Hopkins "No Need To Fight Kovalev "

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  1. eltirado

    eltirado Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sorry Hopkins...No WBO Kovalev...no History :nono

    2014 Undisputed = WBC * WBA * WBO * IBF
     
  2. MetalLicker

    MetalLicker I Am Full Member

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    So Hopkins takes a shot at the WBO belt and everyone is willing to turn a blind eye to the shame that is the We Be Crooks belt and the WBA super champions/regular champions and who knows what champion belts they have.

    The champion makes the belt and in the this case Kovalev is as legit as they come. When Shumenov was holding the WBA belt they robbed from Campillo, did any really consider him a champion? Nobody did.

    Hopkins had a chance to take on Kovalev, but were dragging their feet and didn't want to put on the fight. Kovalev did the smart thing by fighting someone willing to fight him.
     
  3. Ol' Bub

    Ol' Bub Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Also, Showtime refused to broadcast that fight back when Kovalev was BHop's mandatory and before Kovalev signed with HBO.
    Pretty convenient, huh?
     
  4. Kid Cincinnati

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  5. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    :lol:


    Again the man in the division is Stevenson ! No one needs the WBOgus belt for history !
     
  6. SweetSciGuru

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    Not surprising that Showtime was very likely involved in the GBP/Haymon/Hopkins LHW conspiracy, while Kovalev was not.
    This is what Boxers pay Al Haymon for, why he is a value and why Kovalev's present promoters and advisers are not.

    Remember when Kovalev's management jumped on Showtime to complain and the Showtime rep said that he had never once received a telephone call from them on their fighter's behalf.
    LOL.
    He straight up asked her, "Isn't that what promoters are supposed to do, call to get their clients work?"
     
  7. bballchump11

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    This seems like the only relevant point
     
  8. Cisco Route

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    Yes. He beat the Man who beat the Man. That made Briggs the Man.
     
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    Your dad certainly knows about being dickless seeing as your mom has all the balls in the family.

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  10. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    Even Hopkins knows the WBO belt is worthless :lol:
     
  11. daprofessor

    daprofessor da legendary professor Full Member

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    kovalev has a strap. he can't call himself undisputed unless he beats kovalev. period.
     
  12. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    Uh he's not the man his belt is meaningless compared to the other 3 and the ring !
     
  13. box4life11

    box4life11 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hopkins is smart I'll give him that but he's not fooling me..



    I wonder if Sergey would lose to Taylor or Dawson?
     
  14. daprofessor

    daprofessor da legendary professor Full Member

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    doesn't matter what you think of him. if he has the belt and bhop hasn't beaten him or someone who beats him for it, he cannot call himself undisputed. period.

    do you understand what undisputed means???
     
  15. box4life11

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    There's some real idiots on this board stay strong lol