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Brawl on video: Hopkins loses it over Pascal PED allegation

Bernard Hopkins has gotten testy and even violent at boxing press events before. BHop is an old-school fighter when it comes to selling a fight, he's admitted he'll go the extra distance to add some heat. This time it was different.

Hopkins wasn't under control and Pascal really got under his skin when he start screaming for the future Hall of Famer to take drug test to prove he's clean.

"He ambushed the whole press conference as far as talking about the fight. He was accusing me of my last fight that I shouldn't have been as good, as fast, as strong, and I competed," Hopkins told WFAN in New York. "Whatever he was thinking he was desperate and he started saying 'take a test, take a blood test, take this, take that.'"

Hopkins was really irked when Pascal tried to connect the dots between he and Shane Mosley.

"Then he started bringing up that I was a friend of Nazim Richardson, who has been my trainer for years, and Nazim Richardson trains Sugar Shane Mosley and we know Sugar Shane Mosley has been involved in things in the past. That has nothing to do with me. My career has been 23 years and that's the first time and the only time, that I heard some ridiculous allegations. But guess what? I told the people to stay focused and I told the media to stay focused because when a guy is scared and Pascal didn't want to fight this fight a second time. He was forced by the sanctioning bodies of the WBC."

Hopkins got physical when Pascal tried to put his arm around him (0:21 mark and then he threw a punch when Pascal threw his hand in the Philadelphian's direction.

Pascal defends his title against Hopkins at the Bell Centre in Montreal on May 21. The HBO-televised card also features Chad Dawson against Adrian Diaconu.

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Ortiz might fight Kotelnik on Khan-Maidana card

The handlers of Victor Ortiz and Andreas Kotelnik are trying to put together a fight between the junior welterweight contenders on the Amir Khan-Marcos Maidana card on Dec. 11 in Las Vegas."I talked to Don King [Kotelnik's promoter] today," said Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions, Ortiz's promoter. "We're apart on the money but hopefully in the next day or so we can bridge it and get it done. It would be a great addition to the card."The fight would provide Ortiz (28-2-1, 22 knockouts) another good opportunity to improve his standing in a deep 140-pound division.Kotelnik (31-4-1, 13 KOs), a former titleholder, has already fought three top junior welterweights. He defeated Maidana by a split decision in Germany before losing a one-sided decisions to Khan and a close decision to Devon Alexander.The tough Ukrainian has never been knocked out."Victor can make a statement with Kotelnik," Schaefer said. "Maidana lost a controversial decision to him, Amir obviously beat him and Alexander, a great fighter, looked ordinary against him. Let's see what Victor can do."... Let's say Victor knocks out Kotelnik, something no one has done. That would be a big statement."Schaefer said he probably would turn to Kaiser Mabuza if he can't reach a deal with King.Former junior middleweight contender James Kirkland, out of prison after 18 months, also is expected to fight on the Dec. 11 card. His opponent has yet to be determined.

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Hernandez stops Anchondo in fourth round

Freddy Hernandez remained in the welterweight title hunt with an impressive fourth-round knockout of former junior lightweight titleholder Mike Anchondo on Saturday in Primm, Nev.Anchondo, who had a five-inch height disadvantage, fought aggressively but was too easy to hit and couldn't handle the power in Hernandez's consistent right hand.Hernandez (31-2, 19 knockouts) wobbled Anchondo (30-3, 19 KOs) with a hard right to the chin early in the fourth round and put him down seconds later with barrage of punches. Anchondo got up and was able to hold on for a while but never fully recovered. Referee Robert Byrd ended it at 1:38 with Anchondo taking unanswered punches against the ropes.Hernandez has now had impressive victories in back-to-back fights, having stopped DeMarcus Corley in five rounds in February.The Los Angeles-based Mexican hopes to get a shot at Andre Berto's title, although Berto has been negotiating with Selcuk Aydin for a bout on the Juan Manuel Marquez-Michael Katsidis card on Nov. 27 in Las Vegas.Hernandez, 31, has never fought for a belt.In a preliminary bout, Luis Franco, another Olympian who defected from Cuba last year, defeated Wilton Hilario by a unanimous decision in an eight-round junior lightweight bout.Franco (7-0, 5 KOs) didn't have an easy time against Hilario (12-2-1, 9 KOs), who was warned for repeated head butts and low blows but also never stopped attacking Franco. However, the Cuban withstood the pressure and was always in control.

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Mendy Ready To Go After IBF Champion Bute Saturday Night

By talking to Jean-Paul Mendy (IBF #1), and seeing the confidence he possesses, you'd almost think that he was the champion defending his title on Saturday night, rather than the other way around.
Few fighters, in his position would be able to possess such a calm and collective demeanor, but for Mendy his fight [...]

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Hernandez stops Anchondo in fourth round

Freddy Hernandez remained in the welterweight title hunt with an impressive fourth-round knockout of former junior lightweight titleholder Mike Anchondo on Saturday in Primm, Nev.Anchondo, who had a five-inch height disadvantage, fought aggressively but was too easy to hit and couldn't handle the power in Hernandez's consistent right hand.Hernandez (31-2, 19 knockouts) wobbled Anchondo (30-3, 19 KOs) with a hard right to the chin early in the fourth round and put him down seconds later with barrage of punches. Anchondo got up and was able to hold on for a while but never fully recovered. Referee Robert Byrd ended it at 1:38 with Anchondo taking unanswered punches against the ropes.Hernandez has now had impressive victories in back-to-back fights, having stopped DeMarcus Corley in five rounds in February.The Los Angeles-based Mexican hopes to get a shot at Andre Berto's title, although Berto has been negotiating with Selcuk Aydin for a bout on the Juan Manuel Marquez-Michael Katsidis card on Nov. 27 in Las Vegas.Hernandez, 31, has never fought for a belt.In a preliminary bout, Luis Franco, another Olympian who defected from Cuba last year, defeated Wilton Hilario by a unanimous decision in an eight-round junior lightweight bout.Franco (7-0, 5 KOs) didn't have an easy time against Hilario (12-2-1, 9 KOs), who was warned for repeated head butts and low blows but also never stopped attacking Franco. However, the Cuban withstood the pressure and was always in control.

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Big July coming up for Huck

Inside and outside the ring, July will be a special month for WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco ?Captain? Huck. The 26-year-old power puncher (32-1, 23 KOs) will make the seventh defence of his title against Hugo Hernan Garay (34-5, 18 KO�s) in Munich on July 16 before getting married two weeks later. ?The next weeks will be huge for me,? he said. ?Of course I want to get married as world champion. That�s why I have to take care of business against Garay.?

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