Does KOVALEV get credit for the BHOP win?

[TernceBudCharlo]

Man you’re a clown.

You need to be banned from here and Guys like Crawford needs to be banned from the sport for never facing a top fighter.

Bud never failed a drug test, Canelo and Kovalev did.

[Scopedog]

It was a good win at the time. Kovalev would have been the favourite but Hopkins was as crafty as ever and kept finding ways to win fights he probably had no right to at his age, so it wasn't a guarantee. That said, Kovalev's gameplan was on point and completely shut Hopkins out of the fight. There weren't that many better fights realistically out there for him at the time, save the Stevenson fight that never materialised.

[Marchegiano]

Some credit, yes.

[pacmanis1]

I’d say its one of those rare fights that gets the credit it deserves. Nobody tries to claim Kovalev is an ATG because he beat a 50 year old Hopkins. It’s a solid win against a past his prime great.

[Combat Talk Radio]

"Harold, how do you have it?"

"OK Jim, NINE ROUNDS TO NOTHIN..."

Will never forget it.

[Squ□redCircle34]

My thread about hair follicle testing is super relevant here

[_Rexy_]

It was a good win at the time. Kovalev would have been the favourite but Hopkins was as crafty as ever and kept finding ways to win fights he probably had no right to at his age, so it wasn't a guarantee. That said, Kovalev's gameplan was on point and completely shut Hopkins out of the fight. There weren't that many better fights realistically out there for him at the time, save the Stevenson fight that never materialised.

Hopkins was the IBF and WBA champ going into the fight. It wasn’t a cherry pick, it was a unification.

[Offline]

He did carry him, but to be fair Bhop was 50, so not much credit, still a good win as Bhop had won many in a row and was going to fight Stevenson until Kov came thru.
Kov deserved to W against Ward, everyone knows he won.

I need to go back and watch that again. I felt similar but my heart was with Ward.

[_Rexy_]

I need to go back and watch that again. I felt similar but my heart was with Ward.

Ward turned it around but too little too late to get a W with having been KDd also.

[boliodogs]

Many claim that Kovalev “carried” Bhop.

I think GBP protected Hopkins they best they could to protect the OG with strict fees for any type of adverse finding even the fight was cancelled? That’s why Kovalev didn’t have his usual pop against a 50 year old gangsta Gramps?!

Yes he gets credit for the win.He failed no tests before he fought Hopkins and the failed test does not go backward in time. By your wrong logic Canelo should get no credit for any win he had before he failed that drug test.