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BERNARD HOPKINS WINS - REGISTERS 17th DEFENSE On this day in 2003, Bernard Hopkins closed in on his match with Oscar De La Hoya by beating William Joppy by 12 round unanimous decision. At the time, the key for Hopkins was to just keep winning for two reasons. He already had the record for most middleweight defenses, but wanted to amass as many as time would allow. And although he had demolished Trinidad in a bona fide super-fight, Hopkins had yet to really cash in with a mega-payday. A fight with Oscar would surely do that. His win over Joppy, an accomplished pro and former two-time champ, kept everything moving forward. The fight was the feature bout on a monster card in Atlantic City that showcased several title contests including Ruiz-Rahman, Spinks-Mayorga and Judah-Rangel. The workmanlike Hopkins methodically took Joppy apart brick-by-brick, building his lead jab after jab, right after right, and round after round. Joppy toughed it out for the full 12 rounds, but at the final bell his face was a freakish mask of lumps and bruises. With the win, Hopkins continued his world record title defense streak and moved into position for his 2004 superfight with Oscar De La Hoya.
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| OTHER FIGHT RESULTS ON THIS DATE: | ||||
| 1923 - Battling Owens WDQ5 George Godfrey at Youngstown, OH | ||||
| 1932 - Dick Welsh W8 Johnny Edwards at Alexandria, VA | ||||
| 1935 - Gus Dorazio KO4 Jack Hiller at Philadlephia | ||||
| 1935 - Al Ettore W8 Eddie Miller at Madison Square Garden in New York | ||||
| 1940 - Tommy Forte W10 Pablo Dano at the Cambria A.C. in Northeast Philly (Kensington) | ||||
| 1943 - Eddie Giosa W8 Frankie Carto at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1955 - Sonny Liston TKO4 Larry Watson at East St. Louis, IL | ||||
| 1962 - Johnny Knight KO1 Earl Owens at the Blue Horizon in North Philly | ||||
| 1962 - Jimmy Hairston W8 Cash White at the Blue Horizon in North Philly | ||||
| 1962 - Bennie Briscoe KO3 Dave Wyatt at the Blue Horizon in North Philly | ||||
| 1983 - Charlie 'Choo Choo' Brown KO1 Ruben Munoz, Jr. at the Sands in Atlantic City, NJ | ||||
| 1991 - Bernard Hopkins W10 Willie Lee Kemp at the Atlantic City Convention Center | ||||
| 1997 - Larry Donald W12 Tim Witherspoon at Foxwoods in Ledyard, CT | ||||
| BIRTHDAYS: | ||||
| 1964 - Hugh Kearney | ||||
| DEATHS: | ||||
| 1998 - Sam Solomon | ||||
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