Why Kovalev is so dangerous and why he'll knock Hopkins out

Who did he masterfully show his adapting skills against?, Cleverly?

 

Where did you read the "masterfully" part?
All his latest fight showed him probing in the first and quickly finding the openings in the 2nd and 3rd to finish his opponent off.

I have a question for you Scar, cause you are clearly one of the more knowledgeable and fightpredicting posters around here.
How do you think the fights Kovalev vs Cloud, Kovalev vs Shumy and Kovalev vs Murat would end? In Kirk/Rummy format, maybe with a little breakdown on the side.
I ask that because I expect you can look past the smoke and mirrors too.
B-Hop's accomplishments are incredible for his age. But his latest opponents clearly weren't top of the crop, if you catch my drift.

 

So what? A young Hopkins was not really better .. rather the difference.

 

I do agree that his latest opponents aren't top of the crop and I surely don't expect Hopkins to prepare for Kovalev as he did those guys. Training camps come in flavors too, they last long(two to three months) and be extremely difficult and they can be short. Obviously Hopkins is going to prepare for this one as he did Pascal and the likes because there's yet again history to be made by him.

There isn't any need for me to specifically break down Kovalev vs Cloud/Shumy/Murat. I would safe say that Kovalev breaks these guys down and possibly knocks all of them out. None of these guys provide anything stylistically that Kovalev can't handle and walk through and freely display his power.

While Kovalev has power and can cut off the ring and intelligently use his aggression, this isn't a style Hopkins hasn't handled successfully before. Hopkins broke down and beat far more proven aggressive fighters when he got to them when compared to Kovalev. This is by far Kovalev' biggest and most dangerous fight yet, which says a lot. The only way I see Hopkins losing this fight is if his age finally catches up to him and he can't perform as he once used to, meaning he can't rely on movement and be active without running out of gas and having to dump one of his attributes to hang in there. Stylistically(with age pushed aside), Hopkins is a complete nightmare of a style for someone like Kovalev and Hopkins proved it countless times already.

 

So what?? Lets see you get in the ring at 50 yrs of age and fight anybody nevermind a fighter on the level of Kovalev. Its not a film its real life buddy.

 

Highly doubt that internet troll will make it alive to see 50.

 

based on what?
nobody ever looked good against Hopkins when he was younger

 

That guy is in shape, isn't he? He earns millions for fighting and he says he's unbeatable and whatever. If he's an alien, his age will not stop him. Me fighting with 50? Why not, if I earn the millions. I will run marathons with 50 as well, so I can box too. Just, is it worth if not earning the millions?

 

Calzaghe schooled him.

 

you mean calzaghe won a split decision when Hopkins was 40 and had already been dethroned by jermain taylor

like I said, nobody ever looked good against Hopkins when he was younger, and calzaghe had years to change that while he was 'calling out' both jones and Hopkins from wales....but did nothing about it

 

Your original response was not based on how much money Hopkins was making (which makes more sense). What I took from your post was that fighting Hopkins at 50 would be the same as fighting Hopkins at 30. If you think that then theres no point in debating with you.

 

I think it's Kovalev taking the risk, he's an up and coming destroyer who has it all to lose.

 

Such a hard fight to analyse.
I think its all about levels if Kovalev is really on the elite level he will give a beatdown to Hopkins.
If hes not he might get Pavlik'd.
I do think Kovlaev is legit and will stop Hopkins late.

 

I don't agree
Hopkins is a very smart fighter, but hes also old
there's no better platform onto the big stage than beating Bernard Hopkins - even now

 

I agree Hopkins has proven that many times, but not in the last couple of years. The last real opponent he upset the odds against was Pascal and that was back in 2011. And let's not forget he couldn't avoid all big punches in those 2 fights either.
At B-Hop's current age years start to count double... It isn't very plausible that current Hopkins is still as good as the version that fought Pascal.

Well anyway, we'll get see who's right :good