Hopkins said before the fight he'd like to face WBO light heavyweight champ Nathan Cleverly.
"It would be hard not to call him the greatest light heavyweight of all time, " White said.
He went on to win another gold as a light heavyweight, and a silver as a middleweight.
Hopkins scored a 12-round unanimous decision over Tavoris Cloud to claim the IBF light heavyweight championship Saturday night.
The other was in 2000 when Roy Jones Jr. retained the light heavyweight championship against David Telesco in 2000.
With the win, Jones matched UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz's light heavyweight mark of five straight successful title defenses.
Hopkins hasn't fought since he dropped the WBC light heavyweight title in a majority decision to Chad Dawson in April 2012.
The 48-year-old Hopkins broke the record he set by beating Jean Pascal for the WBC light heavyweight title on May 21, 2011.
Machida (19-3), the former light heavyweight champion, had lost three of his previous five bouts before edging Henderson (29-9) in a slow, technical fight.
The board have ruled that Oakey's first defence must be against Brian Magee, the number one light heavyweight contender from Belfast, before the end of October.
Antonio Tarver, the now dethroned undisputed light-heavyweight champion, unleashed a low blow on the tussle of the old-timers for The Ring Magazine light-heavyweight belt on Saturday.
British light heavyweight champion Peter Oboh has been stripped of his crown by the British Boxing Board of Control after refusing to defend his title on the undercard.
Hopkins became the oldest boxer to win a major title, extending the record he set by beating Jean Pascal for the WBC light heavyweight title on May 21, 2011.
Hopkins will try to prove he's still championship material when he fights undefeated Tavoris Cloud (24-0, 19 KOs) for a piece of the 175-pound light heavyweight title Saturday night at Barclays Center in New York.
Before he hobbled out of the octagon, Jones had one more spectacular title defense to finish, returning to the site of his championship win and staking his claim as perhaps the greatest UFC light heavyweight of all time.
Radio City is a far more intimate setting, with a seating capacity of roughly 6, 000, and the venue has not hosted a fight since Roy Jones Jr. defeated David Telesco there in a light heavyweight world championship bout in 2000.
"I won the heavyweight title then came back to win the light-heavyweight title, " said Jones, a cockfighting and fishing enthusiast from the small town of Pensacola, Florida.
Also featuring on the card is 2002 Commonwealth Games champion Jamie Arthur, Pontypool welterweight Tony Doherty, Mountain Ash light-heavyweight Nathan King, Abercynon welterweight Taz Jones and Rhondda Valley light-welterweight Barrie Jones, who makes his professional debut.
Re-energised, Jones knocked Griffin out in a single round to claim the WBA light-heavyweight crown.
The Nairn-based light-heavyweight discovered that he was suffering from the disorder almost by chance four years ago.
Lets get things straight I'm a big light-heavyweight and he's a super-middleweight, I think he's seen sense.
Eight months later, Jones challenged Antonio Tarver for his WBC light-heavyweight belt and nicked a contentious majority decision.
That ended the American's unbeaten run and shattered his reputation as the top man in the light-heavyweight division.
Light-heavyweight Jeffries, 23, is tipped to quit the amateur ranks and feels the time is right to turn pro.
The 25-year-old light-heavyweight will be managed by former world champion Naseem Hamed and joins promoter Frank Warren's stable of fighters.
Hobson guided Sheffield's Clinton Woods to the IBF light-heavyweight title and also promoted some of Ricky Hatton's fights in the United Kingdom.
Sheffield boxing promoter Dennis Hobson has also tried to tempt Calzaghe out of retirement with a clash against light-heavyweight fighter Clinton Woods.
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The undefeated Welshman pulled out of their light-heavyweight bout on 20 September at the Garden after injuring his right hand in training in July.
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