Reality Check about Kovalev-Hopkins. BHop will be Destroyed.

CST80 · Nov 1, 2014

The Akbar One said: ↑

One guy has been fighting ranked opponents. The other guy has been fighting mostly bums.
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Hopkins and Kovalev recently have been fighting almost identical level opponents in terms of quality, Hopkins has schooled them Sergey has destroyed them.

ForemanJab · Nov 1, 2014

Beatle said: ↑

Tarver was just as powerful as Kovalev.
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Tarver bulked up to 218lbs to play fictional HW champ Mason "the line" Dixon in rocky 6 and had to cut nearly 45 pounds in 4 months to make the LHW limit for his fight with Hopkins. He was completely dehydrated and weak from the weight cut. If you think this is going to be anything like the Tarver fight, then you are in for a rude awakening.

Sosa · Nov 1, 2014

Talk about redundant threads....

witschnerd1 · Nov 1, 2014

RememberingC.S. said: ↑

Hopkins will win easily, i've never been more sure of anything.

Kovalev is all hype, he has beat nobody, has no technique, is flat footed and slow.

Predictable as they come, and by his own admission he never has a gameplan, he just tries to hurt his opponents.

kovalev is nothing and has beat nobody but BUMS.
All hype.
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Cleverly is not a bum. He may not be an A level fighter but he is or was a B+ level guy that Kovalev beat quickly and badly.

Rumsfeld · Nov 1, 2014

IntentionalButt said: ↑

https://twitter.com/CoryBlamire/status/528205811257184256

I just don't see Kovalev getting confused and discouraged as easily as most come-forward Hopkins victims do. He's a bit too much like Robert Patrick's original T-1000.

Guys like Shumenov and Pavlik couldn't force Hopkins to brawl, and it affected them emotionally and they lost their confidence and stopped trying in earnest. Guys like Ornelas and Murat were able to stay motivated but lacked the physical tools and were surprised to find they simply could not compete with such a well-conditioned athlete. Kovalev has the single-minded unshakable focus and the firepower to put Hopkins in a position of being forced to capitulate in one manner or another: he can't outrun Kovalev at this stage, and won't be keeping him at the end of a jab, and it will take a lot of strength to keep him clinched up...so eventually Hopkins will have to either fight back, and he really doesn't want to exchange with Kovalev - or swim into the deep waters of negativity (constant holding/flopping/turning his back/fouling etc.) and risk point deductions or DQ.
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:thumbsup

Where I think he can win, is in controlling the distance. That will involve a good deal of movement, but not necessarily "running". Just hope it's a good one!

whytetittie · Nov 1, 2014

CST80 said: ↑

Hopkins and Kovalev recently have been fighting almost identical level opponents in terms of quality, Hopkins has schooled them Sergey has destroyed them.
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I hope you post in this thread after the fight :grouphug

Super Hans · Nov 1, 2014

IntentionalButt said: ↑

I am not that worried.

Hopkins was never a gut-it-out, weather-the-storm, get-beaten-to-a-pulp fighter. That just isn't his identity. Especially now, he is pretty calculating in how much damage he allows himself to soak up. If the going starts to get rough he will bail out, by hook or by fouling crook. I don't see him taking anywhere near as bad or prolonged a whipping as Simakov did, no way. He will slap his cards on the poker table and fold long before that can happen.
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If Hopkins is getting dominated, I can envisage a situation where Hopkins takes the same way out Judah did against Khan.

killerD · Nov 1, 2014

CST80 said: ↑

But.. But.. But, skills pay the bills, skills pay the bills. Not Always.

Power isn't the be all, end all and most intelligent fighters know how to take that advantage away, BHop is great at that, but Kovalev needs to be recognized as P4P possibly the hardest puncher in Boxing today, his power is terrifying, even scarier than GGG. He KO's his opponents with light jabs to the stomach, and glancing blows that barely connect. That's almost hard to comprehend. And no amount of skill will keep Kovalev from landing on Bernard the entire fight, and he doesn't need to land clean to KO his opponents.

