Comments Thread For: Hopkins: I Wanted Kovalev, Smart Move To Pick Cleverly

[bopbopbbe]

Didn't kathy duva already say Showtime passed on hopkins-kovalev...

[TaurusJ27]

Kovalev would demolish Hopkins.

[Hougigo]

Didn't kathy duva already say Showtime passed on hopkins-kovalev...

Espionoza and Hopkins said that also

When Kovalev was Bhop's mandatory, Espinoza said there was no depth in the division and didn't want to buy it. And now it's somehow one of the hottest divisions when pretty much nothing has changed since 9 months ago.

Many factors - schedule, budget, lack of depth in the division, etc. "@MarkEOrtega: WHY @shosports isn***39;t interested in Kovalev for B-Hop"

— Stephen Espinoza (@StephenEspinoza) June 20, 2013

[Gary Coleman]

Kovalev would demolish Hopkins.

No. He wouldn't. If I had to bet money on this fight, it'd be on Popkins.

[kingstip9]

Could've sworn I read an article which had hopkins telling kovalev to fight cleverly and the fight "wasn't ready" to be made.

[Bushidō]

I've picked Hopkins for his upsets but he would not beat Kovalev. IMO he avoided him. Kovalev would hurt Hopkins.

[nycsmooth]

If hopkins really wanted 2 make/get the bout it would've been a done deal...he's making it sound as he lost out but was never seriouly
trying 4 it...he's been cherry picking the past 4/5 years...

[yoshik]

Aarp...

...is calling. Based on Pops last fight Kovalev put's him in the old folks home drooling in a cup.

Not a good match up.

[yoshik]

Kovalev has given us reason to believe he could have a bright future in this sport, but all of the folks who think he's going to walk through Bernard Hopkins are ignoring the fact that Bernard has made a career of beating fighters who were supposed to beat him. Felix Trinidad was supposed to beat Hopkins. Hopkins was a 3-1 underdog when he fought Antonio Tarver. Kelly Pavlik was a 4-1 favorite over Hopkins. A lot of people believed Tarver and Pavlik would knock Hopkins out.

The Hopkins-Kovalev talk reminds me of the talk before Mayweather-Canelo. Go back through all the posts here. There were tons of posters who believed that Canelo was too big and too strong for Mayweather, and that a poorly-conditioned fighter with a track record of beating up mediocre, undersized opposition would somehow chop down the most skilled and arguably best conditioned boxer in the sport. Even after Canelo was put in his place, you still have fools who think he could beat Mayweather because they were impressed by what Canelo did to Alfredo Angulo, a fighter who, as tough as he is, isn't even in the same class as Mayweather's weakest opponent in the past decade.

A lot of fans simply don't understand that there are levels to this game, and Bernard Hopkins is on another level even as he approaches the age of 50.

Kovalev is not Trinidad. Hopkins is 14 years older than when he fought Trinidad. Kovalev is a gentleman in the sport. Hopkins for all his success is a whiny baby. We have all seen runners. Hopkins is running. Kovalev would pick him apart and drop him. Hops has never fought a guy as complete as Kov.

[MDPopescu]

No. He wouldn't. If I had to bet money on this fight, it'd be on Popkins.

Actually you won't... Because you know that B-Hop is not going to fight the Russian killer ever...