Comments Thread For: Sergey Kovalev Demolishes Sillakh With Deadly KO

[Citizen Koba]

Hopkins and Showtime said they weren't interested in Kovalev as an opponent only to approve the world renowned Karo Murat once Kovalev signed to fight Cleverly. I don't blame Hopkins for not wanting to fight him but you make it sound like he was willing to which is not something i remember.

Publicly Bhop said that of course he was willing to fight his mando if he had to, but Espinoza had already said SHO had no interest in it (maybe so as not to put Bhop in the position of having to turn it down). Since Hopkins is a GBP partner it was pretty clear HBO wouldn't want it either so it was likely not gonna happen.

Kathy Duvas take is that whilst 'Nard was saying 'yeah' it was apparent from early contact that there wasn't really any interest there, whereas Cleverly was already virtually a done deal.

[Light_Speed]

Hopkins and Showtime said they weren't interested in Kovalev as an opponent only to approve the world renowned Karo Murat once Kovalev signed to fight Cleverly. I don't blame Hopkins for not wanting to fight him but you make it sound like he was willing to which is not something i remember.

B-Hop tweeted that he would defend his belt at all cost. He's an old school dude, I don't think he has ever vacated a belt.