PHILADELPHIA MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER TO HONOR BERNARD HOPKINS IN CELEBRATION OF HIS HISTORIC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP WIN

Posted on | June 1, 2011 | No Comments

TODAY! Wednesday, June 1 at 12:00 p.m. ET

At The Rocky Statue at The Philadelphia Museum of Art

**OPEN TO THE PUBLIC**

WHO: BERNARD HOPKINS, WBC, WBC Diamond & Ring Magazine Light

Heavyweight World Champion

MICHAEL NUTTER, Mayor of Philadelphia

WHEN: This Wednesday, June 1

11:30 a.m. ET – Media Arrival

12:00 p.m. ET – Event Begins

WHERE: The Rocky Statue at The Philadelphia Museum of Art

26^th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Philadelphia, PA 19130

WHAT: Join Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter as he honors newly crowned

WBC, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World

Champion Bernard Hopkins in celebration of Hopkins’ age-defying

victory over Jean Pascal which made him the oldest fighter in boxing history

to win a world title.

**This event is open to the public. Fans are encouraged to arrive early.**