Kazakhstan's Shumenov lost to Hopkins

ASTANA. KAZINFORM Already the oldest boxer in history to hold a world championship, Bernard Hopkins, 49, became the oldest one to win a unification bout held Saturday night in Washington, DC as he captured a split 12-round decision over Beibut Shumenov of Kazakhstan, sports. kz reports.

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The split decision comes via scores of 116-111 to Hopkins, 114-113 to Shumenov and 116-111 for Hopkins. Shumenov, 30, commenting on the results of this fight said that he is kind of angry that he had lost the fight. "I am a warrior, but I failed to win," he added.