IBF Middleweight Champion Bernard Hopkins travels to the backyard of challenger Andrew Council in defense of his title. Hopkins cuts Council over the left eye and hurts him badly in the sixth round. Moments later, rambunctious Referee Kenny Chevalier deducts the challenger a point for refusing to break on his command. In the next round, Hopkins knocks Council down with a low blow, prompting Chevalier to deduct a point from the champion. When Council returns the favor in the ninth round, he loses a point as well. Chevalier intervenes once more in the twelfth to again dock Council a point for not breaking, leading to a wide unanimous decision for Hopkins, who gets on the house microphone after the bout to issue an open challenge.

Bernard Hopkins vs. Andrew Council

After losing his rematch for the Middleweight Championship to Jermain Taylor, Bernard Hopkins looks to make history elsewhere and jumps to 175 pounds to take on Light Heavyweight Champion and self-proclaimed legend killer Antonio Tarver in what is to be his final bout. In a fight he is expected to lose, Hopkins turns the tables by out punching Tarver, even scoring an official knockdown when Tarver's glove touches the canvas after eating a right hand in the fifth round. Hopkins continues to punish Tarver en route to a wide unanimous decision victory.

Fight To The Finish: Antonio Tarver vs. Bernard Hopkins

A year after their first thrilling battle, Bernard Hopkins again defends the IBF Middleweight Championship against Antwun Echols in a foul-filled fight. In the opening round, Echols complains to Referee Tony Weeks about Hopkins holding and hitting, then clocks Hopkins as the referee is breaking them. Hopkins responds with a shot of his own, and they even brawl after the bell. In the second round, Hopkins wallops Echols on the back of the head, collapsing the challenger on his back. Tired of being held and hit, Echols picks Hopkins up and dumps him on his shoulder early in the sixth round. Rather than settle for a disqualification win, an enraged Hopkins chooses to fight on and lands a left hook in the seventh round that staggers Echols across the ring and knocks him through the ropes to the apron. Hopkins finally loses a point for holding and hitting in the eighth round but finishes Echols and the rivalry in the tenth by battering the challenger around the ring until Weeks ends it.

Bernard Hopkins vs. Andrew Council

Fight To The Finish: Antonio Tarver vs. Bernard Hopkins

Battle For The Belts: Bernard Hopkins vs. Antwun Echols II

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