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Kovalev vs. Hopkins: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In a unification world title fight, Sergey Kovalev (Krusher) and Bernard Hopkins (The Executioner) put their light-heavyweight belts on the line. Kovalev brings the WBO belt. Hopkins brings the WBA (Super) and IBF belts. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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31
Jul 25, 2009
25-0-1
4
23 (88.5%)
183 cm
184 cm
1 cm
Orthodox
Aug 2, 2014
3m, 6d
9
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
49
Oct 11, 1988
55-6-2
33
32 (50.8%)
185 cm
191 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Apr 19, 2014
6m, 20d
3
WBO
lHV
w1
d3
WBAWBCIBFWBOTheRing
lHV
w1
lHV
w1
lHV
w1
d2
lHV
w2
d1
MD
w1
d6
MD
w1
d7
MD
w1
d19
MD
w1
d1
MD
w1
d6
light-heavyweight
Saturday, 8 Nov 2014
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
v0.1.9-beta 2024-04-15
Sergey Kovalev vs. Bernard Hopkins

Date

This fight between Sergey Kovalev and Bernard Hopkins took place on at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 185 cm, Bernard Hopkins is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Sergey Kovalev is 183 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 191 cm, Hopkins also has a good reach advantage of 7 cms over Kovalev's 184 cm. On top of that, Hopkins also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Kovalev.

Kovalev is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 25-0-1 (23 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 6 days ago against Blake Caparello, which he won via 2nd round TKO.

Hopkins comes in with a record of 55-6-2 (32 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 20 days ago against Beibut Shumenov, which he won via 12 round split decision.

Beibut Shumenov's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Kovalev will be 31 years and 7 months old. Hopkins will be 49 years and 9 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 71-29 in favor of Sergey Kovalev. Here is the prediction for Kovalev vs Hopkins.

Sergey Kovalev should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Bernard Hopkins to win this one.

Result

Sergey Kovalev defeated Bernard Hopkins via 12 round UD. Hopkins' 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Kovalev advances his win streak to 10. Kovalev is now 26-0-1, and Hopkins 55-7-2.

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