Hopkins Interested In A Unification With Shumenov

Last Saturday at a boxing event at the Alamodome in San Antonio ( United States) , the Kazakh boxer Beibut Shumenov (14-1 , 9 KO ) managed to win the title defense of "super" champion WBA heavyweight boxer stopping Slovak Tamas Kovacs (23-1 , 14 KO ) in the third round . 30 years old , Shumenov had not fought since June 2012, after a win on points against the Mexican boxer Enrique Ornelas .

The "super" WBA champion could now have the opportunity of his life in unifying the title against the holder of the IBF belt category , the living legend Bernard Hopkins ( 54-6-2 , 32 KO ) .

Indeed, the American boxer Bernard Hopkins said he closely to unify his belt world champion against Shumenov in March 2014. "As I said , I want to unify all the belts world champion. I now have an opportunity with Bernard Hopkins and I want to fight against him. "- Said Shumenov . "Fighting Hopkins would be an honor . I'd be happy to take this opportunity. Now everything depends on the Golden Boy stable and chain Showtime. "