Bernard Hopkins vs. Beibut Shumenov, billed as History at the Capitol, was a professional boxing match contested on April 19, 2014, for the WBA (super), IBF and IBA light heavyweight titles.

[1] In February 2014, it was announced that reigning IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins and WBA titlist Beibut Shumenov had agreed to a unification bout scheduled for April in Washington D.C., which had been the site of his first world title fight 21 years prior.

[2] Shumenov would make his Golden Boy debut in December, easily defeating Tomáš Kovács by third-round knockout with Hopkins in attendance, putting the Hopkins–Shumenov fight on.

[5] Hopkins got off to slow start, losing the first two rounds on all three scorecards, but found his footing in the third and dominated most of the remainder of the fight.

Following the knockdown, Hopkins would land punches at will for the next round and a half with Shumenov clinching throughout in order to make it to the end of the fight.