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"I keep saying 'I'm different' because it is true and I'm going to prove it once again on July 13," said 48-year-old Bernard Hopkins, referring to his upcoming fight with Karo Murat, who is 19 years younger.

If he gets beyond a mandatory title defense against Karo Murat in July, IBF light heavyweight beltholder Bernard Hopkins would like to face Carl Froch or Lucian Bute. (This story also contains a video of Hopkins accepting Gennady Golovkin's challenge.)

Andre Ward on Bernard Hopkins: "You know, I think this is the first time that I've seen Bernard Hopkins get embraced from the beginning of an event to the end of an event. But, I mean, look how long it took."

In becoming the oldest man to win a major boxing title in addition to becoming a 175-pound beltholder for the third time in his career, Bernard Hopkins says he is the antithesis to athletes like Lance Armstrong.

Tavoris Cloud on Bernard Hopkins' outfit at Wednesday's press conference: "It was funny to just turn around and to just see a grown man with a ski mask on standing there and not saying nothing to nobody."

Washington, D.C.'s Charlie Brotman served as a publicist for Sugar Ray Leonard, and will, yet again, preside over the Inaugural Parade when President Barack Obama is sworn in on Jan. 21.

Washington, D.C.'s Charlie Brotman has touted Sugar Ray Leonard and Riddick Bowe, and will, yet again, preside over the Inaugural Parade when President Barack Obama is sworn in on Jan. 21.

Julio Cesar Chavez's positive post-fight drug test case will be reviewed in February; Plus, a Paul Williams update and a look at 6-foot-5 junior middleweight prospect Alantez Fox.

Former RING light heavyweight and middleweight champ Bernard Hopkins is being targeted for a comeback on March 9 opposite 175-pound titleholders Nathan Cleverly, Beibut Shumenov or Tavoris Cloud.

In advance of the Sergio Martinez-Matthew Macklin RING middleweight title bout on Saturday, Macklin's trainer Buddy McGirt, a former 140-pound and welterweight titleholder, says he would have beaten Manny Pacquiao in his prime.