Hopkins says he beats Kovalev easy

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B Hop would beat Kovalev. Kovalev can't box with Hop and he isn't strong enough to rough up Hop. Even at this age Hop beats him.

The key to beat Hopkins is controling distance,and havinng good balance, if you cant do that he will hit and hold and squezze out a victory.

Kovalev has shown that his footwork is top notch, he basicly beats his opponents by constantly being in firing distance then steps away or to the side keep his apponent were he wants them, from a technical point of view its nice to see someone having such natural footwork talent.
His Ko+s starts with his balance he can sit down and throw hard punches without ever standing still.
Unlike Pascal that needs to be on the outside and then explodes.

Hopkins wont be abel to get close to him and hold and smuther his game, he will get picked apart and broken down and stopped, simply a bad match up
It would basicly be like the Dawson fight if Dawson had twice the punching power and a killer instinct.

And that is maybe the most important part, Kovalev like many of russian guys, are a stoned cold killer, almost synical in his dismantel of his apponent, he wont give a **** when bernard tries to intimidate or get under his skin, or plays dirty.

[Rip Chudd]

I swear, these GBP fighters gain super confidence when they know they can't fight these other guys. like kids taunting a caged lion....better not fall into the cage

Correct me if i'm wrong but didn't Kovalev turn down the Hopkins fight? I thought I remembered reading an article about it.

[King_]

Correct me if i'm wrong but didn't Kovalev turn down the Hopkins fight? I thought I remembered reading an article about it.

Showtime and Golden Boy publicly stated that they were not interested in and rejected the the Hopkins-Kovalev mandatory fight because Kovalev brings nothing to the table and is not well known enough in the United States (who fought on NBC 3 times in 2013.)


A couple of weeks later when Kovalevs team received a title fight offer from Cleverly/HBO.......... Showtime approved the "well known" Karo Murat



Take that how you like

[MDPopescu]

Correct me if i'm wrong but didn't Kovalev turn down the Hopkins fight? I thought I remembered reading an article about it.

Yes, you remember "perfectly"... Kovalev was so "scared" of grandpa, that he is running even today, as we speak. Fortunately, they caught big star Karo Murat...

[soul_survivor]

Dunno Hopkins, Kovalev might be a lil too much for you at this point.

At this point exactly, a few years ago, Hopkins could neutralise Kov but I don't think he can now, Kov is too strong and hits too hard. I think he'd be the first guy to really hurt Hops, same for Stevenson.

I think Hops should unify against Shumenov, make history yet again and retire.

[jas]

"Hopkins ducking kovalev doe"

[Blueduck]

I'd love to pick Kov, but sadly I used up all my "BHop is getting up there, and I think he's biting off more than he can chew with this young guy" picks by the late 90's.

[daggum]

"Hopkins ducking kovalev doe"

oh the fight was made? i thought hopkins was just talking sh-it again but i'm glad that they made the fight. it would be a shame to just say you wanted to fight someone and then go fight murat instead.

[hugh grant]

I dunno about this one, perhaps he will be the second white boy you lose to?
But kovalev is favoured to beat you, so youd be brave to fight him. But I don't want him to harm you, and make you not want to fight anymore.

Because as old as you are, id still like you to be successful at 5o years of age.

[Hougigo]

Hope it gets made and not just talk