Hopkins on Kovalev. I felt like a middleweight in there against a cruiserweight

Well he beat blown up welterweights, so now he knows what its like fighting bigger and better men.

 

his supposed best wins were all against men a lot smaller than him

 

didn't de la hoya turn pro at super feather?

 

Fair assessment, Kovalev is a big LHW. Too big too young too hungry too good.

 

Nice words from Bhop, good to see him and 99% of his fans acting with class post-fight :good

 

This has more to do with his age and the opponent than the actual size. He physically did not have problems with Tarver and Pascal who both were big as the Russian.

This

 

This is true with the exception of Tarver.

 

sorry forgot about him

 

Hopkins is a warrior. He took the fight and tried his best for 12 rounds, despite being outclassed and outgunned. I refuse to throw him under the bus for taking the fight (unlike the "other" LHW champ who wouldn't) and taking the loss like a man. Love him or hate him, he at least manned up.

Let's see if Adonis decides to do it any time soon.

 

kov is not a big LHW he's bare;y 6ft tall average build skinny toothpick legs, next excuse pls

 

fightnight weights:
hopkins 182lbs
kovalev 188lbs

definitely no excuses. both came in as cruiserweights.

 

There was definitely a strength disparity. If you look at Hopkins body in his last few fights and compared to how he looked against Tarver and Calzaghe you can clearly see he's lost some muscle mass which is to be expected for a man who is almost 50.

His biggest problem wasn't Kovalev's superior strength but his movement.