Kovalev would brutally KO Roy Jones JR prime for prime

[The Big Dunn]

Please do not confuse Prime Roy with post HWT roy. In his prime he would be too much for KOv IMO.

[Ray Corso]

Koval hasn't reached his prime he's a young man with less than 30 bouts.
At his stage right now Jones would take him to "boxing 101 class"!
Koval will get his first good test with Stevenson up till now he's fought pretty light guys. Hopkins win is a nice name on a record but this Hopkins is an empty shell of himself and it has nothing to do with Koval.
Lets see where he's at in 4 years!
Ray

[The Gambler1981]

I seem to recall Roy Jones being very hard to hit let alone catch clean.

Ya'll musta forgot~

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

Lol brutally kod???????

[soul_survivor]

Not accurate man. Kovalev is terrific at cutting off the ring and excellent at moving in and out of range, he has fast footwork.

Average footwork at best, he kept getting caught square on by looping, slow right hands from Pascal. If slow ass Pascal could disrupt his footwork, what's a prime RJJ gonna do? Plus he can not work nay sort of momentum going backwards.

I like Kovalev, most entertaining fighter at 175 currently but let's call it like it is, he isn't an excellent boxer, what he is, is a deadly puncher with some decent skills and a good, strong jab.

[mick1303]

Triangle theories don't work. And Hopkins is a complicated case to be examined. He is a late bloomer.

Who was better? The young, still growing and learning Hopkins of the mid-90's or the mid to late 40's Hopkins of the post-2010 era? Both have their flaws.

Neither Kovalev nor Roy fought a JUST-RIGHT Hopkins and that's not even a excuse for Hopkins because he doesn't need excuses like Roy Jones or James Toney. He is after all the one who never got KO'd no matter at what point of his career, or straight up dominated (that is until the Kovalev fight of course).

"Just right" Hopkins was a MW though. He is tall, but does not have broad shoulders, so LHW is his limit. The point is, both Jones and Kovalev would be physically superior to Hopkins. IMO Jones before Ruiz beats any version of Hopkins - too fast, like in their first fight. And Kovalev also beats any version of Hopkins - too big and strong with decent enough skills...

[Weebler I]

Average footwork at best, he kept getting caught square on by looping, slow right hands from Pascal. If slow ass Pascal could disrupt his footwork, what's a prime RJJ gonna do? Plus he can not work nay sort of momentum going backwards.

Your comment was that he was slow on his feet, I responded because that's clearly not the case.

I like Kovalev, most entertaining fighter at 175 currently but let's call it like it is, he isn't an excellent boxer, what he is, is a deadly puncher with some decent skills and a good, strong jab.

You must have some high standards if you don't think Kovalev is an exceptional boxer. Regardless, his power puts him right in this fight, or any fight for that matter.