Now let's take a look at Hopkins past few opponents pre BHop fight.
Shumenov- He'd had 15 matches with 9 KO's, everyone he KO'd was a bum and Beibut struggled everytime he had a decent opponent, He couldn't KO Campillo and should have lost both times. Kovalev destroyed Campillo in 2.5 rounds Fonfara KO'd him as well.
Murat- He'd had 27 matches with 15 KO's 1 KO loss, He was stopped by Cleverly who Kovalev destroyed in 3.5 Rounds, and barely beat Campillo and lost to him once. KO'd nothing but bums.
Cloud- He'd had 24 matches with 19 KO's, he should have had 1 loss since Campillo was robbed, His power largely disappeared when he stepped up his comp, his best KO was Mack in 8 Froch got him out in 3. Cloud very overrated.
Dawson-Had speed but very featherfisted and Hopkins lost to him so its a moot point. Ward of all people stopped him, Hopkins punches didn't faze him.
Pascal-Doesn't have great power 53% KO ratio yet he questionably dropped Hopkins twice. He beat and lost to Hopkins both close fights.

Hopkins' last 3 opponents were cherry picks chosen specifically because their styles played directly to Bernard's strengths, he knew he could easily outsmart them and they didn't have real power that could hurt him.

Sergey Kovalev is 25-0 23 KO's, the only 3 guys to go 7 rounds or beyond were Boone who has a great chin and Kovalev KO'd him in 2 in the rematch.
Roman Simakov went 7 and Died.
Cedric Agnew was a Southpaw that troubled Kovalev, yet Sergey won every round with ease, Agnew ended up with his ribs broken and nose broken.

You all better hope Hopkins gets KO'd quickly because I fear for his health if it goes past 8. Kovalev's power is very real and Hopkins is 50 years old. Add to that, while in no way am I comparing Kovalev to Calzaghe they have one thing in common, they hit their opponents anywhere they can hit them, only Kovalev has KO power in his slaps.

His last few opponents Cleverly, Sillakh, Campillo were all on the same level maybe better than Murat, Shumenov and Cloud. He absolutely destroyed them all is alarming fashion, they couldn't even understand what was happening to them.

Hopkins is great but recently he been taking 3 or 4 rounds to figure out his opponents which is very unfortunate for him, since it takes Kovalev 3 or 4 rounds to stop them.

By the way I'm a big fan of Hopkins.
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no one is getting destroyed bhop will taste kovalev's power and then he will go flying out of the ring like kermit the frog cintron boom how you like that no contest.

CST80 · Nov 2, 2014

killerD said: ↑

no one is getting destroyed bhop will taste kovalev's power and then he will go flying out of the ring like kermit the frog cintron boom how you like that no contest.
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Where have you been

killerD · Nov 2, 2014

CST80 said: ↑

Where have you been
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busy

Farmboxer · Nov 2, 2014

In a fair fight Hopkins will be destroyed. Look what Dawson did to him. However, there are rumors that Hopkins will have his own personal referee there to allow him to head butt, elbow, land low blows and have Kovalev disqualified for hitting him. Who will own the referee, boxing commission, judges, etc.? Think about it..................

IntentionalButt · Nov 2, 2014

Super Hans said: ↑

If Hopkins is getting dominated, I can envisage a situation where Hopkins takes the same way out Judah did against Khan.
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:nod

iceman71 · Nov 2, 2014

FIN said: ↑

What a joke that hopkins is fighting like a man 15 years younger through the use of peds,it wouldn't shock me if he won. .
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stfu with all that *****

CST80 · Nov 5, 2014

:deal

TinFoilHat · Nov 5, 2014

CST80 said: ↑

Why because you think he's like Pavlik, a plodder, well he's not Kovalev will hit Hopkins anywhere he can hit him just like Joe did. he's not a 1,2 type puncher, Also the Pavlik fight was 6 years ago.
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:rofl:rofl:rofl

Comparing Kovalev to Calzaghe. Not sure I can take you seriously right now man.

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