Comments Thread For: Kovalev: Only Strategy is To Kick Bernard Hopkins' Ass

[bigjavi973]

Yeah but the obvious doesn't negate or conflict with the comment that Larry made, so why bring it up?

yes it does. You just dont want it to.

[Larry the boss]

Didn't hopkins fight the same karo murat that got his ass whopped by cleverly?

Yep..Hopkins fought as a mandatory

Larry was declaring Adrien Broner the future of boxing after he beat Gavin Rees. Your logic has no power here.

And he has since went and won another divisional title and aiming for another

[Larry the boss]

Larry ducks anyone who calls him out on Kovalev destroying the guys who whoop the asses of the fighters Hopkins is beating.

I aint ducking nothing....Hopkins is going to kick his ass and snatch his belt..no need to duck anything

[Tuavale]

What Kovalev means is that the way he fights will be enough to beat Hopkins. He'll box and throw sledgehammers at Nard until he overwhelms him. Nard will be on the defensive and won't be able to keep him at bay. Nard will lose this fight badly.

[MC Hammer]

yes it does. You just dont want it to.

It doesn't at all and you can't explain why it supposedly does. Cleverly beat Murat, does that mean Cleverly is a >C fighter? No, then Kovlev still made his name off C fighters.

[animalfan10]

"If i'm not going to beat him, he's going to beat me."

Very insightful, sounds like a genius boxer.

He barely speaks any English....

Wow I'm shocked that a guy who barely speaks English doesn't come off good in the English language...Truly shocking!!

[kafkod]

Who exactly has he KO'ed?

cleverly was a good stoppage. he destroyed everyone else pretty much.

Coming from the UK, I followed Cleverly's whole career, not just the fight with Kovalev. Trust me, he was much better than a C class light-heavyweight and has a great chin. At least he did have, till Kovalev cracked it.
I can see the train of thought many of you are following here - Kovalev beat Cleverly easily, so Cleverly must have been a poor champion, and Krusher KOing him doesn't mean a thing.
But nobody has beaten Cleverly except for Kovalev, and nobody had ever floored him before, amateur or pro. So what if Cleverly was actually much better, and tougher, than you guys think he was?
That would make Krusher's blow out win over him a very impressive performance indeed, which is how I look at it. And that's why I think that, if he doesn't get cut, Kovalev will surely beat BHop.

[texasboi15]

The curse of Bernard Hopkins will consume you Kovalev.

Your soul will join trinidad tarver taylor pavlik dawson cloud and pascal's

The curse claimed andre ward and david haye for just talk of facing Hopkins!

Legend has it the only way to break the curse is to have witch doctor Emmanuel Augustus perform a ritualistic voodoo dance around you 3 days before mardi gras lol

[dan_cov]

I think that is his best bet taking a balls to the wall approach. Too many get lulled into a fight at B-Hops pace, hes 50 years old.
Come out swinging and make it rough as possible, show him no respect.
Similar to Maidana v Floyd 1

[Build That Wall]

The curse of Bernard Hopkins will consume you Kovalev.

Your soul will join trinidad tarver taylor pavlik dawson cloud and pascal's

The curse claimed andre ward and david haye for just talk of facing Hopkins!

Legend has it the only way to break the curse is to have witch doctor Emmanuel Augustus perform a ritualistic voodoo dance around you 3 days before mardi gras lol

The Curse did not claim Jean Pascal. Cloud was exposed after Campillo, Andre Ward is not cursed, he might be getting fights if he goes over to Roc Nation, and David Haye was cursed by Wladimir Klitschko.

However Bernard Hopkins will beat Kovalev with ease, and Kovalev will never be the same.