Lets be honest, Kovalev Carried Bernard Hopkins

[El-blanco]

Are you for real? He hit him with everything but the kitchen sink. He put everything into that 12th round to try stop him.

I think the point is, he could have done that a lot earlier. There was nothing to stop him from fighting like that earlier. The difference is he was fighting smart. He was pissed in the last round and fought reckless. I'm ok with the strategy, it was a guaranteed win.

[lightsout15]

He respected hopkins and he was pacing himself, never having gone past the 8th round before. Great fight, hopkins was gracious in defeat and showed his toughness in this fight. Kovalev is a quality fighter, much more than just a knockout puncher.

[slimshandy69]

im glad hes ok, i thought bhop was in serious trouble in round 12...

[TRTboy]

Nah. Bhop taunted him in the 12th round and pissed kovalev off.

[Beercules]

[dan_cov]

I think the point is, he could have done that a lot earlier. There was nothing to stop him from fighting like that earlier. The difference is he was fighting smart. He was pissed in the last round and fought reckless. I'm ok with the strategy, it was a guaranteed win.

If he done that a lot earlier he'd of most likely of punched himself out. Kovalev is not some relentless pressure fighter like people think hes a calculated boxer-puncher.

[El-blanco]

If he done that a lot earlier he'd of most likely of punched himself out. Kovalev is not some relentless pressure fighter like people think hes a calculated boxer-puncher.

I agree, he's an excellent fighter. His range and patience is amazing.

[Pocket Dogs!]

Hopkins just has one of the ATG chins in boxing. That's the thing about Kovalev, people thought he was just all power. The only reason why people thought he was all power was because he knocks everybody out early and you can't completely see his skill when he's knocking everybody out early.

[dan_cov]

I agree, he's an excellent fighter. His range and patience is amazing.

His patience most definitely surprised me, none of B-Hops tricks like the shoving to the canvas phased him though he wasn't anywhere near as dirty as he has been in the past. Mainly due to Kovalevs great ability to control distance.

[LA_2_Vegas]

The Agnew fight showed how patient he can be and still be trying to stop you - he came awfully close to doing the same thing here except he was in there with a legendary defender. It almost had to come down to the 12th round before that would have been able to occur. He just fought a perfect fight tonight that's all there is to it.