{"id":213049,"date":"2016-12-18T11:55:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T19:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=213049"},"modified":"2016-12-18T11:55:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T19:55:28","slug":"video-bernard-hopkins-gets-punched-ring-final-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/bernard-hopkins\/video-bernard-hopkins-gets-punched-ring-final-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Bernard Hopkins gets punched out of the ring in his final fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Smith damn near kills Bernard Hopkins! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HopkinsSmith?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HopkinsSmith<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2dCKBtKXj2\">pic.twitter.com\/2dCKBtKXj2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Sports Junky (@TheSportsJunky1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSportsJunky1\/status\/810357025372860416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/urijah-faber\/mma-community-reacts-urijah-fabers-final-fight\/\">Urijah Faber wasn&#8217;t the only combat sports legend to retire this weekend<\/a>. On Saturday night, 51-year-old boxing legend Bernard Hopkins also competed in the final fight of his career. He did so in his first fight in 15 months, against a hand-picked opponent in the 27-year-old Joe Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Though Hopkins surely would have liked to close out his legendary career with a victory, this would not be the way things unfolded for him. Instead, he was sent careening out of the ring with a blistering, six-punch combination in the eighth round. When he was unable to return to the ring within the referee&#8217;s 20-count, the fight was waved off. Smith had earned a career-altering TKO over one of boxing&#8217;s best ever, and Hopkins had come up short in his swan song.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I injured myself and hit my head first and hurt my ankle,&#8221; Hopkins said of his fall out of the ring (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/18301362\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/18301362\/bernard-hopkins-knocked-ring-joe-smith-jr-final-fight-ex-champ-career\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>). &#8220;I knew of the 20 seconds, but couldn&#8217;t stand up on my feet because my ankle was injured. I said I could walk but I couldn&#8217;t box. I had a choice to make, but I guess the referee made it for me. I know if I hadn&#8217;t made a mess and gotten knocked out of the ring, I would&#8217;ve come back like I&#8217;m known for and would&#8217;ve had my chin.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I knew he was a true champion, and if he didn&#8217;t get injured, he&#8217;d be back here,&#8221; Smith said, echoing his foe&#8217;s sentiments.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In defeat, Hopkins hangs up the gloves with an overall record of 55-8-2. 32 of his wins came by way of knockout. Smith, meanwhile, is now 23-1 overall with 19 KOs.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think the aging Hopkins made the right choice to retire? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Smith damn near kills Bernard Hopkins! #HopkinsSmith pic.twitter.com\/2dCKBtKXj2 &mdash; The Sports Junky (@TheSportsJunky1) December 18, 2016 Urijah Faber wasn&#8217;t the only combat sports legend to retire this weekend. On Saturday night, 51-year-old boxing legend Bernard Hopkins also competed in the final fight of his career. He did so in his first fight in 15 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":213052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10168,2682],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO | Bernard Hopkins gets punched out of the ring in his final fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/bernard-hopkins\/video-bernard-hopkins-gets-punched-ring-final-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIDEO | Bernard Hopkins gets punched out of the ring in his final fight | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Joe Smith damn near kills Bernard Hopkins! #HopkinsSmith pic.twitter.com\/2dCKBtKXj2 &mdash; The Sports Junky (@TheSportsJunky1) December 18, 2016 Urijah Faber wasn&#8217;t the only combat sports legend to retire this weekend. 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