Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. II, billed as The Rivals, was a professional boxing match contested on April 3, 2010.
Hopkins, meanwhile, would go on and become the IBF middleweight champion after defeating Segundo Mercado, in their second fight after their first ended in a draw, and successfully defend his title 19 times.
In 2001 he would also become the WBC middleweight champion after defeating Keith Holmes and WBA after Félix Trinidad defending both titles 8 and 7 times respectively.
He also would later add the WBO middleweight title to his resume after defeating Oscar De La Hoya in 2004 to become the first true undisputed champion to hold all 4 major belts.
On February 2, 2002, the two fighters were part of split-site doubleheader event broadcast by HBO where Jones defeated Glen Kelly in his home state of Florida to retain his undisputed light heavyweight championship, after which Hopkins defeated Carl Daniels in his home state of Pennsylvania to retain his undisputed middleweight title.
Hopkins successfully defended The Ring title against Ronald "Winky" Wright in 2007, but dropped it to the undefeated Joe Calzaghe in 2008.
When the bell rang, the two continued to fight while referee Tony Weeks and security entered the ring to separate the two.