Kova only loses by judges robbing him of victory, as the experts world wide agree. Hopkins was coming off a two year lay off and was 52, Hopkins was a seasoned veteran at 49 years old when he confronted Kovalev after coming off a dominant victory against Beibut Shumenov, who is a cruiserweight right now as we speak. Hopkins was warmed up for the Kova bout, Hopkins was not warmed up for the Smith bout since he was absent for 2 years from the ring and was 52, that is a bad sign.
Yeah brilliant, & Danny Green>Calzaghe too? Man Kovalev is in the head of these tree swingers bad! Kovalev did what he had to do, so did Smith. Joe Smith >Pavlik, Kovalev, Tarver, Cloud, Pascal.. All day!