-round bout by unanimous decision.

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