Segundo Mercado vs Bernard Hopkins 1 My Scorecard

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1 Hopkins 10-9
2 Hopkins 10-9
3 Hopkins 10-9
4 Mercado 10-9
5 Mercado 10-8
6 Hopkins 10-9
7 Mercado 10-8
8 Mercado 10-9
9 Even 10-10
10 Hopkins 10-9
11 Hopkins 10-9
12 Hopkins 10-9

114-113 Bernard Hopkins.

The knockdowns Mercado scored wern't quite enough to steal the decision IMO. Hopkins come on very strong in later rounds and looked on the verge of stopping Mercado, it was a very close fight and at least 2 rounds could of gone either way, especially the 9th in which IMO was very close with both men exchanging bombs and no one really get the better of it. I have never seen Hopkins look as hurt as he was in this fight, he was wobbled many times and he looked shaky getting up from the 1st knockdown as well. Overall a good brawl and Hopkins showed his Philadelphia heart in this fight to comeback and earn a draw.