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LOS ANGELES -- Maybe its not Bernard Hopkins favorite song, but it has meaning to him, which is why before his fights in recent years, he has walked out to the ring to the strain of Frank Sinatras My Way.For most of his legendary career, Hopkins indeed has done things his way, against all odds, whether he was fighting the system (his battles with promoters are legendary), imposing his unbreakable will on opponents, being a master of mental games or breaking records (20 consecutive middleweight title defenses and the oldest fighter to win a world title, first at age 46 and then again at 48).Although Hopkins has not fought since losing two light heavyweight world titles to Sergey Kovalev by one-sided decision in a unification fight 25 months ago, he wanted one more fight. He wanted to go out his way.Philadelphias Hopkins, a month shy of his 52nd birthday but still in extraordinary physical and mental condition, will bow out on his own terms when he takes on Joe Smith Jr. in a 12-round light heavyweight fight on Saturday night (HBO, 10 p.m. ET/PT) at The Forum in Inglewood, California.Hopkins (55-7-2, 32 KOs) insists that the fight with Smith, who earned Hopkins attention with his upset first-round knockout of contender Andrzej Fonfara in June, will be the last of his incredible 28-year career.Whether you want to call him The Executioner or The Alien, Hopkins established a Hall of Fame legacy many years ago. During his career, which began when Ronald Reagan was still president and a year before Smith was born, Hopkins was the undisputed middleweight champion, a three-time light heavyweight titleholder, and pulled memorable upsets against Felix Trinidad, Antonio Tarver, Kelly Pavlik and Jean Pascal, not to mention knocking out Oscar De La Hoya, a man who later became his business partner and close friend, to become the first fighter in any division in the four-belt era to hold all of them at the same time.Hopkins, of course, did not have to come back to the ring after the loss to Kovalev. Having overcome a 4?-year prison sentence for armed robbery, Hopkins made something of himself. He is now a wealthy man with various business interests, including real estate holdings, a stake in Golden Boy Promotions, a burgeoning career as an analyst on HBO and owner of a monumental boxing legacy.But Hopkins, as always, wanted to do things his way. That meant not walking away off a loss to Kovalev. It meant one more fight, one he wanted against a credible opponent.I want the book to be written good, Hopkins said. The last thing you remember about a good book is not the beginning, its the ending. I look at this as the final icing on the cake or that exclamation point. This is it. You know this is history.I achieved my first goal of success in the first part of my life. That was rougher than boxing. If you know anything about Bernard Hopkins history, if you go into details about the inner-city Philadelphia guy, who was in the penitentiary from age 17 to 25 and survived, youd realize I became champion a long time ago. We, as humans, put limitations on ourselves. When all is said and done, I dont want to regret what I didnt do.So with no regrets, Hopkins went through one more training camp, this time with John David Jackson as his head trainer after parting ways with longtime trainer Naazim Richardson for reasons neither cared to explain.In the co-feature, 24-year-old featherweight up-and-comer Joseph JoJo Diaz (22-0, 13 KOs), a 2012 U.S. Olympian from South El Monte, California, will fight Horacio Violento Garcia (30-1-1, 22 KOs), 26, of Mexico, in a scheduled 10-rounder. In the opener, cruiserweight world titleholder Oleksandr Usyk (10-0, 9 KOs), 29, the 2012 Ukrainian Olympic heavyweight gold medalist, will make his first defense against Thabiso The Rock Mchunu (17-2, 11 KOs), 28, of South Africa.Hopkins stays in shape all the time. He has done that from Day 1 of his career. But he admitted that it was tough going back into camp after such a long layoff and at such an advanced boxing age.As much as I stay in shape and shadow box -- the shadows dont punch back -- I got my ass kicked the first few days of sparring, Hopkins said. I know certain positioning and punches that I normally slide away from, and I know the timing, but it wasnt there. After about two weeks, my timing came back, and I was fine. But you realize your body is saying, Were going to do this again?There were some kinks, some adjustments I had to make to get back into the flow. I think its more on the inactivity of not having contact than my age.Hopkins said the layoff was not by design. He had been staying in shape and looking for a fight, often bugging De La Hoya and Golden Boy president Eric Gomez about what they might be able to line up for him. He would have loved to have moved down to super middleweight and challenge for a world title, but any notion of that prospect vanished earlier in the year when Arthur Abraham, a possible opponent, lost his title.Winning a title is significant, but it wasnt the most important thing, Hopkins said. I have a lot of belts at home that I can look at it. This last fight wasnt about a championship.So he sat, but never thought about not fighting once more.I look at it as rest coming off the Kovalev fight, which was a grueling fight, as having benefited me more than if I would have fought last year, Hopkins said. I had that stretch to figure out what I wanted to do and also stayed in shape.As much as Hopkins wants the buildup to the fight with Smith (22-1, 18 KOs), a 27-year-old Mastic, New York, union laborer, to be a celebration of his career, Hopkins has not wanted to spend much time reflecting on his past conquests. He said that will have to wait until after the fight.The past will never be forgotten, but I cannot let the next few days be about reminiscing about my career, because my mind right now is so stuck on being focused on the battle in that ring come Saturday night, he said. We all know my legacy, but my mind is built on Saturday. Im telling myself that I trained so hard, and just like Joe