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NEW YORK - Seventeen years after their first fight, Philadelphia's Bernard Hopkins will meet Roy Jones Jr. in a rematch in Las Vegas.
The fight is scheduled for April 3 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center and will be on pay-per-view TV.
On May 22, 1993, Hopkins lost an unanimous decision to Jones for the vacant IBF middleweight crown.
"A rematch with Roy has been in the back of my mind for a long time and it's finally going to happen," Hopkins said in yesterday's release announcing the bout.
"I have accomplished a lot in my career since that night in Washington, D.C., in 1993, and I am going to end this thing between me and Roy once and for all."
The 45-year-old Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KOs) is a former middleweight and light-heavyweight champion. He defeated Enrique Ornelas by unanimous decision in a light-heavyweight bout at the Liacouras Center in December.
The 41-year-old Jones (54-6, 40 KOs) is coming off a loss to Australian Danny Green in the first round, also in December.
