Could Hopkins Expose Kovalev's Suspect Chin?

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  1. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lets hope Hopkins mans up and stands toe to toe with Kovalev, like he did Murat. Think he has the stones.....nah
     
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  2. Scar

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    If he catches him with the right shot he can hurt/drop him. However, don't expect Hopkins to KO/stop Kovalev.
     
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  3. Scar

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    You're seriously asking someone like Hopkins to "Man up"?. You ought to be glad you're alive at 50, worthless loser.
     
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  4. Scar

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    Hopkins has no power?. He hurts and stuns almost every opponent. Sure he doesn't aim for a KO but he does have snap and always proves it.
     
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  5. Taylor2010

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    Once I think. Darnell Boone.
     
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  6. Brighton bomber

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    I could see Hopkins dropping Kovalev with a sneaky well timed shot. But I seriously doubt he has the power anymore to finish him. Hopkins hasn't stopped anyone since De La Hoya some 10 years and 2 divisions ago. If Kovalev's chin was that bad he would have been stopped already by now.
     
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  7. boxing_master

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    He does have power you respect but nothing that will we make you worried about
     
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  8. Serge

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    As far as I'm aware, Kovalev has been down once as a pro and once as an amateur (against Atoev when he was stopped), although obviously he could've been down more than that during his time spent in the later. I didn't see any other stoppage loses apart from the Atoev one on his ledger when I searched through his amateur results on another site, but then again there was only a small selection of his 200 + fights available though.

    He fought the beastly punching Beterbiev twice in the amateurs, losing by a single point (25-24 IIRC) in one of them, Beterbiev's reputation as a fearsome puncher in the amateurs even with big gloves and headgear on preceded him. He hurt, floored, stopped, or knocked out an awful lot of top quality fighters in the unpaid ranks too.

    The KD against Caparello was bogus, IMO.
     
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  9. Scar

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    Caparello knocked him down too.
     
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  10. Scar

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    I don't think it was bogus. He was caught with a punch he didn't see coming while backing off and was knocked down. It was as clean as can be for a knockdown.
     
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  11. Serge

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    Low blow by Caparello, Kovalev backs off drops his hands and tries to reset, Caparello comes forward and steps on the left foot of Kovalev as he launches a straight left which catches an unsuspecting off-balance Kovalev whose feet are still squared up.

    8:05

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    Serge, Sep 30, 2014
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  12. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    He has no knockouts in over a Decade. None. He has been fighting like a mini John Ruiz for the last 8 years. All he tries to do is land one punch then come in and headbutt and clinch. Where are the KO's? Where?

    Fighters with power knock people down and out.
     
    Rico Spadafora, Sep 30, 2014
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  13. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    I can see Hopkins landing that short right hand that he loves to throw and it dropping Kovalev.
     
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  14. Rumsfeld

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    Difference is, he never seemed to really want the Dawson fight. He had to take that, as a concession in getting the Pascal rematch prior to Dawson getting that crack.

    In this case, Hopkins actively went after the guy everyone thought he would avoid. In prior case, he was sort of backed into a corner.

    Big difference in my eyes.

    :smoke
     
    Rumsfeld, Sep 30, 2014
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  15. Rumsfeld

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    :bart
     
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