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Hopkins isn't going to get knocked out cold. It'll probably be a corner or ref stoppage. Maybe even him quitting. I wonder how Chavez Jr got around his deal with Arum. Who is Haymon going to put him against...Anthony Dirrell?
Yeah, I don't think he'll get knocked out. He spoken about how he knows there's a segment of the fans and media who would love to see him laid out on canvas with his mouthpiece having to be taken out and it just seems that he doesn't want to give anyone that satisfaction. Kovalev hasn't really knocked someone out cold with a single punch, at least that I'm aware of, and I think if Hopkins gets hurt or dropped, he's crafty enough to know how to survive to at least get out of the round at which point he has the option of calling it day.
With that said I'm expecting an extremely defensive Hopkins in this one. He's fully aware that Kovalev is a big puncher and one shot could change things so he's not going to be in there exchanging like he as against Murat.
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