Bernard Hopkins

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human professional boxer

Bernard Hopkins is an American former professional boxer renowned for his longevity, defensive mastery, and reign as a multiple-time world champion in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions.

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Label	Occurrences
Bernard Hopkins canonical	12
Bernard Humphrey Hopkins Jr.	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T462102 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bernard Hopkins
Context triple: [Don King, workedWith, Bernard Hopkins]

A. Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes is an American former professional boxer best known as the long-reigning WBC and IBF heavyweight champion who successfully defended his title 20 times between 1978 and 1985.
B. Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield is an American former professional boxer and undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, best known for his epic bouts with Mike Tyson and Riddick Bowe.
C. Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson is a former American heavyweight boxing champion renowned for his explosive power, intimidating style, and status as one of the most famous and controversial figures in boxing history.
D. Don King
Don King is an American boxing promoter famous for organizing some of the sport’s biggest championship fights and for his flamboyant, controversial public persona.
E. Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali was an American heavyweight boxing champion renowned for his exceptional skill, charismatic personality, and influential role in sports and civil rights history.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bernard Hopkins
Target entity description: Bernard Hopkins is an American former professional boxer renowned for his longevity, defensive mastery, and reign as a multiple-time world champion in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions.

A. Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes is an American former professional boxer best known as the long-reigning WBC and IBF heavyweight champion who successfully defended his title 20 times between 1978 and 1985.
B. Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield is an American former professional boxer and undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, best known for his epic bouts with Mike Tyson and Riddick Bowe.
C. Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson is a former American heavyweight boxing champion renowned for his explosive power, intimidating style, and status as one of the most famous and controversial figures in boxing history.
D. Don King
Don King is an American boxing promoter famous for organizing some of the sport’s biggest championship fights and for his flamboyant, controversial public persona.
E. Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali was an American heavyweight boxing champion renowned for his exceptional skill, charismatic personality, and influential role in sports and civil rights history.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ professional boxer ⓘ
achievement	first boxer to simultaneously hold WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO middleweight titles ⓘ oldest boxer to unify world titles ⓘ oldest boxer to win a world title ⓘ undisputed middleweight champion ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1965-01-15 ⓘ
defeated	Antonio Tarver ⓘ Felix Trinidad ⓘ surface form: Félix Trinidad Jean Pascal ⓘ Kelly Pavlik ⓘ Oscar De La Hoya ⓘ
employer	Golden Boy Promotions ⓘ
familyName	Hopkins ⓘ
fullName	Bernard Hopkins self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bernard Humphrey Hopkins Jr.
givenName	Bernard ⓘ
heldTitle	IBF middleweight title ⓘ IBO light heavyweight title ⓘ The Ring light heavyweight title ⓘ The Ring middleweight title ⓘ WBA (Super) middleweight title ⓘ WBC light heavyweight title ⓘ WBC middleweight title ⓘ WBO middleweight title ⓘ lineal light heavyweight title ⓘ lineal middleweight title ⓘ
knownFor	counterpunching ability ⓘ defensive boxing skills ⓘ longevity in boxing ⓘ ring intelligence ⓘ
lostTo	Jermain Taylor ⓘ Joe Calzaghe ⓘ Joe Smith Jr. ⓘ Sergey Kovalev ⓘ
memberOf	International Boxing Hall of Fame ⓘ
nickname	B-Hop ⓘ The Alien ⓘ The Executioner ⓘ
occupation	boxing promoter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
professionalRecordDraws	2 ⓘ
professionalRecordKOs	32 ⓘ
professionalRecordLosses	8 ⓘ
professionalRecordNoContests	2 ⓘ
professionalRecordWins	55 ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
residence	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
retiredIn	2016 ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sport	boxing ⓘ
stance	orthodox stance ⓘ
turnedProfessional	1988 ⓘ
weightClass	light heavyweight ⓘ middleweight ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Don King → workedWith → Bernard Hopkins ⓘ

Bernard Hopkins → fullName → Bernard Hopkins self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bernard Humphrey Hopkins Jr.

Felix Trinidad → lostTo → Bernard Hopkins ⓘ

subject surface form: Félix Trinidad

Jean Pascal → fought → Bernard Hopkins ⓘ

Jermain Taylor → opponentDefeated → Bernard Hopkins ⓘ

The Executioner → refersTo → Bernard Hopkins ⓘ

B-Hop → realName → Bernard Hopkins ⓘ

The Alien → refersTo → Bernard Hopkins ⓘ

The Alien → nicknameOf → Bernard Hopkins ⓘ

Kelly Pavlik → lostTo → Bernard Hopkins ⓘ

Joe Calzaghe → notableVictoryOver → Bernard Hopkins ⓘ

Joe Smith Jr. → defeated → Bernard Hopkins ⓘ

Golden Boy Promotions → hasPromoted → Bernard Hopkins ⓘ

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