Major Bouts, 2001–02: Middleweights (160 lbs)

Updated July 13, 2018 | Infoplease Staff
DateWinnerLoserResultTitleSite
Nov. 17William JoppyHoward EastmanWm 12WBA*Las Vegas
Dec. 27Erland BetareJoseph SarkodyTKO 4Orleans, France
Feb. 2Bernard HopkinsCarl DanielsTKO 10WBA/WBC/IBFReading, Penn.
Apr. 6Harry SimonArmand KranjcWu 12Copenhagen, Denmark
May 11Felix TrinidadHacine CherifiTKO 4San Juan, Puerto Rico
Oct. 10William JoppyNaotaka HozumiTKO 10WBA*Tokyo
Oct. 16Hacine CherifiChristophe Tendil Wu 10Andrezieux-Bouthéon, France
*William Joppy won the vacant WBA title. Note that Bernard Hopkins is the WBA middleweight “super world champion.”

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Major Bouts, 2001–02
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