"Alien" Hopkins vs "Krusher" Kovalev Post fight Discussion thread

[jas]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zp1...yljr1RbSs4Ymaw

[LoadedWraps]

Pick'em fight it seems to me, very hard to predict. Whoever brings his A-game wins-- Hopkins by UD or Kovalev by KO.

More or less, but Hopkins should still be seen as the favorite.

[ShamrockXpress]

This is one of them fights where I can only see two outcomes and I'm not happy about either.
Scenario 1 : kovalev does to Hopkins what he does to everyone else, brutally kos him and we have to see an ATG, at 50 stopped for the first time.
Or
Scenario 2 : Hopkins does to kovalev what he does to everyone else, mentally ruins him by shutting him down and we have a top light heavyweight, possible future opponent for stevenson, ward and everyone else ruined ala Kelly Pavlik

Despite this I can't pick which of the two is going to happen so I can't wait for fight night, this is the beauty of boxing.

[jas]

This is not happening.

and i agree with others, this fight will never happen.


i'll believe it when they're both in the ring.

You understand nothing from the Russian killer's boxing style.
... You may fantasize as much as you want about a fight that is not happening.

He didn't accept the fight.


He's saying the same stuff he said a year ago- the fight never happened- and he continues to get credit for allegedly accepting and wanting to fight Kovalev.


Lol

the fight won't happen at all, at least thats what i think, hopkins is almost 50, i can't imagine him in the ring against a killer like KOvalev, i really don't. but he will keep talking and people will say it was the krusher who ducked him

Don't tell me this -- I put a bet (on real money, with someone from this site) that B-Hop doesn't fight Kovalev until he retires.

[Crazylegs77]

nobody will get credit for this fight

if hopkins loses he will suddenly be an old cripple, if kovalev loses he will suddenly be a stiff bum

Agree with the 1st part, no credit for Kovalev if he wins, Bhop finally got too old. Hopkins wins and he will get credit.

Im going with Kovalev in this one.

[SERGEY DRAGO]

I defeat all man. Soon I defeat real champion.

[fighter1234]

Agree with the 1st part, no credit for Kovalev if he wins, Bhop finally got too old. Hopkins wins and he will get credit.

Im going with Kovalev in this one.

And rightly so...He's freaking 50 years old!!!

[punchr]

Is Kovalev athletic enough to box with Hopkins?

If not, he is going to have to let dem thangs go and fight at a fast pace. Not sure if he can do that effectively against Hopkins.

[LoadedWraps]

Is Kovalev athletic enough to box with Hopkins?

If not, he is going to have to let dem thangs go and fight at a fast pace. Not sure if he can do that effectively against Hopkins.

He has the ability and skill too, the key is to not get frustrated, to take a page out of Cottos book, otherwise B-Hop will school him if he gets the mental advantage, and propel B-Hop into immortality.

[punchr]

He has the ability and skill too, the key is to not get frustrated, to take a page out of Cottos book, otherwise B-Hop will school him if he gets the mental advantage, and propel B-Hop into immortality.

Kovalev looks slow though. I think gonna have to just go all-out. If the fight goes past the eighth round it's a wrap.

The Russian has to go in there and neuter Hopkins within four rounds because once Hopkins gets comfortable Kovalev will lose.

Another good gameplan is to try to hurt Hopkins. When's the last time we've seen Hopkins badly hurt?