Comments Thread For: Bernard Hopkins: No Need To Face Sergey Kovalev

[MDPopescu]

Kovalev is tailored made for Bhop. He is a counter punchers dream. I can't believe people don't realize this fact. He is heavy handed with limited boxing skills and Bhop has one of the best chins in boxing history

Exactly: Kov is tailor made for B-Hop...
That's precisely why B-Hop said: "No Need To Face Sergey Kovalev"...
B-Hop is so ****** -- he doesn't have an eye for tailor made fighters...

[Mr. Philadel]

Gb still protecting fighters behind a showtime veil. Sorry bhop but kovalev gives you your first career defeat by KO. It's ok to be scared!

BHop been fighting on Showtime before Frankenstein got to HBO....his promoter knew that signing a long term deal with HBO would conflict any fight to be made with a fighter inked to SHO.....reminder, BHop was ALREADY a SHO player BEFORE Miss Duva did what she felt was right

this is not some street corner bully **** where AVERAGE and less than average got that b1tchassness in their DNA.....BHop, Frankenstein, Adonis or any fighter at that level ain't average my man.....dudes learn how to fight by taking ass whoopings....where do you cats get the scared **** from?!?....the punk in the mirror or what?!?

the fear the athletes feel in this sport is a bit different from the fear that punk in the mirror be feeling.....its levels to everything my man...even fear!!

[Tobi.G]

I believe Stevenson is just as good and dangerous as Kovalev. IMO Hopkins loses to both. Hopkins wont like the speed of Adonis. Stevenson is all around much better than Shumenov. Hes faster, stronger and has more skills. Hopkins has problems against fast fighters and Stevenson is fast. If he cant beat Dawson you never will beat Stevenson.

[JFalu]

That's your view point and you openly said you only watch HBO. I pay for it all and watch all fights even from overseas. So for me and alot of fans alike it's really starting to look like Showtime is going to take over. Their shows are way more exciting all around. I don't just mean the fights themselves but the feeling of fighters actually fighting for a legitimacy, the broadcast, etc. All in all Showtime is doing what I've always wanted to see done with boxing.

Well out of Showtime and HBO, I go with HBO. I like the fighters that appear on there more. I watch NBC sports bouts and Unimas. I support some of the local fights here in Philadelphia. I'll catch fights on Box Nation. The network I dont really watch is Showtime. And thats because I'm just not really supportive of GBP, I dont like how they operate - particularly, Haymon. IF i think there is a fight worth watching on PPV I'll order it. Last one was Canelo Angulo and that ended up being a bust.
And I dont think that you're right or wrong in supporting Showtime/GBP. Its basically just different strokes for different folks. Everything aint for everyone. I dont think of one being better than the other. I just happen to favor HBO over Showtime.

[SUBZER0ED]

I know he can't leave now, he still has a contract with HBO. But once the contract is over, there is no reason to believe he wouldn't be interested in jumping ship. Why not? If the money and big fights are over there whose to say Kovalev will stay loyal?

And as far as events, Showtime to me, has been putting on better shows.
Or at least has been trying to do so. Their cards are loaded, their main events are decent, and they're building to what could be great fights at the latter end of the year. HBO is giving us a one fight card in May between Marquez and Alvarado. (great fight)
However Showtime last Saturday gave us Malinaggi/Porter and Hopkins vs Shumenov. Next week we have Matthysse and Thurman, granted in seperate bouts, but like I said, they look like it's building to great fights in the fall.

Ok, we'll see how things measure up. As for Malignaggi vs Porter, in the lead-up to the bout, Malignaggi said himself that he's fighting because it's hard to pass up the money. He keeps getting fight offers for some reason. In reality, his best days are behind him, and he can't punch hard. Porter destroyed him. I'm glad you didn't mention Quillin vs Konecny as a good fight, because Quillin clearly plays it safe. He should have gone for the K.O. mid-way through the fight. Hopkins is an old anomaly who fought a self-trained (!), inexperienced, built up fighter in Shumenov. I struggled to stay awake through that. Next week Matthysse, a LWW, is fighting Molina, a LW. Gee, wonder who's going to win that fight? Undefeated slugger Thurman is fighting Diaz, who is coming off of two fresh losses to Khan and Porter. Another gimme fight. To me, the better fights are competitive fights. One-sided mismatches and boring chess match fights are not better fights. Alvarado vs Marquez will be a better fight than Hopkins vs Shumenov, and probably more competitive than the Thurman and Matthysse fights. Too bad Thurman and Matthysse aren't fighting each other.

[Bigg Rigg]

Hop sounding type shook though. Let me find out Drago got Bernard's heart too.

[SUBZER0ED]

BHop been fighting on Showtime before Frankenstein got to HBO....his promoter knew that signing a long term deal with HBO would conflict any fight to be made with a fighter inked to SHO.....reminder, BHop was ALREADY a SHO player BEFORE Miss Duva did what she felt was right

this is not some street corner bully **** where AVERAGE and less than average got that b1tchassness in their DNA.....BHop, Frankenstein, Adonis or any fighter at that level ain't average my man.....dudes learn how to fight by taking ass whoopings....where do you cats get the scared **** from?!?....the punk in the mirror or what?!?

the fear the athletes feel in this sport is a bit different from the fear that punk in the mirror be feeling.....its levels to everything my man...even fear!!

Fear is fear, whether it's that "Oh ****, why did I take this fight against a prime Iron Mike Tyson!?" fear, or that "Oh ****, if I lose this fight, the big paydays are gonna stop!" fear, or that "Oh ****, if I take a tough fight and lose, I can't retire undefeated!" fear, ya' ass is still scared. How you deal with that fear (fight or flight) defines whether you are a true warrior or a b1tch ass.

[JFalu]

Like Peter Quillin.

perfect example.

[Mr.Fantastic]

Hopkins can beat both Kovalev/Stevenson, they're not that good. The division is just not that great. Just media hype - credit.

[King_]

Hmm Schafer telling Kovalev to cross the street is odd considering Kovalev wasn't even with HBO when he was Hopkins mandatory and he rejected fight, no?. Weird.