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Hopkins vs. Kovalev: 3 Keys to Victory for “The Alien”

Bernard Hopkins is going to need more than his extraterrestrial status to conquer his upcoming fight with Sergey Kovalev.

2. Watch Out for Kovalev’s “Dirty Fighting”

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As much credit as we give to the old man BHop and his 55-6-2, 32 KOs record, no one can deny he has a dirty fighting streak in him. From head butts to outrageous clinching, we’ve seen it all. And more surprisingly, we’ve seen him get away with all of it.

Most of his opponents don’t honor his style of fighting and refuse to get dirty with him, but we all saw who won the bouts between “The Alien” and Trinidad, Pavlik, De La Hoya, and the other 52 wins he has under his belt.

Sergey Kovalev expressed a different mindset with his famous quote concerning the topic.

“Anyway I need to get a victory, dirty fight or clean fight, for me, it doesn’t matter. I will fight dirty if Hopkins will fight dirty.”

This should put Hopkins on his toes a bit, considering that Kovalev isn’t afraid of his dirty ways, and will in fact, just fire up the fight if it comes to that. We could see a fight where Hopkins gets a taste of his own medicine.

Having a fighter like Kovalev announce that he’s down to play fowl with Hopkins sounds life threatening to me, and it’s something that has already crossed Hopkins’ mind as well. Hopkins is very aware of how dangerous his future opponent is, so it will be interesting to see how much he resorts back to his questionable tactics in the ring.

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