Adonis ducks Kovalev and reaches out to B-Hop. B-Hop will prolly take the fight and win by UD. B-Hop then fights Andre Ward who retires B-Hop. Andre Ward then decides to tame Kovalev. All the while Kovalev beats a few contenders but relative nobodies and bodies Beterbiev inside 6 rounds before the Ward fight.
I would be very, very surprised if the pimp steps up to the challenge. I expect Kovalev having to settle for battering Mohammedi next and then probably some lower top 20 guy after that. For B-Hop there's a chance he gets the Stevenson fight now, but I believe he will settle for an relatively easy farewell bout.
Hopkins is finally showing his age. He has never lost so comprehensively before so he should retire there are no easy fights left for a title. He was unable or unwilling to pull the trigger throwing only 196 punches far less than usual. Suffice to say retirement is beckoning. For Kovalev the immediate future is his. He has mandatory commitments and a fight with Pascal was mentioned and he would be a worthy challenger. We can forget about Stevenson he will most likely keep running and Beterbiev has still only had a handful of fights.
Hopkins finished at top level looked shot if he stays in he needs to just fight exhibition kind of things like roy jones
Hopkins should retire. For Kovalev, I'm hoping it's Stevenson next, if not then whoever else rated highly at Light Heavyweight.