It has been two years... Aside from Joe Louis, the above legends who badly lost to much younger, fresher opponents had been fairly inactive heading into those bouts, like Hopkins. “Krusher” was also respected for being a finely schooled boxer. Hopkins vs Smith OddsAnd while the fighter dubbed BHOP is the favorite (-323 Hopkins, +226 Smith Jr. per OddsShark), the 51 year old hasn't fought in two years while his opponent, Joe Smith, is fresh off a sizzling first round destruction of elite-level light heavyweight Andrzej Fonfara in June.Hopkins vs KovalevWhen we last saw Bernard in the ring in November 2014, he dropped a a wide twelve round unanimous decision to Sergey Kovalev. Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. His punch output was minimal and only sporadically was he able to land clean scoring shots on the inside, none of which hurt the patient Russian who dominated not by attacking head on, but by using intelligent, deliberate aggression that never left him vulnerable. The belief, held by many of us, that Hopkins would frustrate “Krusher” and force the Russian to deviate from his fight plan never transpired. Hopkins scoffed at the notion that Jackson might have the insight required to expose his weaknesses, but Jackson’s strategies worked beautifully. Confident and aggressively cautious, the Russian dropped Hopkins with a right hand in round one and never looked back.Sans for a few fleeting moments when Hopkins was able to surprise his foe with an eye-catching shot, it was a thoroughly dominant performance by Kovalev who kept his man on the defensive nearly the entire fight. If you have enjoyed this website for the past 10 years, today we ask you for a little help: Since 2011, more than 20,000 fights rated and more than 99,000 votes collected!! 2014 MMA fight – Warlley Alves vs Alan Jouban – fight Video UFC FN 56, 2014 BOXING fight – Amir Mansour vs Fred Kassi – full fight Video, USERS' Kickboxing Fights of the Year 2019, Privacy Policy – Legal Notices – Terms of Use. Bernard Hopkins, meanwhile, refused to divulge his future plans. It didn’t make for an exciting fight, for after the first knockdown it settled into a mostly sedate pace, but Kovalev shut Hopkins out, and continued to do so late in the fight when it was believed the “Alien” would exercise greater influence. From the first round onward, Kovalev vs Hopkins adhered to the same pattern, in which “Krusher” walked the older man down and carefully placed his shots, and “The Alien” did little in return. Since the CORONAVIRUS pandemic started, AllTheBestFights.com has struggled to survive! Watch the video and rate this fight! Craft and experience won’t trump youth and power when the junior man employs his gifts smartly. Barclays Center was also discussed as a potential venue. In other words, the fear of being embarrassed by Hopkins’s unconquerable spirit is what convinced us to defy logic. The fight was televised on HBO World Championship Boxing. But in spite of Kovalev’s advantages and his status as the betting favorite, the “Alien’s” mystique persisted. The 49-year-old Bernard Hopkins (18 years older than Kovalev) entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 55-6-2 (32 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Adonis Stevenson); he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Chad Dawson in their rematch (via majority decision, Dawson vs Hopkins 2), after that bout he has won three consecutive fights, the last one against Beibut Shumenov (=Hopkins vs Shumenov). There are no user comments for this listing. Review: 2014-11-08, great finish but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Bernard Hopkins vs Sergey Kovalev gets two stars. Kovalev used his jab to dictate the terms of the fight. What we received was a clinical performance from a man whose identity had previously been drawn from his aggression, not his guile. Craft and experience won’t trump youth and power when the junior man employs his gifts smartly. His footwork and technique were more advanced than the opponent many had used to gauge this fight, Kelly Pavlik, a similarly hard-punching, younger boxer whom Hopkins humiliated in 2008. Montreal is The Fight City. 2014 BOXING fight – Bernard Hopkins vs Sergey Kovalev – full fight Video WBA, IBF. Where: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, Division: light heavyweight (175 lbs, 79.4 kg), Title: WBA, IBF and WBO World light heavyweight titles, Hopkins’ previous fight: Bernard Hopkins vs Beibut Shumenov, Kovalev’s previous fight: Sergey Kovalev vs Blake Caparello, Kovalev’s next fight: Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal, Hopkins’ next fight: Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Smith Jr, (Alternative free embeddable video hosted on Dailymotion), 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, Sergey Kovalev def. Hopkins vs Smith12 Rounds, Light Heavyweights10pm ET/ 3am LondonHBO / BoxNation-----------------------. Prognosticators try to learn from their mistakes, and this, more than any other reason, is why so many people, including myself, picked Hopkins to beat a younger man with frightening physical ability. In 2014’s most anticipated fight, Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev easily outfought Bernard “The Alien” Hopkins at Boardwalk Hall, earning a unanimous decision victory as he snatched three of the four major light heavyweight belts. For perhaps the first time, Hopkins looked truly old and showed none of Kovalev’s bounce or sharp reflexes. His opponent, the undefeated Sergey Kovalev, has an official record of 25-0-1 (23 KOs=92%) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class, he has fought twice in 2014 successfully defending his Wbo belt against Cedric Agnew (=Kovalev vs Agnew) and Blake Caparello (=Kovalev vs Caparello).
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