nomoreneveragain
Superstar
RIP B-Hop
Hopkins to fight Kovalev in November
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Thatrogueassdiaz
We're on the blood path now
Hate it had to be hopkins though 
Amare's Right Hook
Southeast World Champion
If Hop wins he will still be hated, if Kovalev wins well he just ran into a wall.
King P
Legends Never Die
I was thinking the same, but it might work out for him though. An argument can be made that he was ducking Kovalev, and if Hopkins exposes him, that's to Adonis' benefit. Especially if he gets to fight Hopkins afterwards and beats him. Which to be honest, after his last showing, I'm not convinced Adonis has the smarts to whip Hop.
By the way, this comment from Duva below is interesting me. Shots fired, and it ain't a subliminal either.
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/i...ght-sergey-kovalev-175-pound-unification-bout
"The fight got made in 30 hours, from the start of negotiations on Thursday to the signing of the contract [Friday] afternoon," Duva said after faxing the signed agreements to Hopkins promoter Golden Boy. "It didn't take very long. When you have don't have obstructionists in the middle of a deal, it's not that hard to do. I felt like it was the old days. HBO did their part, we did our part and Golden Boy did their part."
Duva said she worked closely with Golden Boy vice president Eric Gomez, as well as with Golden Boy president Oscar De La Hoya, to finalize the deal. They were unavailable for comment, and Hopkins didn't return a message seeking comment.
A not too subtle Fukk You Al Haymon and Fukk You Too Adonis jab.
Edit post: I should have read the rest of the article...
The fight would mark the return of Golden Boy to HBO for the first time since the network publicly severed ties with the promotional company in March 2013, shortly after Hopkins' win against Tavoris Cloud on the network, because of major differences they were having over their philosophy of making and selling fights to HBO. Golden Boy has had all of its major fights since on rival Showtime, although since De La Hoya took over the day-to-day business of the company in June, following the resignation of CEO Richard Schaefer, he promised to try his best to make the best fights regardless of the promoter or network.
Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KOs), who will turn 50 in January, unified two belts April 19 by dropping and outpointing Beibut Shumenov in a dominant performance. His goal has been to further unify titles, and many thought he would face champion Adonis Stevenson (24-1, 20 KOs), 36, of Montreal, in a fall unification match.
Stevenson, after all, walked away in March from a deal with HBO for a fight with Kovalev (24-0-1, 22 KOs), 31, of Russia and now living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to go to Showtime, where he fought in May with the plan to unify with Hopkins next. HBO said it had a deal for the fight with both camps, and Main Events said it had a verbal agreement for the fight, prompting it to sue Stevenson, promoter Yvon Michel and Stevenson adviser Al Haymon, among others, claiming they reneged on the deal.
Main Events also named Golden Boy in the lawsuit, but Duva said the suit never came up in the negotiations for Hopkins-Kovalev."We never even discussed it, but we will probably drop them from the suit," she said. But Stevenson, Michel and Haymon still have it hanging over their heads, and Stevenson has no major fight to look forward to in the fall while Kovalev does.
"Sergey has to win [Saturday] night, so I don't want to talk too much about the fight with Hopkins," Duva said. "But we are all elated. It is going to be the most-anticipated fight of this year, even more anticipated than some of the pay-per-view fights. It's a big fight on HBO.
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/i...ght-sergey-kovalev-175-pound-unification-bout
"The fight got made in 30 hours, from the start of negotiations on Thursday to the signing of the contract [Friday] afternoon," Duva said after faxing the signed agreements to Hopkins promoter Golden Boy. "It didn't take very long. When you have don't have obstructionists in the middle of a deal, it's not that hard to do. I felt like it was the old days. HBO did their part, we did our part and Golden Boy did their part."
Duva said she worked closely with Golden Boy vice president Eric Gomez, as well as with Golden Boy president Oscar De La Hoya, to finalize the deal. They were unavailable for comment, and Hopkins didn't return a message seeking comment.
A not too subtle Fukk You Al Haymon and Fukk You Too Adonis jab.
Edit post: I should have read the rest of the article...
The fight would mark the return of Golden Boy to HBO for the first time since the network publicly severed ties with the promotional company in March 2013, shortly after Hopkins' win against Tavoris Cloud on the network, because of major differences they were having over their philosophy of making and selling fights to HBO. Golden Boy has had all of its major fights since on rival Showtime, although since De La Hoya took over the day-to-day business of the company in June, following the resignation of CEO Richard Schaefer, he promised to try his best to make the best fights regardless of the promoter or network.
Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KOs), who will turn 50 in January, unified two belts April 19 by dropping and outpointing Beibut Shumenov in a dominant performance. His goal has been to further unify titles, and many thought he would face champion Adonis Stevenson (24-1, 20 KOs), 36, of Montreal, in a fall unification match.
Stevenson, after all, walked away in March from a deal with HBO for a fight with Kovalev (24-0-1, 22 KOs), 31, of Russia and now living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to go to Showtime, where he fought in May with the plan to unify with Hopkins next. HBO said it had a deal for the fight with both camps, and Main Events said it had a verbal agreement for the fight, prompting it to sue Stevenson, promoter Yvon Michel and Stevenson adviser Al Haymon, among others, claiming they reneged on the deal.
Main Events also named Golden Boy in the lawsuit, but Duva said the suit never came up in the negotiations for Hopkins-Kovalev."We never even discussed it, but we will probably drop them from the suit," she said. But Stevenson, Michel and Haymon still have it hanging over their heads, and Stevenson has no major fight to look forward to in the fall while Kovalev does.
"Sergey has to win [Saturday] night, so I don't want to talk too much about the fight with Hopkins," Duva said. "But we are all elated. It is going to be the most-anticipated fight of this year, even more anticipated than some of the pay-per-view fights. It's a big fight on HBO.
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BlackAchilles
Veteran
Kovalev is the Russian Tyson, bout to make B.Hop look like Larry Holmes, flabby and sick.
krackdagawd
Inspire.
@krackdagawd....B-Hop trying to snatch that "Greatest Of This Era" crown
kovalev gon get whooped like pavlik did
BHop(The Gawd) taking a page out of his son's (SOG) playbook
krackdagawd
Inspire.
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