CompuBox takes a look at the career milestones of Bernard "The Alien" Hopkins, who later tonight will face Sergey Kovalev in a WBA/IBF/WBO light heavyweight showdown at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

AT 49 YRS., 314 DAYS, HOPKINS IS OLDEST MAN TO HOLD A MAJOR WORLD TITLE

AT 49 YRS., 111 DAYS, HOPKINS BROKE OWN RECORD FOR OLDEST MAN EVER TO WIN A MAJOR TITLE (W 12 BEIBIT SHUMENOV, 4/19/14)

HOLDS RECORD FOR OLDEST FIGHTER TO RETAIN TITLE (49 YRS., 111 DAYS, W 12 BEIBUT SHUMENOV)

313 TITLE FIGHT ROUNDS THIRD MOST IN BOXING HISTORY (Emile Griffith 339, Abe Attell 337)

FORMER UNDISPUTED MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION  (’95-’05) AND WBC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ('11-'12)

SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP A RECORD 20 TIMES
(RECORD FOR ALL WEIGHT CLASSES, 25,  JOE LOUIS, HEAVYWEIGHT)

ONLY JOE LOUIS (Heavyweight- 11 yrs., 254 days), JOHNNY KILBANE (Featherweight- 11 yrs., 103 days) and JOE CALZAGHE (Super Middleweight- 10 yrs., 353 days) HELD ONE TITLE BELT LONGER THAN HOPKINS (10 yrs., 82 days)

WAS UNDEFEATED FOR MORE THAN 12 YEARS PRIOR TO FIRST TAYLOR LOSS (7/16/05)

24-4-2, (1 nc, 1 nd), 13 KOs IN TITLE  FIGHTS (a win over Kovalev would place Hopkins in a tie for third place for most title fight wins. Chavez-31; Joe Louis- 26; Michalczewski-25; Narvaez-25; Ricardo Lopez-25.)