Tavoris Cloud vs. Bernard Hopkins was a professional boxing match contested on March 9, 2013, for the IBF light heavyweight title.

[1] In his last fight, Bernard Hopkins had lost the WBC and The Ring light heavyweight titles to Chad Dawson on April 28, 2012.

[3] The following month, Cloud was officially announced to be Hopkins opponent, with the IBF approving the fight in January after both fighters agreed to face mandatory challenger Karo Murat should they win.

Cloud mentioned that he had no "bad feelings" with Bonanni but "needed somebody with a more open mind and that happened to be Abel Sanchez.

With the victory, Hopkins became the oldest fighter to win a major world title, breaking the record he himself set when he beat Jean Pascal two years earlier at age 46.