Hopkins-Kovalev: Unification Pre-Fight Report Card

A significantly younger fighter of the highest quality, in his prime, should never lose to a 49-year old man. Not even when that 49-year old is Bernard Hopkins. Sergey Kovalev is clearly a good, dangerous professional. He has the appearance of a high quality Light Heavyweight. The tests of that quality are limited to date. Nathan Cleverly and Gabriel Campillo are the highlights so far. Hopkins has proven a litmus test for younger men for years, more remarkably as he?s aged and fought a broad ran…