Fight Date: | October 18, 2008 |
Fight Name: | Unstoppable |
Location: | Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
Fighter1: | Kelly Pavlik |
Nickname1: | The Ghost |
Record1: | 34-0 (30 KO) |
Height1: | 6 ft 2 in |
Weight1: | 169 lb |
Style1: | Orthodox |
Hometown1: | Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
Recognition1: | WBC, WBO, and The Ring middleweight champion The Ring No. 7 ranked pound-for-pound fighter |
Fighter2: | Bernard Hopkins |
Nickname2: | The Executioner |
Record2: | 48-5-1–1 (32 KO) |
Height2: | 6 ft 1 in |
Weight2: | 170 lb |
Style2: | Orthodox |
Hometown2: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Recognition2: | The Ring No. 4 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 2-division world champion |
Result: | Hopkins wins via 12-round unanimous decision (119-106, 118-108, 117-109) |
Kelly Pavlik vs. Bernard Hopkins, billed as Unstoppable, was a boxing match that took place on October 18, 2008, at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, between then-43-year-old Hopkins and 26-year-old Pavlik.
The three judges scored the fight 119-106, 118-108, and 117-109 for Hopkins. The win by Hopkins ended Pavlik's previously unbeaten record, while Hopkins extended his legacy by dominating the then lineal middleweight champion.[1] [2] [3]
Ring Magazine named this fight upset of the year for 2008.[4]
Sports Illustrated also named this fight upset of the year for 2008.[5]