Comments Thread For: Hopkins-Kovalev Unification Rumblings, 'The Alien' Speaks

[MDPopescu]

Since mr philadel and natas are offline I'll have to defend bhop because he always gets haters no matter what he does,

B-Hop doesn't need to be defended -- he's a great legend of the sport...
As about the Kovalev fight: this will never happen... You know this, all fans know this.

[jas]

B-Hop doesn't need to be defended -- he's a great legend of the sport...
As about the Kovalev fight: this will never happen... You know this, all fans know this.

No i dont know that actually

posters who dont like hopkins are saying that

anything to b1tch and moan about they do it

"no-one wants to fight kovalev"

hopkins is 49 "But that doesnt matter, he is ducking kovalev"

now when he calls out kovalev, they nitpick at something and this time being his reference to when kovalev fought cleverly

who cares about that lol, thats way in the past

[MDPopescu]

Nah. He's actually right tho.


Kovalev wanted Hopkins and showtime/Schafer rejected it.


Actually, from his own mouth.... Hopkins told Kovalev to fight Cleverly.

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

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

“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.”

[takingaim]

Stevenson punches harder than Kovalev

Darnell Boone, who has faced both, says Kovalev hits harder by far.

[jas]

Darnell Boone, who has faced both, says Kovalev hits harder by far.

Didn't know that, surprises me because From what I've seen Stevenson has one punch ko power

[takingaim]

Didn't know that, surprises me because From what I've seen Stevenson has one punch ko power

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[jas]

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Thanks , green.....

Not the best fight for Hopkins that's for sure, but he can pull it off

[MDPopescu]

No i dont know that actually

posters who dont like hopkins are saying that

anything to b1tch and moan about they do it

"no-one wants to fight kovalev"

hopkins is 49 "But that doesnt matter, he is ducking kovalev"

now when he calls out kovalev, they nitpick at something and this time being his reference to when kovalev fought cleverly

who cares about that lol, thats way in the past

Hopkins calling out Kovalev isn't something to be taken ad litteram...
Calling out people doesn't necessarily materialize into an actual fight...
I put a bet here that B-Hop will never fight Kovalev -- the bet still stands.
(I can't see a serious reason for what an old legend like B-Hop has to fight the Russian killer).

[King_]

No i dont know that actually

posters who dont like hopkins are saying that

anything to b1tch and moan about they do it

"no-one wants to fight kovalev"

hopkins is 49 "But that doesnt matter, he is ducking kovalev"

now when he calls out kovalev, they nitpick at something and this time being his reference to when kovalev fought cleverly

who cares about that lol, thats way in the past

Wait, you do know Kathy Duva actually responded to "Bernard Hopkins call out of Kovalev" last night, right?

So that means we should get the fight, eh? Certainly there would be no roadblocks from Kovs side- they said they're all for it and she even said she wants to do it asap!

Inb4 fight never happens and people continue to give Hopkins an unnlffical win over Kovalev because a he's the 49 year old legend etc etc

[MDPopescu]

Wait, you do know Kathy Duva actually responded to "Bernard Hopkins call out of Kovalev" last night, right?

So that means we should get the fight, eh? Certainly there would be no roadblocks from Kovs side- they said they're all for it and she even said she wants to do it asap!

Inb4 fight never happens and people continue to give Hopkins an unnlffical win over Kovalev because a he's the 49 year old legend etc etc

But, but he called out the killer, right? Isn't it enough? Isn't this a win already?