Hopkins vs Kovalev
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Roy Jones: Sergey Kovalev Should’ve Finished Hopkins
Roy Jones is in his third camp with Jean Pascal, who challenges three-belt light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev this Saturday night in Montreal. While Jones has said he’s been working on Pascal’s stamina, there are other ways the former champ...
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Kovalev's Trainer: Body Shots Brought Out Hopkins' Age
Bernard Hopkins, 49-years-old, finally looked like a fighter who is rapidly approaching the age of 50, according to trainer John David Jackson. Last Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Jackson's boxer, Sergey Kovalev (26-0-1, 23...
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Videos
Video: Kathy Duva Discusses Hopkins Win, The Future
Atlantic City, Boardwalk Hall, New Jersey - Bill "Two Scoops" Emes catches up with Main Events CEO Kathy Duva to discuss Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev's twelve round unanimous decision victory over Bernard "The Alien" Hopkins to unify the WBO/IBF/WBA ligh...
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Hopkins: I Wanted a Knockdown in the 12th, not Survival
Bernard Hopkins was far behind on the scorecards and needed a knockout to beat Sergey Kovalev. And while Hopkins had landed a good shot on Kovalev earlier in the round, Kovalev would hurt him in return. Whereas others might’ve taken that as a sign th...
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CompuBox: Kovalev Lands Most Punches on Hopkins
Atlantic City, Boardwalk Hall - All Sergey Kovalev, who was patient and kept distance all fight. Bernard Hopkins managed to land an average. of just 5 of 16 punches per round. Kovalev landed 38 punches in round twelve, the most landed by a Hopkins o...
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Hopkins: Trainer Deserves Praise for Kovalev’s Success
Bernard Hopkins was already quite familiar with Sergey Kovalev’s trainer before he stepped into the ring with the light heavyweight titleholder. After all, Hopkins had stopped John David Jackson — who held belts in two divisions — way back in 1997. A...
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Bernard Hopkins Felt Undersized Against Sergey Kovalev
Sergey Kovalev was intelligent in the way he fought Bernard Hopkins on Saturday night, smartly using his size and employing a strategy that kept him in control throughout the bout, according to Hopkins. “I couldn’t overpower him. I just felt like...
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Kovalev Dominates Hopkins, Unifies WBA/WBO/IBF Belts
by David P. Greisman - All good things truly do come to an end. For year after year after year, long after he left prison as an ex-con and vowed never to return, Bernard Hopkins defied expectations, defied his advancing age and the rigors on the b...
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Videos
Video: Bernard Hopkins Discusses His Loss To Kovalev
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City - Bill "Two Scoops" Emes cathces up with Bernard "The Alien" Hopkins, following his HBO televised twelve round decision loss to Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev in their IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight unification. Hopkins talks a...
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Duva: It Was Hopkins in Deep Waters, Not Kovalev
Kathy Duva of Main Events says she wasn’t nervous about her fighter, Sergey Kovalev, going in against Bernard Hopkins on Saturday night — and that she even expected the dominant performance that Kovalev put forth en route to a shutout unanimous decis...
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Kovalev Says He Hurt Both Hands On Hopkins’ Hard Head
Sergey Kovalev had never gone 12 rounds — heck, he’d only gone eight rounds once before — before this past Saturday’s decision win over Bernard Hopkins. Kovalev said he couldn’t get the knockout against Hopkins, though he tried to finish him. “...
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Photos
Photos: Kovalev Drops, Beats Hopkins Monster Gallery
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City - Sergey Kovalev (26-0-1, 23KOs) was forced to go the twelve round distance for the first time in his career, but he had more than enough firepower to dominate the 49-year-old Bernard Hopkins (55-7-2, 32KOs) to win a lop...