Does Hopkins Really trust his body?

You're damn right, he better beat that old man. He's FIFTY years old. I can't think of any other supposed champion fighting a FIFTY YEAR old for his legacy defining fight. Sirgay holds that distinction.

I will be reminding you after it happens.

 

Who cares about Stevenson. Sirgay v Stevenson will be two bums fighting each other. I thought they banned bum fights years ago, but looks like they're making their way back.

 

Honestly Kovalev is a russian Pavlik

We have seen Kovalev troubled at time in fights but he is able to overwhelm and over power a lot of people because of his power and aggression . . .

The fact that people are talking more abotu Hopkins' age rather than Kovalev's power gives you a good indication of how this fight would go a few years ago.

Light heavyweight has 3 big name champions and no one gives a **** because of the depth in the division isnt what it used to be a few years ago.

Hopkins will either dominate Kovalev or Kovalev will be the first man to stop Bernard Hopkins inside the scheduled 12. no one will know until fight time and its all speculation.

Honestly i can see hopkins having a scare or two being tagged but hell pull out a win like he always does because Kovalev (as strong as he is) is a very limited boxer who could have possibly lost to Cleverly if the maths degree idiot chose to box him instead of try to show how macho he was and trade with him.

****ing Nathan Cleverly had the tools to deal with him but not the brains, ironic considering his name and studies

 

Bernard can go 12 but can Kovolev?????

 

hopkins is extremely hard to hit flush and offsets great offensive fighters with movement. I'm worried about bernard in this fight but I'm not sure it's going to be a cakewalk for kovalev. he's fighting a seasoned veteran with a lot of knowledge and experience, he knows almost every trick in the book, is very cerebral and knows how to make even his losses look close (e.g calzaghe, taylor and dawson bouts).

 

B-Hop is onto something, even for those of us who are picking him, I am, we aren't seeing the whole picture. Hopkins is onto something and is going to exploit the **** out of Kovalev's weaknesses.


Not to undermine his courage or greatness, but he is not senile, and his is very intelligent. but, I don't see him taking a fight with Kovalev as a match up between 2 great fighters to test himself. I'd imagine he had the whole gameplan worked out months ago. B-Hop might very well put on a clinic.

 

Kovalev has a glass chin. hopkins by KO

 

Bernard has shown throughout his career that technique can defeat athleticism. He never really won his fights on athleticism except in rare instances like DLH, Trinidad or Tarver.

Most of his wins were because he out thinks or out techniques his opponent. I've seen him outboxed but I haven't seen anyone bully him and knock him out. I don't see why this guy he is fighting is more dangerous than Kelly Pavlik was.

 

Could you imagine certain posters if that happen's

 

50 year old Hopkins is a live underdog I will be on the edge of my seat!