BERNARD HOPKINS vs. SERGEY KOVALEV (HBO)* 

Description : Here we have an original full size HBO Boxing closed circuit fight poster for the WBA/IBF/WBO world light heavyweight unification title bout. Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. 8th November 2014.

Time defying Bernard Hopkins finally ran out of road as youth prevailed over ageing excellence & survival skills when he lost his WBA/IBF straps to the WBO belt holder Kovalev by unanimous decision in a complete shutout.

Hopkins was down in the first from a short punch to the head, while his head was briefly turned to the right away from Kovalev. After that, the best Hopkins could muster was pushing Kovalev to the canvas and then raising his hands, ruled no knockdown. Kovalev won every round on the volume of punches thrown and landed even though Hopkins had the edge of punches thrown by percentage. Hopkins appeared to be in great physical condition. Kovalev appeared not to take any chances until round 12, when he battered Hopkins around a bit. Scoring unofficially during the telecast, HBO commentator Harold Lederman gave Kovalev every round. Judges scores are as follows; 120-107; 120-107; 120-106:

These HBO & Showtime PPV posters are not made available for public consumption & can only be sourced from a participating PPV outlet hence the scarcity as once the televised event if over, then these posters go straight to skip.

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