Hopkins vs Golovkin at 168-170

That's been the problem with any would-be Hopkins opponent dating back to the aftermath of his win against Pavlik. He's always going to be a lose/lose situation, and I know a lot of guys who picked Hopkins to school Kovalev aren't giving Sergey his due. Note that while I picked Hopkins there, I'm not one of those people who refuses to give him credit. Quite the contrary.

That said, it is a lose-lose situation for Golovkin, but all the same it would still be his best opponent to date, and by a huge margin.

It's one of the few "plausible" Gennady fights out there that actually interests me a good deal on a personal level. But I know it isn't apt to happen.

As far as the "big fight" goes, didn't you say that was happening before mid-May this year?

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I think Ward is too much for Hopkins at this age. I like his chances far more against Gennady or Froch. And obviously Chavez Jr.

 

You won't get flack from me. I can see that happening. But then again, I'm the only one who picked Hopkins.

Although, in reality, I included the "Undecided" option fully intending to choose that myself. But when it came to clicking a box, I became compelled and couldn't resist voting for Hopkins UD.

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I will admit the possibility that, between Nov 2014 and now, Hopkins could have aged a great deal in "fighter years". But assuming he's somewhat close to what he was when he faced Kovalev, he would be competitive with Golovkin.

Gennady simply isn't as good as Kovalev. He isn't as big, he isn't as powerful, and he doesn't posses the unique blend of traits that enabled Kovalev to dominate Hopkins.

 

EXACTLY!!! You can never write off a Golovkin stoppage, but Hopkins is crafty, and unless he's aged extremely poorly these past 14 months or so, I cannot see a guy like Golovkin stopping someone who went 12 with Kovalev.

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I respectfully disagree with you on this.

But....

...I couldn't agree more on this!

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