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

[Clint650]

I think B-Hop is just comparing the situation, not the fighters. Pavlik was also supposed to be the first man to knockout Old Man Hopkins and got schooled. the situation is similar but the fighters are completely different. B-Hop might have some tricks left, enough to take away the power shots from Sergey and maybe frustrate him and make him look bad. Maybe he can still spoil a fight the way only he can. BUT Kovalev has a ton of experience, and has been looking for this fight for the last couple of years. I thought he would beat Stevenson and Hopkins back then and I feel he will hurt Hopkins early. Rewatch the Pascal and Calzaghe fights and you will see just how dangerous Kovalev is going to be in this match up. All this talk from Hopkins is to make believers out of doubters, and doubters out of believers. Kovalev has too much power.

[twosweethooks]

Pavlik was a blown up MW with a sorry trainer.

Kovalev is a full LHW with a great trainer that KNOWS OLD AZZZZ

Kovalev is much more the boxer and PUNCHER than Pavlik !

Kovalev will get that big right hand that is like a lazer in on OLD AZZZZ in the first round and OLD AZZZ will GO DOWN. OLD AZZZ will pull a gimmick to buy time if he is able

OLD AZZZ won't make it thru the 4th but any round until then he WILL be KO'd and OLD AZZZZ will go out to pasture with his thumb in his mouth and wondering what he is, Old azzz has done this too long and the handwriting is on the nice Wall, weighed in the balances and found wanting.

[twosweethooks]

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.

remember he said No to Andre Ward, so he has limited balls

[Enzo Mc is SHIT]

Two reasons this won't happen:

- the Pavlik win was a ****ing masterclass and will be seriously difficult to repeat
- Kovalev is better than Pavlik

[Carlisle]

Power Sells Tickets but Skills Pay the Bills

Hopkins has made a career of easily defeating "big punchers".. Trinidad, Pavlik and let's not forget he moved up in weight to school Tarver. Power sells tickets but skills pays the bills and when it's all said and done we will once again have been reminded.

Two reasons this won't happen:

- the Pavlik win was a ****ing masterclass and will be seriously difficult to repeat
- Kovalev is better than Pavlik

[jas]

i think hopkins will stop kovalev

[MDPopescu]

i think hopkins will stop kovalev

Stop Kovalev? From what? From killing him?

[pesticid]

I'm not going to over rate Kovalev in this one. Yes he does have big power, but he does square himself up too much and is wide open to counters.

He also pulls straight back too much which led to that fake knockdown. Those are things Hopkins can exploit. Whether or not he can still do it at this stage remains to be seen, as he has looked far more hittable in his last 2 fights himself.

If Hopkins is on top of his game reflex wise, he will win. Anything less, and he will lose.

Dude pulling out is not always bad especially when you're a rangy fighter, with speed and power.

I think it's better to pull out against Bhop than step around him. Bhop's legs and speed is not what it used to be and he's crafty on the inside. We'll see though. Pulling back when you're rangy is great as far as creating counter punching opportunities.

[pesticid]

Two reasons this won't happen:

- the Pavlik win was a ****ing masterclass and will be seriously difficult to repeat
- Kovalev is better than Pavlik

We don't know if Kovalev has more heart and a better chin than Pavlik though. Pavlik ate every Miranda shot and Taylor shot and dominated them. Kovalev hasn't even faced anybody with power yet. BHop is the hardest puncher Kovalev is about to face and Bhop ain't the biggest puncher.

[jas]

We don't know if Kovalev has more heart and a better chin than Pavlik though. Pavlik ate every Miranda shot and Taylor shot and dominated them. Kovalev hasn't even faced anybody with power yet. BHop is the hardest puncher Kovalev is about to face and Bhop ain't the biggest puncher.

Great post