Smith is thinking he dont want to be a construction worker all his life, and he wants to be where I am, I am putting in the work too and thinking like him.Whatever happens on Saturday, the result is unlikely to either enhance or diminish Hopkins legacy. That was sealed years ago. But Hopkins has always needed to find something to serve as motivation, be it a real or imaginary foe, so he is in battle mode this week.Im fighting for my legacy, to preserve it and keep it. I dont want to diminish it, he said. I wanted to do a fight that matters to not only give a real fight to the fans, but I am motivated to win. I didnt want to just grab a few bucks to bully somebody and raise my hand up like I got my ego back in check. Im going to win. Im going to try my best to whip his ass. Im dedicated and disciplined in what I do, and I love and respect my job.Hopkins also said he finds motivation for the fight in showing people of all kinds that age is nothing but a number.There are millions who are judged by their age, Hopkins said. There is a group of people of all religions and colors that understand that I am their motivation, who know I am the poster man for the middle-age human being thats walking around, women or man, that is showing that age is only a number. Age shouldnt define you wanting to prove that you are still worthy. They wont look at me just as a prizefighter who is going to be 52 next month. I can inspire the old lady in the nursing home. My legacy, my story, my performance is more than just for me.So Hopkins will make that last ring walk -- to My Way once again -- climb between the ropes once more and fight one last time.When Im done, theres no stone that hasnt been unturned, and thats the key, Hopkins said. Remember that quote: Theres no stone when my career is over that hasnt been unturned. So there will be no regrets. There will be no Oh, I should have did this or I should have done this.Im done after Saturday. So sit back and enjoy and understand that there will be no more like me.Certainly no more that did it quite his way. Clearance Nike Air Max 270 . Still, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke thought taking him out before the fifth inning was an unusual move. "Im looking up at the board and hes got two hits given up and one run, and Im taking him out after the fourth inning," Roenicke said. Wholesale Nike Air Max 270 . 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Bunting had won his only previous PDC tournament at a UK Open Qualifier in February 2014, but produced a day of outstanding darts as he denied in-form van Gerwen his seventh title of the year.The St Helens ace overcame Johnny Haines 6-1 in his opening match and then defeated Robbie Green 6-3 before claiming deciding-leg wins over Betway Premier League aces Robert Thornton and Adrian Lewis - where he produced a remarkable comeback from 5-0 down - to reach the quarter-finals. There, he dropped just one leg against Andrew Gilding before sneaking past Saturdays Players Championship One winner Peter Wright in another 11-leg battle, but he saved his best performance for the final against world No 1 van Gerwen.The Dutchman took the opening leg in 16 darts before finishing 141 for a 12-darter to double his lead, only for Bunting to take the next four legs in 15, 12, 14 and 13 darts - landing two 180s in the games fourth leg - to move into a 4-2 advantage. The debate has started. 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Van Gerwen landed a 180 as he hit back in leg seven, only for Bunting to match that as he moved 5-3 up with the aid of a maximum of his own.A 13-dart finish from van Gerwen kept his hopes alive at 5-4, and the pair both kicked off the tenth leg with scores of 140 and 180 before Bunting fired in a 137 score and took out 44 for a 12-darter to seal victory and secure the £10,000 first prize.Van Gerwen had to settle for the £6,000 runner-up prize as he ended a PDC tournament weekend without a victory for the first time this year, after previously winning the Unibet Masters, three UK Open Qualifiers, the Dutch Darts Masters and last weeks Coral UK Open Televised Finals.The Dutch ace did, though, achieve perfection for a second successive weekend by landing a nine-darter in the opening leg of his 6-1 quarter-final win over Ian White.ddddddddddddHe also defeated Simon Stevenson, David Pallett, Jamie Caven, Steve West and Kyle Anderson on the day, although the Australian paid for missing one match dart at tops in his narrow 6-5 semi-final loss. Relive the 2013 Grand Slam semi-final between Adrian Lewis and Phil Taylor Anderson had followed up his run to last weekends UK Open quarter-finals by reaching his third PDC ProTour semi-final, seeing off Northern Irish duo Daryl Gurney and Mickey Mansell, Dutch ace Benito van de Pas, Ketterings Ricky Evans and tricky Austrian Mensur Suljovic.Wright also reached the last four as he followed up Saturdays superb Players Championship success with another strong run before he lost out to Bunting.Joe Cullen suffered his third defeat to Wright inside a week as he lost out in the quarter-finals, having also reached the last eight of the UK Open and the semi-finals of Players Championship One only to lose out to the world No 5.White, Suljovic and Gilding joined Cullen in the quarter-finals on Sunday, while Wes Newton enjoyed a welcome return to form by reaching the last 16 for the first time since April 2015 with wins over Paul Nicholson, Raymond van Barneveld and Kim Huybrechts.Matt Clark also won through to the last 16 as he enjoyed 6-5 wins over Andy Smith, Brendan Dolan and Phil Taylor, while emerging ace Chris Dobey, Germanys Jyhan Artut and in-form Jelle Klaasen joined him in the fourth round.The £75,000 tournament concluded the PDC ProTour weekend at the Barnsley Metrodome, with the second-tier PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour set to kick off next weekend with four events in Wigan before the European Tours Dutch Darts Masters over the Easter weekend is accompanied by the opening PDC Unicorn Development Tour events. 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