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Age is only a number, nobody personifies that
more
than Bernard ‘The Alien’
ge is only Nov 8th, at 49
Hopkins and on a number, nobody
personifies that to than
years
old, he attemptsmore con- Bernard ‘The father time and and
tinue to defy Alien’ Hopkins
on Nov 8th, at he takes on
break
more records as 49 years old, he
attempts to continue to to
Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev defy fa
ther
time
and
break
try and unify their Light Heavyweight world titles. more
records as he takes on Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev to
try and unify their Light Heavyweight world
Hopkins has had an extraordinary career so far, titles.
arguably the greatest of this ‘era’, he has been
in or Hopkins title bouts for around 20 yearscareer
around has had an extraordinary
so far, arguably the greatest of this ‘era’, he
now: he was the longest reigning middleweight
has of all in or around title bouts for around
champion been time (he held his middleweight
20 1995 to 2005), was the longest reigning
titles fromyears now: he he made a record 20
middleweight champion of all to Jermain
consecutive defences before losing time (he held his
middleweight titles broke George ForeTaylor. In 2011 Hopkinsfrom 1995 to 2005), he made
record 20 consecutive oldest before
man’s a record to become thedefenceschampi-losing
to Jermain Taylor.his 2011to Chad Dawson
on ever, but then lost In title Hopkins broke George
Foreman’s
and then went onrecord to the odds in the oldest
to upset become 2013,
champion ever, the highly rated Tavoris
beating and schoolingbut then lost his title to Chad
Cloud,Dawson and then went on to upset the odds in
breaking his own record again and be2013, beating and schooling the highly
coming the oldest ‘unified’ champion too, pick- rated
ing up Tavoris Shumenov’s WBA strap a record again
Beibut Cloud, breaking his own couple
and becoming the oldest ‘unified’ champion
of fights later, putting in another masterclass. too,
picking up Beibut Shumenov’s WBA strap a couple has been in with the likes of Roy
Hopkins of fights later, putting in another masterclass.
Jones Jr, Glen Johnson, Felix Trinidad, Winky
Hopkins has been Joe Calzaghe, and
Wright, Jermain Taylor, in with the likes of Roy
Jones Jr, Glen Johnson, Felix Trinidad,
so on. Win or lose, these fights mean that
Winky a huge advantage over KovaHopkins has Wright, Jermain Taylor, Joe Calzaghe,
and so on. to or experience, fights
lev when it comesWin pro lose, these where- mean
that Hopkins has a huge advantage
as Kovalev only captured his first title last year. over
Kovalev when it comes to pro experience,
whereas
Kovalev
only
captured
Kovalev, however, does have some attributes
his
first
title
last
that Hopkins does not possess: he had an ex- year.
tensive amateur career at a high level and he has
Kovalev,
however,
does
have
unbelievable power, Hopkins had no amateur ca- some
attributesstopped anyone for several years. does
that
Hopkins
reer and hasn’t
not
possess:
he
had
an
extensive as Hopkins has been, there is and he
As phenomenal amateur career at a high level a
has unbelievable a 2/5 Hopkins with the
reason why Kovalev is power, favouritehad no amateur
career
and
hasn’t
bookies. He seems like an unstoppable force stopped
in
anyone division, he has steamroll- years.
for
several
the light heavyweight
ed a decent run of opponenta during his 25(23)As phenomenal as pummeling been,
0-1 career, most notably Hopkins has Nathan there
is in 4 rounds Kovalev is a 2/5 favourite
Cleverly a reason whyto win the WBO champi- with
the bookies. banger also has solid wins
onship. The Russian He seems like an unstoppable
force in Ca mpillo, Cornelius White, Ismayl
against Gabriel the light heavyweight division, he has
steamrolled a and Blake of opponenta during
Sillah, Cedric Agnew decent runCaparello, all by
his all within career, most notably easy
stoppage,25(23)-0-1 the distance. That’s nopummeling
Nathan Cleverly in 4 rounds to win
feat, but the opponents do often get dismissed. the
WBO
championship.
The
Russian
banger also has solid wins against Gabriel
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