Did hopkins job for Kovalev to put him over?

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  1. YesMySon

    YesMySon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I know what people will say, Sergie carried him, bernard is hard to stop. etc etc etc.

    But he IS 50...and he isn't the fighter he was vs pavlik or Tarver.

    When talking about Serg, ever since the fight, hopkins talks him up like he is the greatest fighter of all time. He corrected Jim Lampley, saying kovalev won because he was just SO GOOD. not because of his age.

    Maybe hopkins and kovalev had an unwritten and unspoken agreement to let Kovalev get this win over hopkins to bring him closer to main stream audience.

    I know im gonna get bashed for this.
     
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  2. JeanGrey

    JeanGrey Active Member Full Member

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    Bernard is not in it for the money..i believe he has money and doesn't fight for money... he never really got paid much to begin with. I just think Sergey was to big for Bernard to bully in the ring. He couldn't push him the first few rounds and after that he just ran a lot.
     
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  3. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    No Hopkins was schooled and humbled and instead of acting like a b**** he's a real man and gave credit where credit is due, it's a pity most of the Kovalev detractors on here choose the b**** route.
     
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  4. Doc Everlast

    Doc Everlast Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hopkins is really banking hard on Ward beating Kovalev. The man could be right.
     
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  5. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    No way Hopkins takes a dive he has too much pride, He was right when he said Kovalev was just too good & too strong.on the night. No one out there to beat Kovalev or Golovkin as I can see:good
     
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  6. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    Never. No.
     
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  7. The Long Count

    The Long Count Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This
     
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  8. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog globalize the Buc-ees revolution Full Member

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    I think quite the opposite: Bernard got in too deep, but out of filial respect, The Krusher neglected to finish him.

    The agreement was implicit from the begininng.
     
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  9. Staminakills

    Staminakills Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Very good post
     
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  10. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Didn't Hopkins just recently say it would be bad management if Ward's people put him in the ring with Kovalev anytime soon, and advise against it?
     
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  11. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog globalize the Buc-ees revolution Full Member

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    No.

    Post link if I'm wrong, but no.

    Btw, if you and IB made a podcast, you would smoke all pretenders.
     
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  12. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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  13. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This is true, C:good. But BHop didn't take the same route after Calzaghe beat him.
     
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  14. Salty Dog

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  15. RememberingC.S.

    RememberingC.S. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bernard's name is and likely will ever be much bigger than Kovalev's, so he had no reason to try to pump him up.
    If anything, Kovalev carried him by sticking to the "outboxing" gameplan. If Bhop threw that taunt in the first rounds, he wouldn't have seen the end.

    It's not like De la Hoya throwing the fight to launch his fighter Floyd into supers****om
     
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