By AL STOVER
Staff Reporter 

It's great to see older athletes continuing to compete at high level

 

Last updated 11/14/2014 at 11:58am



Age is a funny thing when it comes to sports. Take former light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins, who is still competing at 49 years old.

Hopkins lost his fight against undefeated Russian fighter Sergey “The Crusher” Kovalev, Saturday, Nov. 8, in their light heavyweight unification title in Atlantic City, N.J.

Kovalev dropped Hopkins in the first round and from there went on to win a one-sided fight in front of a crowd of 8,545 at Boardwalk Hall, a place where Hopkins had some of his best triumphs in his career, including wins over Antonio Tarver, Kelly Pavlik and Kauro Morat. Whi...



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