Hopkins schools Kovalev, then stops Stevenson - new Unified LHW champ

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  1. pingree24

    pingree24 Active Member Full Member

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    I know enough thanks for your input though bud , I was very impressed with Hopkins in the Pavlik fight , loved the bolo punches and the clowning , I wasn't impressed at all in the pascal fights or shumenov (be honest did you think he had a chance? Nobody did ) I think it will be a great fight but won't be shocked if he wins .
     
  2. don owens

    don owens Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    KOvalev will punish Bhop.
     
  3. SweetSciGuru

    SweetSciGuru Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I just thought about the Hopkins fans who have been following him around for the last 15 years placing bets on him as the underdog.
    Hopkins has always been the betting underdog and his fans must have made a ton of money from collecting on 7-1 and 4-1 bets over all these years,
    Looks like they are about to get paid once again.
     
  4. lepinthehood

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

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    you dont get paid for losing bets my friend. easy money for the bookies, laughing at the hopkins hopefuls :rofl
     
  5. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Sounds accurate to me!

    :smoke
     
  6. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    I also suspect he'll be walking him to one trap after another once he finds his groove. It will even reach the point that Kovalev probably knows he's walking into another trap, but won't have any choice to take the bait, as he will be forced to fight Hopkins' fight.

    :smoke
     
  7. lepinthehood

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

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    hooks,righthands and jabs? thats a 90s bhop, not a 2014 bhop who only throws an occasional right hand lead and a headbutt. probably walk straight into a decapitating uppercut of kovalev's. :D
     
  8. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hopkins needs to fight a flawless fight in that he can't allow Kov to buzz him like Pascal did because that would spell disaster for him. Kov is a finisher. I'm pulling for Hopkins because he is the underdog and I love it when the overcome proves to be a better general than the defeat.
     
  9. Cafe

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    If he beats Kovalev, I really think he'll beat Stevenson with ease. I do see where people are coming from with this though (that Hopkins will easily outbox him) it's a possibility.
     
  10. lepinthehood

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

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    dont you want fresh new blood on the scene? imagine kovalev vs stevenson, beterbiev and ward. would be amazing fights.

    hopkins has a few entertaining fights but he knows how to stink out the most highly anticipated fights aswell.
     
  11. Guybino

    Guybino Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I feel that the only way a 50 year old hopkins will win is by headbutting and fouling his way to a SD.
     
  12. WildStyle

    WildStyle J.C. Penny's belt $2.99 banned

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    Talk about delusional
     
  13. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, new blood is good and I wouldn't be mad whichever way the fight went. I just love the idea of a man beating the odds and making history in the process.
     
  14. SweetSciGuru

    SweetSciGuru Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tell that to Pavlik, Pascal and Shumenov.
    That beautiful short right hand put Shumenov on his ass and it will do the same to Kovalev probably 2-3 times.
     
  15. plank46

    plank46 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    already determined if it goes to a decision.