Sports history was made Saturday night when Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO's), at 46 years old, defeated 28-year-old former WBC and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Champion Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO's), making Hopkins the oldest fighter in boxing history to win a significant world title.  Not only did Hopkins take the belts from Pascal in front of 17,560 fans in his hometown of Montreal (an indoor boxing event record in Canada), but he defeated father time once again and solidified his place as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete over the age of 40.   

With his unanimous decision victory, Hopkins became boxing's oldest world champion, breaking George Foreman's record, which was set 16 and half years ago.  Foreman, who was 45 when he knocked out Michael Moorer for the heavyweight title on November 5, 1994, was 192 days younger than Hopkins when he captured his title.

George Foreman's Reaction:

"I was on the edge of my seat every round.  It was such an exciting fight.  Bernard was the better athlete, the smarter fighter and was in the better condition. Now that a 46 [year-old] has done it, next a 47[year-old], a 48[year-old], a 49[year-old] and a 50 [year-old] will do it, and if somebody does it at 60, then I'll have to get back in there.

"Look, Hopkins did push-ups.  What great conditioning, and he did it in Pascal hometown.  Isn't that something?  He was just so much better.  I'm happy for Hopkins and I'm happy for mature athletes.

"If my record goes down, you want to see it go down that way.  If it was the Olympics, Bernard gets the Gold Medal and breaks the record for the world championship.  This was the best I've seen Bernard take charge of the fight with a young strong champion like Pascal.  Long live the king."