10 October 2011

Boxing: LIVE coverage of the WBC Light Heavyweight Fight: Bernard Hopkins v Chad Dawson, only on SKY ARENA (SKY Channel 038) on Sunday October 16.

Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KOs) is a future Hall of Famer, shocking the world by accomplishing more after the age of 40 than most athletes do in their entire careers. After coming up the hard way in the ring, Hopkins won the IBF Middleweight World Title against Segundo Mercado in April of 1995 and he wouldn't surrender the belt for 10 years, defending the title a record 20 times against the likes of John David Jackson, Glen Johnson, Simon Brown, Antwun Echols, Keith Holmes, Felix Trinidad, William Joppy, Oscar de la Hoya and Howard Eastman.

Even after all of those accomplishments, the best was yet to come, as the 46-year-old Hopkins decisioned Pascal in their rematch in May of this year, earning him the WBC and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Titles and true boxing immortality.

At just 29 years old, Chad Dawson (30-1-0, 17 KOs) from New Haven, Connecticut has been considered one of the top fighters in the sport for years and despite his impressive 7-1 record in world title fights, he knows that everything is riding on his October 15 showdown with "The Executioner." He turned professional in 2001 and fluctuated from middleweight to light heavyweight in his early years, winning a WBC Youth title at 160 pounds in 2003 that he defended three times. Over the years, Dawson established himself as one of boxing's best as he scored two wins each over Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson and while he lost his belt to Jean Pascal via decision in August of 2010, a clear-cut win over Adrian Diaconu in May put him right back in line for another world title and the biggest fight of his life.

The WBC Light Heavyweight Fight: Bernard Hopkins v Chad Dawson is available to all SKY domestic Subscribers for $24.99 and will air LIVE on SKY ARENA (SKY Channel 038) Sunday 16th October at 2pm, repeating that evening at 8.30pm.

Don’t miss out. To book now visit www.sky.co.nz/myaccount, call 0800 759 780 or book by remote.

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