The Beltway Brawl: Bernard Hopkins vs. Segundo Mercado II

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Four months after fighting to a controversial draw, Bernard Hopkins and Segundo Mercado face off a second time for the vacant IBF Middleweight Championship. On his third attempt at gold, Hopkins claims the title with a dominant performance, hurting Mercado in rounds three, four and five and eventually stopping him on his feet when Referee Rudy Battle halts the contest in the seventh after looking into Mercado's eyes.