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A light heavyweight unification bout is in the works between Sergey Kovalev and Bernard Hopkins, providing that Kovalev gets past Blake Caparello on Saturday evening in Atlantic City.
Rumors of the dream matchup began to swirl Friday afternoon, and were confirmed by Main Events, Kovalev’s promoter. The planned bout will take place in early November, either in Atlantic City or at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
“I heard from Eric Gomez (Thursday) at around noon, who said he’d like to get the deal done,” Kathy Duva, head of Main Events informed BoxingScene.com Friday afternoon. “He explained the terms in which they wanted the fight. I talked Sergey and his manager Egis Klimas, and they of couse agreed to accept those terms.
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Rumors of the dream matchup began to swirl Friday afternoon, and were confirmed by Main Events, Kovalev’s promoter. The planned bout will take place in early November, either in Atlantic City or at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
“I heard from Eric Gomez (Thursday) at around noon, who said he’d like to get the deal done,” Kathy Duva, head of Main Events informed BoxingScene.com Friday afternoon. “He explained the terms in which they wanted the fight. I talked Sergey and his manager Egis Klimas, and they of couse agreed to accept those terms.
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