If Hopkins defeats Stevenson this year and retires

[KingTito]

It would be an amazing win. People will knock him if he beats Stevenson and "ducks" Kovalev, but shit at this point he can do whatever he wants. People expect so much, but forget the dude is 49 years old. 49 years old! I can't even believe he's fighting still, let alone at this level. I don't think we'll ever see anything like this again. Damn I love B-Hop.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Would Larry be angry if Hopkins constantly headbutts and low blows Stevenson?

this is what im waiting for after the next Hopkins fight...i want to see the same outrage from Larry about dirty tactics

[SlySlickSmooth]

He would have to rank very, very high on any ones ATG lists...That would be a story Hollywood could not even write

Hollywood wouldn't pick it up because he didn't fight the man that kills dudes in the ring.

Its all good tho, Hopkins might die if he take a thunderous one from the russian.

He sparked Ismayl Sillah clean out in the second round, he was completely gone. He didn't do that to me, he shook me up and I was in no position to continue really, I was drunk from the punches and I have got a great chin, so he does hit hard and he's probably the most dangerous Light Heavyweight out there. -Nathan Cleverly

[MrTambourineMan]

He might creep into my top 50.

[jas]

He will do it.....

[soul_survivor]

......he will have ducked Kovalev

its not a duck when youve unified the division and then beaten the number one guy with scary KO power...all at the age of 49.

kovalev has great potential but not a single truly top level opponent.

[VG_Addict]

I actually prefer a Kovalev fight. Though Kovalev has huge power, he is very slow and predictable, which Hopkins happens to do best against. Stevenson has a little more speed than Kovalev and in my view does not have much less power than Kovalev.

If Bernard were to win another unification bout, be it Kovalev or Stevenson, his career will look with out a doubt a ATG/ Greatest of his Era... and without a doubt will be a Hollywood story but who will be able to play The Executioner/The Alien?

Look at 1:18-1:20 of this video of the Kovalev-Sillakh fight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFJ5K9oq_zE&feature=kp

Kovalev has great foot speed. Otherwise, he wouldn't be such a great finisher.

But on topic, if Hopkins beats Kovalev and Stevenson, and becomes the first ever fighter to unify all four belts in TWO weight divisions, I would have him in the top 15 all time.

[M Bison]

Adonis knocks Bhop out, gives him the one, two, pimp slap biiiitch.

[Spray_resistant]

Its a great win to unify again especially because of his age, if he were younger though it would just be a good win because if everyone can't see how piss poor 175 is now then IDK what to say. Lets be honest Stevenson and Kovalev are the main guys and both a mediocre-good but nothing special and fighters that come along every 2-3 years or so from what I have seen.

[jas]

i could see hopkins knocking out stevenson