Comments Thread For: Oscar De La Hoya: Hopkins vs. Kovalev is a 50-50 Fight

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Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya is giving each fighter an equal chance to win next Saturday's fight at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Bernard Hopkins and Sergey Kovalev will fight for the WBA/IBF/WBO light heavyweight titles in an HBO televised headliner.

"When you take a look at Hopkins being 49-years-old, almost 50, you have basically a kid in the other corner who punches like a man. It's a 50-50 fight," De La Hoya said.
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[lets rumble]

fair call.....
he has proved most of us wrong at least once

[The Problem Child]

I have to agree with Oscar here, which says quite a lot about Hopkins.

I'm all about WAR KOVALEV but it will be quite the task to put this man to sleep.

[jas]

No other fighter has won more fights as the betting underdog as Bernard Hopkins.

Kova is gonna gas badly

[Beercules]

No other fighter has won more fights as the betting underdog as Bernard Hopkins.

Kova is gonna gas badly

II agree Jas; I think Hopkins wins but he will stink it up. Like badly, especially if he thinks Kovalev hits hard.

[Check_hooks]

No other fighter has won more fights as the betting underdog as Bernard Hopkins.

Kova is gonna gas badly

Kovalev is -250

BHop +250

I'm surprised Kovalev is favored by that much, all the more props to BHop if he pulls this off

[Foreign Soil]

I wonder where the "Kovalev will gas" idea comes from. Has he ever looked gassed? Most fighters run out of steam for a round or two doing what Kovalev does already. Sergey throws power punches effortlessly, he's not winding up with energy sapping wild haymakers.

[mathed]

60-40 in favor of Hopkins. Kova is in over his head in this one.

[King_]

R.I.P the career of Bernard Hopkins

[skinnystev]

ive read that popkins considerd changing his nick to bernard "the yo yo" hopkins