Career
On Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s Friday Night Fights telecast on December 28, 2007 it was revealed that Hawkins began boxing in a Pennsylvania prison while serving six years for aggravated assault. The following year he lost to Eddie Chambers by decision. In the loss to Peter, the fight was delayed for about ten minutes at the close of round four when Panama Lewis, the advisor for Sultan Ibragimov, collapsed in the audience and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
The momentum was lost when he was KO"d in his next bout against Ukrainian contender Vladimir Virchis.
Hawkins most recently upset former contender Dominick Guinn on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network after taking the fight on 2 weeks notice after Alonzo Butler pulled out. Hawkins has lost his three recent fights to Denis Boytsov, Oleg Maskaev in a rematch and Bermane Stiverne.
He went on another losing streak, going 0-7, and announced his retirement in July 2011 after decision loss to Jason Bergman.
