Bernard Hopkins vs. Steve Frank

Bernard Hopkins 159 lbs beat Steve Frank 160 lbs by TKO at 0:24 in round 1 of 12

• Date: 1996-01-27
• Location: Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
• Referee: Robert Ferrara
• Judge: John Stewart
• Judge: Shiela Harmon Martin
• Judge: Aaron Kizer

• International Boxing Federation Middleweight Title (1st. defending of Hopkins)
  
• Time: 0:24
  
• Weights: Hopkins 159 lbs, Frank 160 lbs

Comments

- Frank, down once, was stopped in twenty-four seconds
- This is the fastest knockout ever in an IBF title bout, and second fastest in a middleweight title bout.
- Frank was last minute substitute for Joe Lipsey

- Frank was ranked #9 IBF Middleweight contender.

Preceded by: Hopkins vs. Mercado II

IBF Middleweight Title Fight # 26

Succeeded by: Hopkins vs. Lipsey