On April 19, 2014 Bernard “Alien”Hopkins fought Beibut Shumenov in a championship unification bout , where Hopkins would be defending the IBF Light Heavyweight title and Shumenov would be defending the WBA Super and IBA Light Heavyweight titles, the latter not on the line for Hopkins at DC Armory, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

On fight night Bernard Hopkins knocked down Beibut Shumenov with a jab and followed with a powerful overhand right that nailed Shumenov on the side of the head and dropped him with only less than two minutes left in the round eleven.

Bernard Hopkins won the fight by split decision with scores of 113-114, 116-111 and 116-111 and becoming the oldest boxer in history to unify titles in the light heavyweight division

IBA title not on the line for Hopkins as he didn’t pay the sanctioning fee.