It's one thing to get beat. It's another thing to get beat decisively. It's yet another to lose every round in beatdown fashion. The old adage of growing old on the walk into the ring finally came true for Bernard Hopkins last night. Kovalev was too young, too fast, too big, and too strong. The only positive Hopkins can point to is that he finished the fight on his feet. It is time to quit.
Unfortunately he will probably decide he doesn't want to go out on a loss, or worse yet, wants to "go out as champ", and keep fighting. Hope not. I think he should stop right now and go on to become one of the great cornermen. I kinda doubt he is on Audiocircle, so he obviously won't hear my incredibly brilliant and insightful advice, but if I met him, that is what I would say. My two cents.
Anybody else see it?