Hopkins-Ornelas Live Round-by-Round Coverage

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The “Broad Street Brawl” between light heavyweights Bernard Hopkins and Enrique Ornelas goes down in Hopkins’ hometown of Philadelphia on Wednesday night. Inside Fights will provide round-by-round coverage of the fight at 8pm ET.

The Roy Jones Jr vs. Danny Green fight will also be televised to the United States on tape delay during the broadcast. Inside Fights will provide a recap for it as well.

Thanks for joining Inside Fights for this live coverage of Hopkins-Ornelas.

Earlier today, Danny Green shocked the world by knocking out Roy Jones Jr. in Sydney, Australia in a single round. We’ll have more commentary on that fight and what this means for both Jones and Bernard Hopkins going forward in a bit.

This card is coming to you from the Liacouras Center on the campus of Temple University, so hopefully the students turned up to produce a good and lively crowd.

Danny Garcia vs. Enrique Colin

First up is the undercard featuring undefeated junior welterweight Danny Garcia against Enrique Colin. Garcia is from Philadelphia and is fighting in his hometown for the first time.

ROUND 1: Colin lands a right hand over the top. Garcia lands with a body shot. Good jab by Garcia. Garcia lands a left hook now. Colin gets in a right. Colin tries to slug with seconds to go and walks into a huge left-right combination that drops him on his hands and knees. Colin beats Steve Smoger’s count and appears okay. Great start for Garcia, who seemed to be pacing himself until the knockdown.

10-8 Garcia

ROUND 2: Garcia hurts Colin with a big right hand seconds in, and Colin tries to hold. Just when it seems Colin has recovered, he walks into a huge right hand that drops him on his face. Smoger starts to count but thinks better of it and waves it off. What a performance by the hometown kid!

Wally Matthews interviews Garcia, who says he kept his composure through training even though he was fighting in his hometown. Garcia says he took Colin out with counter punching, which is true. Both knockdowns came on counter shots. Garcia says he uses his amateur experience to fight smart.

Featherweights are in action next.

Derrick Wilson vs. Guadalupe De Leon

Wilson is undefeated with a draw and has only had six fights while De Leon has lost seven in a row. Hopkins must not be ready to go if this fight is being shown. But he’s all smiles backstage, already gloved up and working out with Naazim Richardson.

ROUND 1: WIlson is all over De Leon to start, looking like he wants to end this quick. De Leon lands a left hook with little effect, and Wilson comes back to pummel him with some left hooks of his own. De Leon lands a few jabs and gets caught with right hands and left hooks from Wilson along the ropes. They trade shots in the corner, with neither gaining a real edge. De Leon fought fairly well, but Wilson just outworked him being the bigger and stronger man.

10-9 Wilson

ROUND 2: Wilson is back on top of De Leon with flurries to start the second. Wilson gets in a right hand and smacks De Leon with another one. De Leon’s best weapon is his jab, which he lands often. Now De Leon unleashes a combination and gets in a right hand. Left hook by Wilson, followed by a straight right and another left hook. De Leon lands a nice left hook and straight right. Wilson answers with a left hook. De Leon starts landing some one-twos now. There’s an uppercut and a left hook by De Leon, and Wilson holds. It was a competitive round, though De Leon seemed to take it on activity.

10-9 De Leon

ROUND 3: Wilson starts with a left hook. De Leon lands a right hand. Wilson comes over a jab with a straight right. De Leon catches Wilson with a jab. Wilson lands a solid right hand. De Leon continues to come on with a right to the head and a body shot. One-two and left hook lands for De Leon. Wilson lands an uppercut and a straight right, but there’s so little on his punches. De Leon lands a right and takes one in return. Wilson looks gassed already in round three of this four-round fight. De Leon has taken the lead with one round to go.

10-9 De Leon

ROUND 4: They trade head-turning shots to start, and Wilson looks committed to making a stand. De Leon’s jab can’t miss. Wilson isn’t doing much. Wilson lands a big left hook. De Leon turns Wilson’s head with a one-two. Wilson lands a right hand but takes a bigger one. Wilson drops his hands, and De Leon makes him fight. Wilson fights back with some left hooks, and the round is on the table with 30 seconds left. De Leon lands two jabs. Wilson lands another left hook but takes one back. The fight ends with a close round in which Wilson landed bigger shots and De Leon landed more. The guy who finished stronger gets the round and wins the fight on this card.

10-9 De Leon

Inside Fights has it 39-37 De Leon

De Leon has won the fight on a split decision by scores of 39-37 twice, while the other card was 39-37 for Wilson.

It’s not often that a guy with a 7-9 record will top an undefeated prospect. Wilson has a long way to go in the sport if he can’t go a hard four rounds. It’s a good win for De Leon.

Hopkins is up next.

