How Kovalev needs to fight Hopkins

Well then I disagree with you in thinking it will be the key aspect in Kovalev beating Hopkins. He doesn't have a jab as good as Taylor or the speed or southpaw stance that helped Dawson and Calzaghe's jab. While he should jab he can't rely on it as heavily as he usually does.

Hopkins doesn't really have a great jab because he uses it often to disrupt his opponents jab making it hard for his opponents to gauge his range. I see Hopkins taking away Kovalev's jab in this fight. If Kovalev relies on it to set up his offense he'll be one step behind all night.

Kovalev can't do what Taylor did and win behind a strong jab alone. He needs to do what Calzaghe did and not fully commit to it, forget on trying to land it cleanly all the time and just parry with it, stick it out to keep Hopkins busy or draw a lead and then follow up with rights and lefts even if his jab misses. Boxing in a traditional and predictable manner behind the jab will only see Kovalev lose a decision.

 

Hopkins does start slower these days, seems to take him 3-4 rounds to find his rhythm. His tendency to slow start now is one of the reasons why I'm favouring Kovalev. I don't think Kovalev will stop him, Hopkins is still too crafty and good defensively for that to happen.

 

:think And its been this way his whole career. I figure Hopkins and his team are smart enough to figure this out and adjust properly. \Focus the first few round on defence and then do what you do best, take away the opponents arsenal.

 

Hopkins didn't always have a low work rate. Watch his fight against Johnson he kept a very high pace throwing over a hundred punches in a number of rounds. He threw 819 punches against Joppy. Hopkins work rate dropped off after the Joppy fight, making the middleweight limit and then age is what has caused Hopkins work rate to drop down to what we see today.

 

That's what Kovalev's trainer said

But I see Hopkins dominating kovalev.

Knocking him out late

 

Use his size, strength, and reach. Overpower him. Do not wait and give Hopkins time.

 

Good points. Kovalev usually pins down the opponents before throwing heavy combinations, and Hopkins is extremely difficult to pin down. You can bet on him using every possible trick (allowed or not) to avoid being in position where Kovalev is the most comfortable throwing.

By the looks of it, it seems that Hopkins has a good shot at winning, but there are still many factors to be analyzed. Perhaps in reality Kovalev knocks him out just like the last 2 guys, perhaps not. One thing to remember is that Hopkins had fought against the odds and won many times.

 

so murat and shumenov and shot jones and chad glass jawson go the distance vs bhop but a better fighter in Sergey KRUSHER Kovalev cant. :huh:thinkatsch

last guy hopkins stopped was de la hoya 10years ago at middleweight. rofl

 

Knocking Kovalev down is very possible but a knockout?, no way. Hopkins' last KO was in 2004.

 

Sergey KRUSHER Kovalev KRUSHES Hopkins!

 

'30 Year old Russian Killer Beats 50 year old American Millionaire Unconcious In Public Horror Spectacle'.

Nah... I'm a huge respecter of Hopkins. One of our genuine living legends, and his incomparable ability to use experience to figure out and neutralise opponents is undeniable.

If it was anyone but Bhops I'd say Kovalev simply runs away with any fight at LHW (with the possible exception of Stevenson who simply ran away).

It's not the first time I've thought Bernard loses, but it's the first recently.... I kinda can't believe I'm as generous to Hopkins as like 33/66, but the Ol' Faithful's been beating the odds for years.

I just don't know... asked to make a prediction I'd go with Kovalev on the under... or well, hmm, perhaps if pressed, just by the Kovalev win.

I think Kovalev has the capacity to stop Hopkins... I also think he's an actively aggressive fighter who won't fall as easily into Hopkins' spoiling as the fairly basic Cloud, Murat or Shumenov.

He doesn't have the speed of Dawson at his best or obviously Taylor, but is also more unpredictable in his offense than either - a facet that could make make up for a lack of the pure speed that has beaten Hopkins in the past.

Anyways. War Hopkins and War Kovalev... finally we get a real top level unifier - Nov 8th is my most anticipated fight date of the year so far.

 

you have it ass backwards fool.if anyone is getting knocked out its hopkins.I will be there in ac I cant wait.:bbb

 

lol