Great win for Kovalev. I was thoroughly impressed. Easy fight to score, 120-106 by my reckoning, having scored the opening closing rounds 10-8 for Kovalev. Kovalev's patience, intelligence, and footwork all proved far better than I thought. I imagine he has a fairly long reign ahead of him, and the only person who would have a great shot against him is Ward. But after what I saw tonight, I no longer would favor Ward in that match-up. Kovalev is the goods! Well done tonight! :smoke
Ward would be slumped over the entire night below Kov's waist illegally and the fight would be ugly as possible.
:good I think the only one who can beat Kovalev is the other Russian monster, Beterbiev. He's not as good as Kovalev, but he seems to be physically stronger and may even punch harder.
And from here on all Kovalev will get credit for is beating an "Old man" Almost 50-year-old Hopkins deserves huge credit for going the distance with Kovalev which no other fighter has ever done!
Big respect to Bernard Hopkins for showing good sportsmanship after the fight. :good Hopkins has a ATG chin, arguably the best in the history of boxing.
I wouldn't write Beterbiev off. He is on his way up and if he is able to stay within the LHW limit for long, the very interesting period is coming. Looks like he's on the WBC path, which means that Stevenson should be very worried.
I won't be saying that. He still beat an A level guy. Even a 49 year old Hopkins is no push-over. Kovalev will always get credit from me for his performance tonight! :smoke
Look out for A. Beterbiev, who is just started his Pro career not long ago. He'll be looking to crash the party and grab those belts at some point. He is no joke. Until then, nobody's holding a candle to Sergey Kovalev. Kovalev vs Beterbiev will be one helluva battle someday. I hope to see Kovalev get Stevenson in the ring in the meantime. Sergey Kovalev is going to rule LHW for a good while before the inevitable Beterbiev showdown on the far horizon. He's an exciting fighter and very fun to watch. HBO has a potential superstar in the making and boxing fans have a great champion. See, Stallion knows. He beat me to it.
Excellent strategy by Kov but he set the tone with the early KD, B-Hop was amazing at 50 smart and cagey, but could not get Kov to fall into the trap, Kov kept his range and worked. I still think B-Hop may have a few good wins in him and may have a shot vs Stevenson but always a danger fighting these young guys
Fair shout. I have never actually seen Beterbiev fight yet, although I'm aware of the excitement he caused around here after what he did to Cloud fairly recently. I'm still apt to say Ward would be his toughest challenge out there, but Ward might best serve his own interests hanging around 168 for awhile once he eventually starts fighting again.
:good Yeah, everyone should give Kovalev his credit. He carried out a gameplan and showcased his skill-set, focus, and determination tonight against a legitimate ATG who still beats most guys at that weight class. He'll be a great champion.
Not fairplay you were wrong, and im going to give you systematic beatdown for months. you wont live this one down, you dont know the sport of boxing, youre clueless, you might aswell go and watch wwe. Ive never seen so little boxing knowledge coming from an adult, and especially have you have wasted 10years on this boxing site, you are a disgrace to the sport of boxing, you are disgrace to your nation and a dissapointment to your family. DumsField i havent even begun the absolute destruction of you. ill follow you everywhere and remind you off your complete ineptness in life. You should really consider your future because its not going getting to get any better for you, especially if you stay here on this sight. Sergey KRUSHER Kovalev shows his skills,patience,power,speed and big fight mentality. No one beats hopkins in such a wide manner, even roy jones couldnt do so or chad dawson, supposedly superior boxers than the KRUSHER. Anyway i hope you enjoyed the fight, it was very pleasent for me, but i know what was going to happen as i watch the sport. Im not a cretinous little toad like you dumsfield, who cant shut its big gob, and spews mucus and bile whenever you open your mouth. An Absolute Liabilty you are.