Stevenson tonight

**JimmyJones** · 05-25-2014 05:06 AM

Good to see Stevenson tested and make adjustments. I like him vs Hopkins because of his work rate. Hopkins will let him take rounds off when he's tired. I like Kovalev to steamroll him early though. His defence is not great.

**mikeeod** · 05-25-2014 05:11 AM

Hop kills Stevenson. Easy fight for him, Adonis isn't clever enough and gets tired. Hop will frustrate and exhaust him and put the pressure on late in the fight. He might not be able to stop Stevenson, but he will kill him in the late rounds. Kovalev destroys him also. I'm hoping that Hop beats Stevenson, then decisions Kovalev and retires. That would put him in my top 20 all time for sure.

**JimmyJones** · 05-25-2014 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by mikeeod

Hop kills Stevenson. Easy fight for him, Adonis isn't clever enough and gets tired. Hop will frustrate and exhaust him and put the pressure on late in the fight. He might not be able to stop Stevenson, but he will kill him in the late rounds. Kovalev destroys him also. I'm hoping that Hop beats Stevenson, then decisions Kovalev and retires. That would put him in my top 20 all time for sure.

Taylor wasn't clever and he was able to beat Hopkins twice. I'd say Stevenson has shown that he's able to make adjustments in the ring better than Taylor could. Also seems like Stevenson can fight a bit inside which is important against Hopkins. If Stevenson doesn't go balls to the wall for the KO early as he did in this fight I think he can beat Hopkins by out working him. Hopkins is more than willing to let you work at a slower pace.