Comments Thread For: Hopkins: I Want To Beat Kovalev Better Than I Did Pavlik!

[hugh grant]

How kovalev blew Cleverley away, has me worried for BH>

[lutenco]

Honestly i see some similarities between PAVLIK and KOVALEV as type of fighters;anyway BHOP seems don't worry about taking shots from hard hitters;if you watch his opponents after CALZAGHE only DAWSON was high skilled,the others all hitters.

[Main Source]

Man, I wish B-Hop all the best with this fight and I'll root for him to win but I just think it's a little late at this stage to pick a fight with a guy like Kovalev.

No matter the out-come of this fight - B-Hop will forever remain a legend in the sport of boxing.

War B-Hop!

[Dean_Razorback]

does hopkins lurks around NSB?? it sounds like something brushmyhair would say

[Daddy T]

Pavlik moving up a lot of weight to fight hopkins and despite his big KO percentage he didn't have the raw power of kovalev, but hats off to hopkins. The guy has balls.

[Beercules]

Hopkins needs to be on his A game

I mean at 49 this is a bad fight to take.

[Mr. Philadel]

WBA/IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (55-6-2, 32KOs) is not only looking to win, he's looking to win big when he faces the dangerous WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (25-0-1, 23KOs) in an HBO televised unification on November 8th.

Hopkins, nearly 50-years-old, wants to eclipse one of his biggest career victories - the 2008 HBO televised twelve round domination of then undefeated, and heavily favored to win, Kelly Pavlik. In that fight, Hopkins turned back the clock and boxed Pavlik's ears off. Pavlik, who met Hopkins at a catch-weight of 170-pounds, was never the same fighter.
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it's impossible to beat someone worst than Pavlik got beat without stopping them....Pavlik lost every minute of every round and everybody know the rest of Ghost's story....so I doubt BHop can beat anybody worst than that at this stage.....maybe he's motivated to duplicate the performance....because that's the only realistic thing BHop can do at this age....but Frankenstein won't be as cooperative as Ghost was....can't wait!!

[KevinHenry007]

If Hopkins makes it to the 5th round, I'd be shocked.

[kafkod]

How kovalev blew Cleverley away, has me worried for BH>

People are dissing and dismissing Cleverley now because of the way Kovalev destroyed him, but he is a very durable guy and would have beaten Hopkins, I believe, out-hustled him the way Calzaghe did.
After seeing the effect Kovalev's punches had on Cleverley, I'm sure his power will be a big problem for Hopkins too. He'd better forget about Pavlik, Kovalev hits much harder than that.

[Derranged]

kovalev must nearly be GGGs equal reputation wise, so BH taking the fight shows his bravery. Floyd lacks this desire to take risks and that is why Floyd will be penalized legacy wise. And Floyd will be penalized badly.

Floyd wouldn't tackle GGG, and he wouldn't tackle Sergio as well and when called up on it, the best Floyd would come up with you never know what the future holds?
Well the crystal ball revealed Miguel cotto showing Floyd how to do it, and now BH trying to do it. BH may not succeed, but at least he tried which is one step above what Floyd was prepared to do.

What in the hell does Floyd have to do with this? You ******s are obsessed.

That said, I don't see Hopkins beating Kovalev as easily as he did Pavlik. But who knows...