Bernard "Executioner" Hopkins at 46 years old became the oldest boxer to ever win a world boxing title by clinching the WBC Light Heavyweight Championship over the home town favorite Jean Pascal in their rematch at the Bell Center in Montreal Canada witnessed by a record setting 17,750 fans.
He surpassed the record of George Foreman who won his title at 45 years of age via knockout against Michael Moorer to win the heavyweight crown.
Hopkins demonstrated a masterful tactical fight, wearing down the much younger 28 year old Pascal throughout the fight and finish the latter half of the fight in convincing fashion to overhaul his slow start.
Pascal seemingly dominated the first 4 rounds before Hopkins got the jab going and he clearly was the fresher fighter in the ending rounds, a testament of his superb conditioning despite his age.
Hopkins even showed off at the start of round 7 by doing push ups when he noticed that Pascal was slow going out of his corner.
The "Executioner" proved that he was the superior fighter after he erased the memories of the majority draw he had with Pascal in their first meeting back in December 2010, a match that many believed Hopkins should have won.
