Comments Thread For: Hopkins: I Wanted Kovalev, Smart Move To Pick Cleverly

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Boxing's oldest ever world champion Bernard Hopkins believes he will once again make history as he looks to unify the light-heavyweight division this weekend.

Hopkins has already made a profound statement in boxing, reigning as one of the world's top middleweights for over a decade, before moving up the weight classes to finally become the fight game's oldest champion.

Having initially dethroned George Foreman of that title back in 2011, when he captured the WBC and IBO light-heavyweight belts at the age of 46 against Jean Pascal, the Philadelphian recently broke his own record when he beat Tavoris Cloud at 48 to win the IBF crown.
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[jas]

If hopkins becomes undisputed, he will become the 2nd man in history to become undisputed in 2 weight classes. evander holyfield being the 1st

[turnedup]

I respect Hopkins but this is hogwash...this is like a guy trying to pick a fight from half way across the country. You wanted Kovalev but passed up the chances you had to make the fight because you wanted Showtime money. I wish he'd just keep doing his thing and stop talking about other fighters this much. If these guys wanted to fight Kovalev they would've by now, Kathy is trying to cash up on this dude so she'd pair him up with anyone that brings money and belts to the table.

[mrlopez]

Hopkins beats shumenov and adonis, and IF the fight with Kovalev ever happens, i think Kovalev will be the 1st to KO the old man.....

[sugarsmosley]

b-hop is starting to scare me, i think he may be an extra terrestrial

[HAY-B]

I respect Hopkins but this is hogwash...this is like a guy trying to pick a fight from half way across the country. You wanted Kovalev but passed up the chances you had to make the fight because you wanted Showtime money. I wish he'd just keep doing his thing and stop talking about other fighters this much. If these guys wanted to fight Kovalev they would've by now, Kathy is trying to cash up on this dude so she'd pair him up with anyone that brings money and belts to the table.

kovalev was Hopkins' mandatory. instead of pursuing a fight with Hopkins, duva chose to fight cleverly. duva was in the drivers seat to make the decision as to whom they wanted to fight. how is that hopkins passing up on a kovalev fight? if duva wanted that fight they could have made it. if they could not agree, it would have went to a purse bid or Hopkins would have had to release the belt. If you're trying to imply that Hopkins ducked kovalev I would strongly disagree. it's the other way around.

[daggum]

kovalev was Hopkins' mandatory. instead of pursuing a fight with Hopkins, duva chose to fight cleverly. duva was in the drivers seat to make the decision as to whom they wanted to fight. how is that hopkins passing up on a kovalev fight? if duva wanted that fight they could have made it. if they could not agree, it would have went to a purse bid or Hopkins would have had to release the belt. If you're trying to imply that Hopkins ducked kovalev I would strongly disagree. it's the other way around.

hopkins clearly ducked kovalev. kovalev did pursue a fight but showtime/golden boy wouldn't approve the fight against kovalev, but they would approve bum murat lol. can you explain that? shows you what kind of racket they are running. kovalev knew hopkins and showtime didn't want the fight so instead of waiting for a purse bid for a fight that would never happen he fought cleverly for his belt.

[King_]

hopkins clearly ducked kovalev. kovalev did pursue a fight but showtime/golden boy wouldn't approve the fight against kovalev, but they would approve bum murat lol. can you explain that? shows you what kind of racket they are running. kovalev knew hopkins and showtime didn't want the fight so instead of waiting for a purse bid for a fight that would never happen he fought cleverly for his belt.

Lol so many brainwashed people here who have absolutely no idea what they're talking about in regards to Hopkins-Kovalev


The WHOLE thing was documented through articles on BSCENE from beginning to end.

Yeah, let's blame Kovalev for wanting to win a title by fighting a titlist and not fight for a vacant title (which is where Kovalev-Hopkins was heading according to Showtime/GBP rejection of the fight)

[J The UnBiased]

Everybody's afraid of Kovalev lol, He's top 3 P4P.

[MrP4P]

I respect Hopkins but this is hogwash...this is like a guy trying to pick a fight from half way across the country. You wanted Kovalev but passed up the chances you had to make the fight because you wanted Showtime money. I wish he'd just keep doing his thing and stop talking about other fighters this much. If these guys wanted to fight Kovalev they would've by now, Kathy is trying to cash up on this dude so she'd pair him up with anyone that brings money and belts to the table.

Im sorry but this is wrong. Hopkins was ordered to face Kurat who was his mandatory, and Kurat had issues with his visa and pulled out of the fight, Kovalev then became the new mandatory to Hopkins title. Hopkins agreed to honor their decision and fight Kovalev but Kurat had his visa issue settled and was renamed the mandatory. BUT Duva had the chance to pursue the Hopkins fight anyway or go fight Cleverly(Which HBO wanted) and they feared if they didnt fight Cleverly that Hopkins would go and sign on to fight him and team Kovalev would be left without a dance partner, so they quickly signed to fight Cleverly since HBO was pushing for Krusher to take his belt and build up a Kovalev-Stevenson fight. This is what happened.. Hopkins didnt "pass up" the fight.