Hopkins will continue to beat the odds and take the young hungry lion to school. Don't find Hoipkins style to be fun to watch but he's a masterful boxer and will make Kovalev look confused and win on points like Hop always does.
I think BHOP would tie him up and let him tire himself out before tagging him with the straight right time and time again. UD BHOP...tense first few rounds and then BHOP pulls away on the cards.
Kovalev would blast Hopkins at this stage of his career, and probably defeat him thoroughly at any stage for that matter.
It's a terrible match-up for Hopkins, who's never really demonstrated much power since reaching the championship level of the fight game.
He's been great, but he doesn't have the power to keep Kovalev off of him.
I feel sorry for Hopkins. At this point, he either faces Kovalev and gets embarrassed in the ring, or he cowers out of the fight and suffers public humiliation.
Not exactly what the doctor ordered for the man trying to leave the sport on top.
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