Light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins and former titlist Chad Dawson, who fought to a controversial second-round no-decision last fall, will meet again April 28 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, both camps told ESPN.com on Wednesday.

Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer, Hopkins' promoter, and Gary Shaw, who promotes Dawson, came to terms as they faced a Friday afternoon deadline for a WBC-ordered purse bid in the mandatory fight.

"I have a chance to settle the bull---- from the first fight and straighten that all out," Hopkins said. "A real athlete don't want to win something on a disqualification or a no-decision or get something handed to them without doing the work. I'm ready to go.

Bernard Hopkins, injured in the controversial end of his first fight with Chad Dawson last fall, is eager for the rematch. Stephen Dunn/Getty Images

"Dawson has a chance to prove to the world what he thinks he can do to me and I have a chance to prove that he's not going to do what he thinks he's going to do."

The first fight, Oct. 15 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, ended in a storm of controversy when it came to a sudden end in the second round.

After Hopkins missed with a right hand, he wound up draped over Dawson's back and Dawson grabbed Hopkins by the leg, lifted him and shoved him down to the canvas. Hopkins landed awkwardly on the edge of the ring, suffering what was later diagnosed as a dislocation of the joint connecting his left shoulder to his collarbone.

Although Hopkins told the ringside doctor and referee Pat Russell while he was on the canvas that he could go on using one arm, the fight was halted. Instead of ruling a no-decision because an unintentional foul had ended the fight, Russell said no foul had been committed and awarded Dawson a TKO victory.

Despite the outcome, the WBC kept Hopkins as its champion and later ordered a rematch. But Hopkins appealed the decision to the California State Athletic Commission and the result was overturned to a no-decision at a hearing on Dec. 13. Russell testified at the hearing and said he made an error.

Schaefer and Shaw said that HBO has agreed to buy the fight and that they are negotiating the specific rights fee.

The first bout was a dismal failure on HBO PPV after the network, which has Hopkins under contract, elected to "flip" the fight to pay-per-view in a budgetary move. HBO paid $3 million for the first fight. Schaefer and Shaw both conceded that the license fee for the rematch would be considerably less.

"Richard and I have made a deal and we have presented the fight to HBO," Shaw said. "We're working on the numbers but I congratulate Hopkins on his willingness to take a fight that a lot of people said he would not take again. As for Chad, he can't wait for the rematch. He believed he was going to beat him in the first fight and he believes he will stop him in this fight."