Follow all the action LIVE from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City when the legendary Bernard Hopkins defends the IBF Light Heavyweight title against mandatory challenger Karo Murat of Germany. The fights begin at 9pm eastern with a two fight undercard that will feature undefeated WBO Middleweight champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin defending against Gabriel Rosado. The card opens up with undefeated knockout artist Deontay Wilder battling Nicolai Firtha.
12 ROUNDS–IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE–BERNARD HOPKINS (53-6-2, 32 KO’S) VS KARO MURAT (25-1-1, 15 KO’S)
Round 1 Hopkins gets in a jab…10-9 Hopkins
Round 2 Uppercut and left from Hopkins..right from Murat..Murat complaining over a hurt side…20-18 Hopkins
Round 3 Murat gets in a hard right…Left..Straught right from Hopkins..Body from Murat…29-28 Hopkins
Round 4 Counter left from Hopkins..body/head…3 punch combos..uppercut…Right from Murat…39-37 Hopkins
Round 5 Ripping straight right from Hopkins..Uppercut o inside..both land good shots after the bell…49-46 Hopkins
Round 6 Hkopkins gets in a body shot..The two tangle…Hopkins goes down and Murat hits him 2 times on the floor..59-55 Hopkins
Round 7 Right from Urat..Wicked Left Hook hurts Murat…follow uo combo……Murat deducted a point for Holding..Tremendous flurry…Hopkins landing better..Counter right…69-63 Hopkins
Round 8 Hard right from Hopkins..Big right again..left..big right..hard ripping right…Murat cut over left eye..Hopkins tallking to the crowd and the camera while avoiding and ripping combinations…79-72 Hopkins
Round 9 Right to the body..Hopkins eats 4 hard hooks in the corner…88-82 Hopkins
Round 10 Murat coming forward..97-92 Hopkins
Round 11 Counter left from Hopkins… jab…uppercut from Murat…left..left from Hopkins off the ropes…Hopkins lands a right..107-101 Hopkins
Round 12 left from Murat..right to head..Hard right from Hopkins hurts a bloody Murat who eats a flurry on the ropes..2 big lefts off the ropes..117-110
117-110; 119-108; 119-108—BERNARD HOPKINS
12 ROUNDS–WBO MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE–PETER QUILLIN (29-0, 21 KO’S) VS GABRIEL ROSADO (21-6, 13 KO’S)
ROUND 1 Quillin landa a left hook..Left to the body…right...10-9 Quillin
Round 2 Hard right to body from Quillin…right..HARD LEFT HOOK TO THE HEAD AND DOWN GOES ROSADO..20-17 Quillin
Round 3 right from Rosado..right inside..Hard left from Quillin..29-27 Quillin
Round 4 Trading right hands//Left from Quillin..Hard left…double left hook..Huge right rocks Quillin and he is holding on at the end of the round…39-36 Quillin
Round 5 Hard stariright from Rosado..right and a flurry…Left to body from Quillin..48-46 Quillin
Round 6 1-2 from Quillin..left hook..Rosado gets in a body shot..right from Quillin..right and left from Rosado…58-56 Quillin
Round 7 Left hook from Rosado…uppercut..uppercut…left from Quillin..straight right..left…Good right from Rosado…68-65 Quillin
Round 8 both trying to work body…Rosado lands a combination in the corner and an uppercut..right over top..77-75 Quillin
Round 9 Combination from Quillin..Good right from Rosado…good right..Left from Quillin..counter left…Rosado bleeding from the left eye...87-84 Quillin
Round 10 Right from Quillin..Doctor to look at Rosado’s eye…FIGHT IS STOPPED
10-ROUNDS–HEAVYWEIGHTS–DEONTAY WILDER (29-0, 29 KO’S) VS NICOLAI FIRTHA (21-10-1, 8 KO’S)
Round 1 Firtha coming after Wilder…hits him with a left..Wilder gets in a right…jab..RIGHT BUCKLES FIRTHA AND DOWN HE GOES…RIGHT TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD AND DOWN GOES FIRTHA..hard left and right…Firtha bleeding from the nose…10-7 Wilder
Round 2..Left and right buckles Firtha…Firtha gets in a right…good right from Wilder..Hard right…right at bell…20-16 Wilder
Round 3 Left hook from Wilder followed by 2 booming rights sSENDS FIRTHA DOWN…30-24 Wilder
Round 4 Left from Wilder…SMASHING RIGHT AND DOWN GOES FIRTHA AND THE FIGHT IS OVER!!!!!