Who will you be rooting for: Hopkins or Kovalev?

[beez721]

would rather kovalev win. hopkins is just too boring to watch anymore and should retire. he had a hell of a career

[bboy80]

I'd love to see a nearly 50year old man beat Kovalev. Ill certainly be rooting for him.

Do I expect him to win, No! It's either a stroke of genius by Hopkins as he see's something we don't, or it could an intense beat-down by one of the p4p hardest hitters in boxing today.

Its hard to say, Hopkins usually doesn't get hit clean & Kovalev isn't a speed fighter or have an insane work rate. My personal view is that it will be a close and uneventful fight, due to Hopkins spoiling tactics. But there is a chance popkins can be Ko'd badly for the first time in his career.

I will most definitely be staying up late here in the UK to watch it.

[The Hammer]

would rather kovalev win. hopkins is just too boring to watch anymore and should retire. he had a hell of a career

I agree. He needs to retire.

But he is so crafty he may beat Kovalev, with some help from the referee. It's a safe bet he'll cut Kovalev with a deliberate head butt.

I just hope there ref isn't someone crooked like Laurence Cole or Jack Reiss. And hopefully it won't be Hopkins' friend Steve Smoger.

[SterlingStained]

i want to see hopkins thoroughly KTFO.

then see him blame racism for the ko.

[NEETzsche]

i have supported hopkins for a long time but i think it's time now for a changing of the guards. kovalev is one of the fighters who excites me most right now so i want to see him succeed.

[Kuyukut]

kovalev by brutal ko.

[The Hammer]

The referee will be David Fields.

All four officials are from the same part of the country as Bernard Hopkins. Will that make a difference?

Will they be rooting for the old ex-convict?

[firstborn]

I think Kovalev will win but I'm rooting for Hopkins, mainly because I'm old and hate young people.

[Baltimore]

I'm rooting for Hopkins which is odd for me because style-wise I prefer Sergey type approaches over Hopkins type. But c'mon the guy is almost 50, hard not to root for him when he is taking a risk so many younger fighters are scared to take.

[beez721]

kovalev. Hopkins has turned into another john ruiz and he needs to be rid of