Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson was a boxing match contested for the WBC and The Ring light heavyweight championships.

[3] On December 13, the California State Athletic Commission, whose results are official and binding, overturned Russell's original technical knockout decision and declared the fight a no contest.

[6] During the course of the fight Hopkins landed many more punches than the champion (131 to 70 total)[7] and won a unanimous decision despite the referee not counting two potential knockdowns when Pascal's glove touched the canvas.

Hopkins won a closer decision due to those calls, but with his victory he broke the record held by George Foreman as the oldest professional boxing champion ever.

On October 20, the WBC announced that it agreed that Dawson had thrown and pushed Hopkins with intent to injure him, and its new decision is a technical draw.

On December 13, the California State Athletic Commission declared that it had officially changed the decision to a no-contest and that Hopkins retained the title.

[15] Former welterweight champion Luis Collazo also fought on the non-televised undercard against junior middleweight contender Freddy Hernandez, who defeated him by unanimous decision.