The five-member commission fined Hopkins $200,000 for instigating a brawl by shoving Wright during the weigh-in for their July 21 light heavyweight fight at Mandalay Bay, which Hopkins won by unanimous decision.

"I feel very comfortable with our decision," commission chairman Tony Alamo said after the 40-minute hearing at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building. "I think it sends a message, and I hope Bernard Hopkins was listening and that other fighters are listening.

"This is the first time we've fined someone for an altercation at a weigh-in, and we hope it's the last."

Hopkins got the message but wasn't happy with it. Neither was his promoter, Golden Boy chief executive Richard Schaefer, nor Hopkins' attorney, Arnold Joseph.

"It's not right," Hopkins said. "It's way too much."

Joseph had asked the commission for leniency, citing similar incidents in other sports that have drawn lesser fines than what Hopkins would be docked.

"Two hundred thousand is extremely excessive," Joseph said.

Initially, the commission withheld 10 percent of Hopkins' $3 million purse.

Commission member John Bailey suggested fining Hopkins as much as 25 percent of his purse, or $750,000. But, after Hopkins appeared contrite and humble, the commission went with T.J. Day's recommendation to fine him $200,000.

The commission lauded Hopkins, 42, for showing self-control throughout his career but was troubled by his actions at the weigh-in, which were shown on tape in the hearing room.

"You're known for being in control, but you lost it that night," commission member Joe W. Brown said to Hopkins. "We have to send a signal that we won't tolerate this."

Hopkins told the commission that Wright and his camp were to blame for making disparaging remarks about Hopkins' late mother that made him snap.

"They broke the rule," Hopkins said. "I didn't say anything about his family.

"I'm not proud and happy that I did that. That's not what Bernard Hopkins is about, and I apologize to the commission."

Alamo said the commission will review its policies regarding weigh-ins, enforcing rules that limit the number of participants onstage while holding promoters and venues accountable for providing adequate security for events.

"The security in this instance was very sparse," Alamo said. "Our inspectors were there trying to maintain order, and that's not their job."

Schaefer pledged that Golden Boy will provide whatever resources are required to prevent a repeat episode at its future events in Nevada.

"We do not condone what happened whatsoever," he said. "We have to learn from this and have less people on the floor and on the stage for these weigh-ins."

Hopkins isn't sure how much longer he will fight, but Friday's decision might leave him reluctant to return to Nevada. Joseph said the fine definitely would affect any plans for his client to compete again in the state.

When asked if he got a fair shake, Hopkins shook his head.

"No comment," he said. "If I say something, they may haul me back in that room."