BOXING:Bernard Hopkins and Ronald "Winky" Wright clash in Las Vegas tonight in a catchweight bout between two of the world's best pound-for-pound fighters.

"It's going to be a great fight," said Wright, a former two-time light-middleweight champion.

Southpaw Wright (50-3-1, 25 knockouts), who is coming off a disputed draw with the reigning middleweight champion, Jermain Taylor, is famed for a tight defence and blistering jab.

Hopkins (47-4-1, 32 knockouts) won the IBF middleweight championship in 1995 and successfully defended his title 20 times, adding the WBA and WBC belts en route, before losing on points to Taylor 10 years later.

In June last year he stepped up to the light-heavyweight division and scored a dominant victory over the defending champion, Antonio Tarver.