Comments Thread For: Photos: Bernard Hopkins Grinding Hard For Kovalev Clash

[BoxingJunkie]

Its gonna be amazing if Hopkins wins this clearly, kovalev isn't over hyped, he has good boxing skill besides his awesome power

It's way to early to say he has good boxing skill. We know he has serious punching power but so far he has fought only tri-cycle riders and cab drivers. Come Nov 8th we'll know if he does in fact have good boxing skill.

[bigjavi973]

Gotta give props to hopkins. Fighting a guy other champs ducked, half his age and its not ppv. Aaahhh the good old days of good fights on free tv

[ИATAS]

looks like he's in great shape!

[BrushMyCage]

its good he dont have to floss that front teeth

[-Kev-]

Hopkins body, in boxing terms, is any where around 32-34 years old. When a fighter/trainer starts having this mentality, that's when they'll beat Hopkins. I see Kovalev and Jackson saying they gotta treat Hopkins like an old man. They already lost. When they enter the ring and see the old man moving as much, or more than his opponent, better footwork than his opponent, better handspeed, Kovalev's brain is gonna be like "Wait a minute, I was told this guy was 50 years old. How does he move better than me? Why is his head movement better than mine?" That's when the confusion and frustration starts. I expect Hopkins to look mediocre for the first 4 rounds, then pick it up afterwards and start frustrating Kovalev.

[BTL]

Hopkins body, in boxing terms, is any where around 32-34 years old. When a fighter/trainer starts having this mentality, that's when they'll beat Hopkins. I see Kovalev and Jackson saying they gotta treat Hopkins like an old man. They already lost. When they enter the ring and see the old man moving as much, or more than his opponent, better footwork than his opponent, better handspeed, Kovalev's brain is gonna be like "Wait a minute, I was told this guy was 50 years old. How does he move better than me? Why is his head movement better than mine?" That's when the confusion and frustration starts. I expect Hopkins to look mediocre for the first 4 rounds, then pick it up afterwards and start frustrating Kovalev.

your usually spot on, but i dont know about this one.

[ShoulderRoll]

Hopkins is in great shape for being so old. He puts many young guys to shame.

[robbyheartbaby]

Dammit Hopkins is 3 months shy of his 50th birthday the man ain't human!

[Flabble Scrote]

Cleverly wasn't nobody, he was a belt holder even though hes not a world class champ, kovalev is a smart fighter, he gets knockouts because he controls the fight

[wonder187]

Were gonna see if Kovalev can handle The initial shock when he realizes his Camp lied to him