TIME WAITS FOR no man except, it seems, 49-year old Bernard Hopkins whose quest to become the oldest undisputed light heavyweight world champion of all time continues at a ferocious pace with the American announcing he will fight unbeaten Russian Sergey Kovalev in November.
No exact site or date for the bout was announced, although promoters said it is likely to be on November 8 in either New York or Atlantic City.
Hopkins, the oldest major world champion in boxing history, is the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association champion.
He will turn 50 early next year and hopes to add Kovalev’s World Boxing Organization crown to his trophy haul before setting his sights on Adonis Stevenson, the 36-year-old Haitian-born Canadian who is the World Boxing Council champion.
“Everything I do at this point in my career affects my legacy,” Hopkins said. “I’ve set and broken many records, but becoming the oldest undisputed light heavyweight world champion is the goal and Kovalev stands in the way of that goal.
“He’s another young, hungry fighter and just like the ones that came before him, he will leave the ring beltless.”
Hopkins, who has 32 knockouts in his 55 wins (along with six defeats and two draws) will attempt to succeed where 25 others have failed and add a loss to Kovalev’s 25-0-1 record. The 31-year-old has won 23 of those bouts by knock out.
“I respect Bernard Hopkins for taking this fight,” Kovalev said. “When I came to America, it was a dream to fight the best and now I am. I have my chance.”
Additional reporting from AFP.
Evra. The boy who cried wolf. This isnt the first time he has made racial claims.
If suarez did say what Evra says then he will deserve whats thrown at him. But if it is more lies from Evra, he should be shut up for constantly making these claims.
Suarez has a rep of been a cheat and unsavory character with the ear biting incident. Time he gets his dues if this turns out to be true. He constantly dives and cheats. More chance of him winning dancing on ice than the PL thats for certain.
dancing on ice???? idiotic comment, who do you support as a matter of interest?
Its not idiotic if you had the intelligence to decipher it. I don’t support teams where there are cheats, not that its your business anyway.
United supporter then Aidan? Sure they don’t cheat!
Suarez’s diving in some games is one unsavoury element of his game that I dont like and I hope the King makes him cut out but I don’t understand the fergie sheep saying he was diving all over the place on Saturday. That is utter bullshit