Hopkins claims Kovalev ducked him and took the easy way out

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I agree with @Beanflicker - Hopkins takes punchers to school, like Pascal and Cloud, whereas he struggles with athletic boxers, like Calzaghe and Dawson. Kovalev doesn't fit into the Calzaghe/Dawson mold.

The only caveat I have on it is that Kovalev's power might actually disguise his boxing ability. I think he actually uses angles and spacing pretty well.

In any event, it's a fight that won't ever happen because of the HBO/Showtime feud.

I think kovalev is a far better boxer than cloud, and has a much better workrate than pascal....I know I should know better than to go against the old one but I don't think his chin would see him thru at this age