Comments Thread For: Duva: Hopkins is Preferred Possible Choice for Kovalev

[jas]

I'm a huge Hopkins fan and I doubt bhop fights kovalev

[bojangles1987]

i think it would be his biggest challenge on paper since tarver, but i believe old popkins puts a pavlik type whooping on this guy....i know the kovalev fans are going to flip but hey...imo

He can't even put Pavlik type whoopings on Tavoris Cloud or Karo Murat.

[LouIE G]

He can't even put Pavlik type whoopings on Tavoris Cloud or Karo Murat.

styles makes fights! and in this case i feel kovalevs style is perfect for hopkins.

[MDPopescu]

I prefer to remember grandpa as a phenomenon who turned into a legend rather than seeing him killed into the ring.

[BattlingNelson]

I need this to happen. I need Stevenson to end up the odd man out here. It's the feel good moment boxing fans need right now.

that would be so great. Look for the SDF to avoid this thread like the plague.

[bojangles1987]

styles makes fights! and in this case i feel kovalevs style is perfect for hopkins.

Styles make fights?

Tavoris Cloud is a no defense walk forward KO fighter. He's a bad version of Sergey Kovalev, and he won 3 or 4 rounds.

[hitking]

Kovalev seemed a lil uneasy and uncomfortable last time out when things got a lil rough and the rules were stretched. This would be an interesting fight.

[MDPopescu]

Styles make fights?

Tavoris Cloud is a no defense walk forward KO fighter. He's a bad version of Sergey Kovalev, and he won 3 or 4 rounds.

I doubt that Cloud was a KO artist at a certain level. Cloud scored his last KO back in 2011, against Zuniga -- who was KO'd by Pavlik at 160 and Bute at 168.

[Bachavelli]

Hopkins beats em both, way too smart , they said kovalev had more than one dimension, yea right. Nobody is a threat for bhop at 175.

[Boxer777Prime]

What gives people the idea that Hopkins can handle Kovalev? Because he beat Murat and Shumenov? Let's analyze those 2 opponents for a minute.

Murat lost to Cleverly and was as slow as a snail. He still managed to land flush on Hopkins.

Shumenov is a paper champ who got his belt in the one of the biggest robberies against (Campillo) in recent times. If you're generous, you can give Shumenov 3 rounds in that fight. Let's no forget Shumenov was training himself for Hopkins, because he think leaving his hands down is a good tactic.

Both of Hopkin's recent opponent lost to fighters Kovalev destroyed. Hopkins show me no sign that he can beat Kovalev...none. He has about a 25% chance to beat Kovalev, while I give Kovalev a 75% to knock out Hopkins.

Hopkins has been cherry picking for the last few years. He hasn't shown anything since getting schooled by Dawson.