I hope Hopkins smashes Stevenson for ducking Kovalev

[VG_Addict]

If Kovalev can't fight Stevenson, what options does he have? Who else could he fight?

[jas]

If Kovalev can't fight Stevenson, what options does he have? Who else could he fight?

pascal, ward,

ggg in few years

[VG_Addict]

pascal, ward,

ggg in few years

How about Braehmer or Chilemba?

[WilkinsOlajuwon]

So let me get this right... Adonis sent HBO a copy of the Showtime contract and they didn't budge. So because of this "stunt" he's ducking Kov??

This is prize fighting, so if HBO don't want to compensate him properly for getting his brain smashed in then you go to the highest bidder.


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So as a fan you'd rather continue to watch Adonis and Kov separately fight scrubs and not get it on? That is what you are saying.

jesus christ this sport is doomed.

[UTEP]

I hope Hopkins smashes Stevenson for ducking Kovalev.

Hell yea, i have a feeling Stevenson is going to duck Hopkins too though he's just shook like that.

[MDPopescu]

I already did my Homework and Hopkins said he was willing to fight Kovalev, and that all Kovalev people have to is give them a call.But Kovalev chose Cleverly instead, link:
http://www.boxingscene.com/hopkins-r...enstein--66818

And don`t use HBO and Showtime not wanting to do the fight as a excuse,because their are other networks aside from HBO and Showtime, and neither of them had exclusive contracts to any network.GGG last fight was not on HBO or Showtime.

And what is your excuse for GGG ducking Ward so i could shut down that excuse also.

Well you didn't read with attention this article here:

Hopkins would face Kovalev, but ... (6/19/13)

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/p...ce-kovalev-but

(...) But what about Hopkins’ willingness to face Kovalev, a fighter many people view as extremely dangerous to anyone at 175 pounds?

He answered the question on Wednesday, telling ESPN.com, “That’s my mandatory and that’s my obligation and I would say yes to that fight.

“I know about [Kovalev] because of John David Jackson. John worked with me for a few fights [as an assistant trainer] and now he trains Kovalev, so I heard about him through John and I also keep my eye on the light heavyweight division.”

So while Hopkins is in, if that is the direction Kovalev pursues, it gets a little complicated because HBO won’t do business with Golden Boy, his promoter. Though Showtime was ready to televise Hopkins against then-mandatory Karo Murat on July 13 -- before Murat dropped out because of an inability to get a visa -- the network, from what Hopkins said, is not interested in putting him on against Kovalev.

Go figure, because Hopkins-Kovalev is a much, much more interesting fight than Hopkins-Murat ever was.

“[Kovalev] is a good puncher and some people are excited about him,” Hopkins said. “He’s a better quality name than Karo Murat is.”

The reason for Showtime’s possible reluctance to put on Hopkins-Kovalev is because it is not heavily invested in the division and doesn’t have any future rights on Kovalev, so it wouldn’t want to build him up only to see him beat Hopkins and then go to HBO, which is doing a ton of business at light heavyweight and super middleweight.

So while Hopkins waits to see what will happen, he made a suggestion -- that Kovalev go fight Cleverly, and he would be happy to face new champ Adonis Stevenson, who drilled Chad Dawson in the first round June 8 to win the lineal title Hopkins used to hold (as well as an alphabet belt Hopkins used to own before losing to Dawson). Stevenson said he was interested in fighting Hopkins after beating Dawson.

“For me, it’s a no-brainer,” the 48-year-old Hopkins said. “Kovalev can go get Cleverly, I can probably get Adonis and we go head-to-head and give the fans the old light heavyweight battles they had in the late '70 and '80s, and then the winners can fight. It doesn’t seem complicated. OK, maybe I’m being a little sarcastic.”

Again, Hopkins said he would travel, so if it means meeting Stevenson in Montreal, fine. "

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See the date and see what B-Hop "suggested"... After this "suggestion", B-Hop took the Murat fight...

[tank17211]

punk ass stevenson, didnt live up to his end of the bargain. one of the atg ducks.

took advantage of underage girls in his past now he is going after a pensioner but the old man is gonna beat him up,

and ive noticed those defending stevenson are floyd fans. they should be ashamed of themselves. they are not boxing fans. they are nuthuggers blindly defending stevenson based on ......something i asked one of the mods whether i am allowed to say

here is me as a big bernard hopkins fan saying stevenson-kovalev is a better fight. then the winner can fight bhop-shumenov winner. linear champion across the board - all 4 belts, we havent seen it since hopkins at middleweight.

i am a boxing fan before anything.

what dont those defending stevenson get ? hbo had them fight on same card, hbo wanted them to fight each other next and stevenson refused and chose fonfara.......and he refused to sign a 2 fight deal that included kovalev. if that isnt a duck, then do me a favour, and dive face first into a pile of ****

I wanna see the fight also but this is ridicilous. Kovalev hasnt done anything yet. Why are people acting like hes sugar Ray Robinson.

Threads like this makes it hard for fans to argue real ducks in the sports like Floyd/Pac.

[jas]

I wanna see the fight also but this is ridicilous. Kovalev hasnt done anything yet. Why are people acting like his sugar Ray Robinson.

Threads like this makes it hard for fans to justify real ducks in the sports like Floyd/Pac.

forgive me for wanting to see 2 world champion ko artists fight each other.

[VG_Addict]

I wanna see the fight also but this is ridicilous. Kovalev hasnt done anything yet. Why are people acting like his sugar Ray Robinson.

Kovalev hasn't done anything yet? What? He's beaten Cleverly, Campillo, Sillakh, Thompson, and White. That's a pretty decent list of wins.

[tank17211]

forgive me for wanting to see 2 world champion ko artists fight each other.

I understand your frustration but Kovalev just hit the scene. To say someone is ducking him already is really a stretch. People barely know who this dude is. He had a really good year in boxing thats it.