Can BHOP take kovalev's bombs?

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  1. Sugah Jay

    Sugah Jay Guest

    i have always been a fan of hopkins but i really can't see him being able to take kovalev's bombs for too long(BHOP is no jake lamotta). yes kovalev brought his chin from the same china shop amir khan got his but there really isn't another possible result besides a KO by body shot. am i wrong?
     
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  2. Super Hans

    Super Hans The Super One™ banned

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    If the fight with Joe Calzaghe proved anything, it's that Bernard Humphery Hopkins Jr has a weak belt line, the way he was rolling around in agony after Joe punched him on it. That's where Kovalev should focus his attack.
     
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  3. Sugah Jay

    Sugah Jay Guest

    November 8th RIP BHOP's solar plexus
     
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  4. c-man shooter

    c-man shooter Active Member Full Member

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    Yes
     
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  5. don owens

    don owens Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No
     
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  6. FartWristedBum

    FartWristedBum I walk this Earth like a bum Full Member

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    He can avoid taking them flush and also counter them effectively due to his great skills and savvy......will it be enough this time???

    YEP. The Alien does it again!
     
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  7. daprofessor

    daprofessor da legendary professor Full Member

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    the real question is....will kovalev be able to land them? and the answer is: no.
     
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  8. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    he rolls with punches.......
     
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  9. hussleman

    hussleman Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Of course ez work for B HOP! HE has faced bigger punchers!
     
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  10. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Probably not.

    But it comes down to if Kovalev can land some or not...
     
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  11. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    No he wont, B-Hop aint floyd, he gets hit much more often, and kovalev is a juggernaut
     
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  12. FartWristedBum

    FartWristedBum I walk this Earth like a bum Full Member

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    True, but it's one thing looking a juggernaut against people who can't discourage you. Hopkins is the master of both lowering volume of fights and also countering/rough-housing.

    Kovalev won't have tasted it before and will become frustrated.

    I think his best chance is to bum rush BHop early and power him out of there......but you need a chin for that! Does Kov have the minerals...?:think
     
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  13. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Do you know the last time Hopkins scored a stoppage victory?
     
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  14. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    It was more recently than the last time Kovalev went 12.

    :smoke
     
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  15. assasin

    assasin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    not for long, no. Kovalev is going to be hitting him everywhere. the arms, the body, the head...

    he'll get him out of there in the end. just look what happened when Pascal landed clean.
     
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