Bernard Hopkins
20 middleweight title defenses and world champion at 46, the Executioner
Overview
Hopkins served prison time as a youth, turned his life around, and won the middleweight title in 1995. He made a division record 20 defenses, including a masterclass against Felix Trinidad in 2001. In 2011 he beat Jean Pascal at 46 to become the oldest world champion in history, then extended the mark at 48. He unified all four middleweight belts in 2004.
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