Bernard Hopkins vs. Enrique Ornelas

Ornelas comes out for the biggest fight of his career. Ornelas has actually served as Hopkins’ sparring partner in the past, particularly for Hopkins’ fight against Winky Wright, and claims he didn’t show Hopkins everything he had in the gym. He’s all smiles in the ring.

Hopkins gets a WCW-style ring introduction, with the ring announcer talking about his entire career. The ring announcer says, “We can all take a page out of his book,” suggesting how long Hopkins has been around. A minute later, the ring announcer is still talking about Hopkins beating “Felix Tito Trinidad for eleven rounds…and knocked him out in the twelfth round so there would be no doubt in anybody’s mind who the undisputed champion would be.” Hopkins still hasn’t started his ring walk after that lengthy introduction that he probably wrote himself. The Philadelphia fans give a pretty strong reaction but nothing over-the-top.

Hopkins does not wear his executioner’s mask into the ring but does give his fans the trademark “off with his head” salute. Now the crowd chants, “B-Hop.”

The referee, because the referee always has his hands full in a Hopkins fight, is unknown Gary Rosato.

Ornelas gets booed but grins anyway. Hopkins walks around, nodding to the crowd. He holds his hands up in the “X” and points to Ornelas, who points back. Hopkins doesn’t look at Ornelas once during Rosato’s instructions.

ROUND 1: Ornelas lands a body shot. Hopkins fakes a right and nails Ornelas with a left hook. Ornelas gets in a little left hook of his own. Hopkins with a jab to the body. Hopkins gets in a little left hook and an uppercut. Hopkins leans in and lands a left hook. He is looking very comfortable in there, avoiding most of Ornelas’ advances with ease. Ornelas gets some body work done and lands a right hand as Hopkins backs off. Ornelas gets in a left hook and a body shot. Hopkins answers with a lead right. Close round that Ornelas might have edged on activity, but Hopkins’ punches were better.

10-9 Hopkins

ROUND 2: Hopkins clinches and hits Ornelas with a right. He is warned for holding and hitting. Hopkins digs in with a body shot. Ornelas lands a body shot and a right hand in return, but Hopkins fires back with a right. Hopkins shoots a straight right into Ornelas’ glove, and they get sloppy, pulling each other’s head down. Hopkins lands a left hook. Ornelas lunges in and lands a body shot, but Hopkins does the usual holding and hitting. Ornelas lands a good jab. Hopkins leans over and shakes his arms out like he’s just getting warmed up. And he probably is. Ornelas jumps on Hopkins and stuffs in a left hook, but his shots aren’t clean.

10-9 Hopkins

ROUND 3: Michael Vick is in attendance. Hopkins is just holding and hitting at this point, so Ornelas hits him back, and, somehow, he gets warned. That’s the brilliance of Hopkins. Ornelas walks into a well-placed left hook by Hopkins. They finally start slugging it out, and Ornelas starts landing. Ornelas attacks and walks into another left hook, and this one shakes him up as he backs off. Ornelas has come to fight, but he keeps running into the traps Hopkins is setting for him.

10-9 Hopkins

ROUND 4: All holding and hitting early into round four. Hopkins scores with a clean right hand, but Ornelas fights back and tags Hopkins with a good right hand of his own. Ornelas comes in and catches Hopkins with a left hook against the ropes. Hopkins lands his own left hook but takes an uppercut from Ornelas. Hopkins is trying to smother Ornelas on the ropes, but Ornelas is smacking in shots. Ornelas ducks a straight right and gets in a left hook. This one goes to Ornelas.

10-9 Ornelas

ROUND 5: Ornelas lands a long right as the crowd chants, “B-Hop.” Another right by Ornelas as Hopkins is mostly just holding and hitting. Now Hopkins steps in and turns Ornelas’ head with a left hook. Ornelas tries to fight back and walks into another one. They clash heads as Ornelas really wanted to answer those shots and couldn’t. Hopkins holds, so Ornelas works him to the body. Hopkins lands a body shot, and that freezes Ornelas up momentarily. Hopkins just pins Ornelas on the ropes and strikes at the body, but Ornelas fights back hard. Hopkins bulls in with his head, and the bell ends a good round for Hopkins.

10-9 Hopkins

ROUND 6: Ornelas walks into a combination from Hopkins, including an uppercut that knocks his head straight up. Hopkins walks into a right hand now as a good fight is brewing. Ornelas is having more success against Hopkins than Kelly Pavlik, Wright or Antonio Tarver had at this point in terms of the shots he’s landed, though he is taking some big shots in return. Ornelas lands a right and takes a head butt from Hopkins on the ropes. Hopkins still looks fresh as he lands two clean right hands. Hopkins walks into a right from Ornelas but finishes the round working the body.

