Quote Originally Posted by IamInuit View Post
There is an outside shot I think that KOV could be a little star struck by both those in the audience, the event itself and the man he's fighting.Combined with his aggressive nature something could take place early in the fight that disrupts the rest of it in favour of Hop. I think its pasture time for the old warhorse but anything is possible.
Also its not been mentioned much at all, but fact is Kovalev was dropped in his last fight. Its more the 'how'..timed off the ropes with a right -while- he was having his foot stepped on. I'd put money on Hopkins watching that ten times. I think this one all boils down to the mentality of Kovalev. I can see star struck more than being psyched out by Hopkins. Half the time I don't know if Kov 'gets' the joke or run on sentences of Hopkins. He gets that literal look of not speaking the language. I cannot remember a big fight recently that I've been so roller coaster, back & forth on