By: Michael Norby, SecondsOut.com (Dec 19, 2010) Special to Doghouse Boxing

Just one month shy of his 46th birthday, the seemingly indomitable Philadelphian Bernard Hopkins lifted himself off the canvas twice to force a 12-round majority draw against WBC and IBO light heavyweight world champion Jean Pascal on Saturday night at The Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Hopkins 51-5-1 (32) faced the handicapping of age, odds makers and a furiously partisan 16,000 strong crowd as he entered the ring for his 26th world title contest in a hall-of-fame professional boxing career spanning 58-fights and 22-years. That scenario, the veteran was well used to.

What he wasn