Key #1 for Sergey Kovalev Attack. Attack. Then Attack Some More
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YhrNf5K0lo
By Lou Catalano
Sergey Kovalev has gotten this far by throwing wicked power shots and pasting the hell out of his opponents. They’re usually so overwhelmed and frightened that by the second round they’re basically waiting to get drilled.
Bernard Hopkins won’t acquiesce so easily. In fact, Hopkins is going to immediately try to impose his will.
If Kovalev allows BHop to control the tempo of the fight, he’s going to get embarrassed by the old fella. Kovalev needs to stay busy throughout each round, not allowing Hopkins to rest at all.
Not only will it give him a better chance of landing a bomb, but it will force Hopkins to exert more energy. Alien or not, Hopkins isn’t going to make it if Kovalev brings the pain all night.
Key #1 for Bernard Hopkins Use Your Legs
By Gabe Rivas
An analysis of what a fighter such as Bernard Hopkins should do will inevitably be repetitive. Why? Because it’s the same story all over again.
We saw it with Felix Trinidad, we saw it with Antonio Tarver and we saw it with Kelly Pavlik.
People love seeing the same story over and over again, especially one as old as the ever-present conflict between age and youth.
The old saying goes, “If youth knew, and age only could.”
Well, Hopkins both knows and can–and my job is to repeat what he has already known and has already done.
As we saw with Pavlik and Trinidad, Hopkins will move his legs and continually keep Kovalev off balance.
Kovalev will have to reset often before he thinks he can land a punch.
Hopkins will be looking for holes in Kovalev’s offense the entire time.
