Bernard Hopkins' wax figure to be unveiled the week leading up to his clash with Chad Dawson
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Hopkins wax figure to be unveiled prior to Dawson fight
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Ripley's Believe Or Not will honor RING and WBC light heavyweight titleholder Bernard Hopkins by unveiling a life-sized wax figure in his likeness during the week leading up to Hopkins' match-up against southpaw Chad Dawson on Oct. 15 at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. The gesture reflects the 46-year-old Hopkins' (52-5-2, 32 KOs) achievement of becoming the oldest man to win a significant world title with his unanimous decision victory over Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KOs) in May of this year. Hopkins earned the middleweight crown on April 29, 1995, with a seventh-round knockout of Segundo Mercado in a rematch of their controversial draw four months earlier, and made a division record 20 title defenses before losing to Jermain Taylor by a split decision on July 16, 2005.
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