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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - The last time Bernard Hopkins was in a boxing ring, it looked like it’d be just that.
The last time Bernard Hopkins would be in a boxing ring.
That night in Atlantic City, the 26-year pro was dropped in the first round by Sergey Kovalev, lost each of 11 subsequent rounds and gave the impression that a remarkable age-defying run was complete.
“I took him to school, but I just didn’t have my schoolbooks,” Hopkins said. “We got into school, but damn, he wound up showing me the book when I was supposed to be showing him.”
Kovalev defended his three-belt light heavyweight claim for the second time on Saturday night in Las Vegas, and Hopkins expects the Russian’s reign to ultimately be measured in years, not fights.
“The only person that can beat Sergey is him right now. He’s the only one who can beat himself,” he said. “He has to be on point, mandatory or no mandatory. Every fight is a championship fight because he has the title. If you want these fights that might not ever happen you’ve got to tell yourself that they’re going to happen just to stay motivated. If it starts getting boring to you and you don’t tell yourself that, you’ve got a problem. You have to stay focused, because at the end of the day the guy that nobody expects to win is always the dangerous guy. That’s the most dangerous guy to fight.” [Click Here To Read More]
The last time Bernard Hopkins would be in a boxing ring.
That night in Atlantic City, the 26-year pro was dropped in the first round by Sergey Kovalev, lost each of 11 subsequent rounds and gave the impression that a remarkable age-defying run was complete.
“I took him to school, but I just didn’t have my schoolbooks,” Hopkins said. “We got into school, but damn, he wound up showing me the book when I was supposed to be showing him.”
Kovalev defended his three-belt light heavyweight claim for the second time on Saturday night in Las Vegas, and Hopkins expects the Russian’s reign to ultimately be measured in years, not fights.
“The only person that can beat Sergey is him right now. He’s the only one who can beat himself,” he said. “He has to be on point, mandatory or no mandatory. Every fight is a championship fight because he has the title. If you want these fights that might not ever happen you’ve got to tell yourself that they’re going to happen just to stay motivated. If it starts getting boring to you and you don’t tell yourself that, you’ve got a problem. You have to stay focused, because at the end of the day the guy that nobody expects to win is always the dangerous guy. That’s the most dangerous guy to fight.” [Click Here To Read More]
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