![Over and out: Bernard Hopkins falls out of the ring after a punch from Joe Smith Jr.](/web/20161222053357im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/d/n/z/z/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gtdnrl.png/1482049937891.jpg)
Aged 51, Hopkins knocked out of ring in brutal defeat to end career
Former world champion Bernard Hopkins' long and illustrious career ended in a brutal defeat when the 51-year-old light heavyweight was knocked out of the ring in the eighth round of his final fight in Los Angeles on Saturday.