Comments Thread For: Bernard Hopkins: No Need To Face Sergey Kovalev

[MDPopescu]

It's crystal clear that B-Hop can't fight the Russian killer... And I think that nobody would force him into that...
... But twisting the situation into this deep shit sofistic talk is completely pointless...

[Foreign Soil]

he was ASKED about Frankenstein.....get it together man!!

And that doesn't make it any less relevant.

[ИATAS]

this cold war is really convenient for some fighters

Like Peter Quillin.

[turnedup]

stevenson is the man at 175, hopkins is the number one contender, pascal and dawson are top contenders and kovalev is just a fringe contender. that wont change until he gets out of his kiddy pool and swims with the sharks, runs with the big dogs and leave the puppies alone.

Yet Stevenson jumped ship...if Kovalev is such a push over why not get that check and then bounce..oh that's right..too risky. This is why guys like you will keep acting like Kovalev ain't shhh..Don't see none of these guys lining up to fight him...they talk like they will yet not one of them when asked straight out about a fight has been straight out about actually fighting him.

[LA_2_Vegas]

I believe Hopkins realizes that with Stevenson, all he has to do is worry about 1 punch. I'm simplifying a bit; and I don't mean to disparage Adonis' other skills, but I think Kovalev is more two handed and much harder to defend against as a 50yr old.

[MDPopescu]

he was ASKED about Frankenstein.....get it together man!!

And about who did you expect to have been asked? Sad Chad?

[MDPopescu]

I believe Hopkins realizes that with Stevenson, all he has to do is worry about 1 punch. I'm simplifying a bit; and I don't mean to disparage Adonis' other skills, but I think Kovalev is more two handed and much harder to defend against as a 50yr old.

Were these some well preserved secret?

[ИATAS]

I believe Hopkins realizes that with Stevenson, all he has to do is worry about 1 punch. I'm simplifying a bit; and I don't mean to disparage Adonis' other skills, but I think Kovalev is more two handed and much harder to defend against as a 50yr old.

Could be, but the reality is Hopkins can't fight Kovalev. Kovalev has a contract with HBO. Hopkins is stuck on Showtime.

Stevenson had the chance to fight Kovalev but jumped ship. Stevenson vs Kovalev was the fight everyone wanted to see. Hopkins is merely fighting the guys he has access to. He knows he can't fight Kovalev right now, plus Stevenson is the lineal champ.

[New England]

i don't need to fight kovalev!

i fought shumenov! a russian is a russian!

[McLeechin]

Is it just me, or only the fighters at SHOWTIME/GBP get blamed for ducking in this forum? Why are so many hatin' on Floyd and B-Hop? B-Hop took one belt, he's seeking another against Stevenson, but yet some are saying he's ducking Kovalev? Floyd offers Manny a fight TWICE, but it's Floyd's fault for no fight? When you sign with Arum/HBO, you know what you're getting. When you sign with Haymon/SHOWTIME, you know what you're getting. Sorry for Kovalev and Andre Ward, but don't blame GBP/SHOWTIME.

It's just you. Marquez is labeled the duck horse across the street.