Old Man Hopkins Wins

When asked if he was surprised it was a split-decision (though it clearly wasn’t), Hopkins was philosophical about it, saying, “It’s the commission’s job to regulate who made an improper scorecard, it’s not my job to deal with that, my job is get ready to unify all of these light heavyweight belts before I turn 50. I had a great night, I felt great. There’s no definition for special.”

Dave Miller of Freesportspicksdaily.com writes "he fights an above average guy, instead of either of the legitimate light heavyweight champs and people think he's fantastic. let's count it a unification if he can beat stevenson or the other guy. i realize he's going for money in his fights, no matter what claims he makes to the contrary, but he needs to fight one of the 2 guys actually considered the top guys in the weight class. sure, the fact he's still fighting is impressive, but these aren't exactly top fighters he's beating."