Career
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Hopson took up boxing at the age of seven. However, at the Olympic Boxoffs, Hopson lost to Banks in a pair of fights. Because of these losses, he did not compete in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
He lost the belt in his first defense, to Tracy Harris Patterson, later that year by 2nd round technical knockout (TKO), a round in which Hopson had four knockdowns recorded against him.
Shortly afterward, Hopson lost via TKO to Santos Lopez and retired. He had a brief comeback in 1998 but retired for good in 1999.