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THE WBC AND THE HISTORIC MOMENTS WITH HBO. BERNARD HOPKINS BECOMES THE OLDEST FIGHTER IN HISTORY TO BECOME WORLD CHAMPION PhilBoxing.com Wed, 25 May 2011  Saturday May 21, 2011 has been recorded as one of the greatest nights in the history of boxing. Bernard Hopkins, at age 46, performed with excellence and defeated in a dramatic fight WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal at a sold out Bell Center in Montreal, Canada. WBC President, Jose Sulaiman from Mexico, is extremely proud of the great effort that Jean Pascal showcased trying to defend his championship but Bernard Hopkins was determined and was ready to make history. ?The WBC has a long historic relation with HBO. HBO has promoted some of the best fights in the history of our sport and some of the best champions as well. The leadership of Ross Greenburg and the HBO Executives had held boxing to great moments and have held many fighters to make large amount of money bringing to boxing fans around the world historic and memorable fights?. ?I met Ross Greenburg since the late seventies and I perfectly remember when in 1983 Ross represented HBO at the UN Building to receive a special award from the WBC?. Some of the greatest WBC moments with HBO are: 1. George Foreman knocked out Joe Frazier in 2 rounds on January 22, 1973, in Kingston, Jamaica and won the WBC heavyweight world championship. 2. Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in 8 rounds on October 30, 1974, in the historic ?Rumble in the Jungle? in Zaire, Africa, to re-conquer the heavyweight world championship. 3. The famous ?Thrilla in Manila? when Ali defeated Frazier in 14 rounds, on October 1, 1975. 4. The crowning of the youngest heavyweight champion in history, Mike Tyson on November 22, 1986. 5. The greatest comeback in boxing history when sugar Ray Leonard defeated Marvin Hagler on April 6,1987 at Caesars Palace. 6. The biggest upset in boxing history, when Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson in Tokyo, Japan on February 11, 1990 7. Two of the greatest trilogies in boxing history Morales vs. Barrera and Gatti vs. Ward. 8. The greatestmost dramatic ending of a fight when Julio Cesar Chavez knocked out Meldrick Taylor with 2 seconds remaining in the clock, on March 17, 1990. 9. The so many thrilling moments of the Golden Boy Oscar de la Hoya career in the late nineties and the 2000?s. 10. The first and only heavyweight championship ever held in Mexico, when Samuel Peter knocked out Oleg Maskaev in Cancun, Mexico in 2008. 11. The rise to glory of Manny Pacquiao in the recent past. This historic moment of Bernard Hopkins defeating Jean Pascal, winning the third Diamond WBC championship belt ever, and becoming the oldest world champion in the history of boxing, is without a doubt one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of our sport; it was a great fight, defeating a great champion in front of a great crowd; boxing is once again at the top of the world. The WBC and Jose Sulaiman, President, have always been very proud of having been a top source of great fights by our highly respected HBO and its solid leadership by Ross Greenburg, which has benefited boxers and boxing. Jose Sulaiman Ch. President  |
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