10-9 Hopkins

ROUND 7: Hopkins ducks a three-punch combination from Ornelas. Hopkins pumps the jab and shoots a straight right across Ornelas’ nose. Ornelas wants to slug and eats a right hand. Ornelas fires a combination and gets drilled by a counter right hand from Hopkins. That was a beauty, and Hopkins knew it as he winds his glove up. Ornelas looks like he’s losing steam fast now as he stumbles into a corner. Hopkins lands a jab. Ornelas walks into a left hook and ends the round covering up to protect himself. Hopkins appears to have taken the fight over for good.

10-9 Hopkins

ROUND 8: Ornelas’ mouth was hanging open at the end of that last round, so he might not see the finish line if Hopkins turns it up. Hopkins seems to have taken his foot off the gas this round though. Hopkins lands a big right on the ropes midway through. Ornelas goes on the attack, and Hopkins pushes him to a knee. Rosato tells them to keep it clean as he calls time. Ornelas tries to slug to end the round and gets his head slammed back with a big counter right hand from Hopkins.

10-9 Hopkins

ROUND 9: Hopkins scores with a body shot about halfway through the round. Two more follow that, and he ducks Ornelas’ counters. Ornelas lands a body shot but eats a left hook. Ornelas jumps into a big right hand from Hopkins but stays on his feet. He is showing his chin the longer he hangs in there, but Hopkins isn’t exactly trying to take him out either. He should. He hasn’t scored a knockout in over five years and could use one.

10-9 Hopkins

ROUND 10: Hopkins knocks Ornelas back with a left hook and dances. He’s walking Ornelas down now and digging to the body. Ornelas takes a left hook and a right hand but continues punching. The crowd chants, “B-Hop,” trying to urge him to a knockout. Ornelas gets in a left hook now. Hopkins shoots a straight right to the head. Ornelas battles back and smacks in a right hand. Ornelas tries punching into a ducking Hopkins’ head but gets stopped by Rosato. Ornelas shoots a right and catches an uppercut. Hopkins backs Ornelas off with a left hook and grins at him.

10-9 Hopkins

ROUND 11: Hopkins snaps Ornelas’ head with a perfect right-left combination. Ornelas steps in and eats a jab. Hopkins steps in and busts Ornelas with a right hand before throwing his shoulder into Ornelas’ nose. Ornelas tries a combination and catches a left-right in return. Rosato calls time to have the tape on Hopkins’ glove cut off. Ornelas corners Hopkins only to take a right hand to the head. Hopkins scores with two more right hands before the bell.

10-9 Hopkins

ROUND 12: Hopkins should have this fight well in hand, with Ornelas needing a knockout. They trade right hands right away, giving the fans a brief war. But they hit heads, and Ornelas walks away in anger. His left eye looks in bad shape. They’re just clinching now, but Hopkins fights out and starts wailing away on Ornelas against the ropes. He’s trying for the knockout with half the round left, but Ornelas clinches. Ornelas stumbles around the ring he’s so gassed. Meanwhile, Hopkins looks like he hasn’t even gone four rounds. Hopkins lands a big uppercut and jumps all over Ornelas with right hands and body shots, but the bell ends the fight. Wally thinks Hopkins was on the verge of stopping Ornelas, but it didn’t look like it.

10-9 Hopkins

Inside Fights has it 119-109.

Wally gave Ornelas three rounds along the way: one, four and ten.

Ornelas celebrates his payday with a backflip off the top rope. Hopkins mounts the ropes and points into the crowd.

Hopkins wins by unanimous decision by scores of 120-109, 119-109 and 118-110.

Vick is in the ring and congratulates Hopkins.

Throughout the telecast, the commentators have been talking about the Roy Jones-Danny Green fight from earlier in Sydney, first hinting that Jones lost and then outright saying it during Hopkins’ fight.

Jones caught an awkward straight right hand to the side of the head a minute into the fight and instantly went down in the corner. It wasn’t a big shot by any means, but Roy crumpled to the canvas like it was a bomb. Jones covered up and didn’t punch back as Green pummeled his body and gloves on the ropes. After thirty seconds of that, Roy wobbled, and the referee decided to stop it.

Hopkins says he blocked this out of his mind, though he knew Jones had lost. He says a man that is a legend is supposed to go out better than the way Jones did. Hopkins is suggesting it was a bad stoppage given Jones’ status and that he’s supposed to get the benefit of the doubt.

Hopkins says this does nothing to his plans and suggests Jones lost because he went to “Europe,” though Jones was in Australia. He says he would never go fight in Europe. Hopkins says it’s still a big fight because Roy lost on his feet and not knocked out on his back. This is bizarre hearing Hopkins justify proceeding with a fight with Jones.

He gives Ornelas credit as a tough opponent. He puts Ornelas over as more than a sparring partner. Hopkins says his energy level was fantastic and that he’s going to be the heavyweight champion of the world in 2010. Hopkins repeats it in case the announcers didn’t catch it: heavyweight champion in 2010.

This concludes our live coverage. Thanks for following along and stay tuned for more on Hopkins’ future plans.