Bernard Hopkins, the self-proclaimed "Alien," might want to phone home right about now.
In the last fight of his career, Hopkins was knocked out in a big way — he was pelted with a combination from Long Island's Joe Smith Jr. and landed hard outside the ring.
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Joe Smith Jnr KO's Bernard Hopkins in his final fight. Shades of an old Joe Louis against Marciano pic.twitter.com/iAIhDKwntq
— KO KINGS (@KOKINGS4) December 18, 2016
Hopkins vehemently denied getting punched out of the ring, saying Smith pushed him.