By Dan Ambrose: IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (54-6-2, 32 KO’s) says he wants to fight the top two 175 lb. champions Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev in 2014 before his 50th birthday in January 2015. Hopkins will be turning 49 next month, and he doesn’t have much time to set up and face both of these big punchers.
A loss for Hopkins to one of them will pretty much rule out a fight against the 2nd guy, especially if it’s a bad knockout loss for the soon to be 49-year-old.
“I think that it should be done before the summer of next year, and before I turn 50,” Hopkins said to RingTV. “The problem for them is that I like guys that come forward, and that people know that Bernard Hopkins does well with guys like them.
By Jamie Eskdale: With it seemingly being easy to avoid threats in boxing I decided to have a look through the divisions and see who is being avoided. While looking 3 names quickly popped up. Sergey Kovalev seems to be avoided like the plague. It would seem no one in the light heavyweight division wants anything to do with the Russian. Kudos must go to Nathan Cleverly for making a voluntary WBO title defense against the heavy handed Kovalev though it turned out to be a mistake as Cleverly was decimated in a 4 round destruction. 
By Allan Fox: Last Saturday’s card headlined by WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (23-1, 20 KO’s) vs. Tony Bellew (20-2-1, 12 KO’s) with WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (23-0-1, 21 KO’s) vs. Ismayl Sillakh (21-2, 17 KO’s) in the co-feature, reportedly drew 1.305 million viewers on HBO, according to Dan Rafael. These are big numbers and it proves that Stevenson is becoming a draw in the United States on HBO. 
By Eric Thomas: WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (23-0-1, 21 KO’s) made a statement last night in stopping #15 WBO Ismayl Sillakh (21-2, 17 KO’s) in the 2nd round on HBO from the Colisee de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The win puts the 30-year-old Kovalev on course to face WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (23-1, 20 KO’s) in a fight that could take place next if HBO is willing to come up with the big money to get Stevenson to accept the fight.
By Allan Fox: This Saturday night unbeaten WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (22-0-1, 20 KO’s) will be taking a decent test in his first title defense of his World Boxing Organization title against #15 WBO Ismayl Sillakh (21-1, 17 KO’s) on the undercard of the Adonis Stevenson vs.Tony Bellew card at the Colisee de Quebeck, Quebec City, Canada. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Last month former WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (26-1, 12 KO’s) faced his first good opponent in his career in Sergey Kovalev (22-0-1, 20 KO’s) and Cleverly was then promptly stopped in the 4th round by the hard hitting Russian. Cleverly is now saying he wants to face Kovalev again in a rematch, and he wants it to be his next fight in early 2014 if Kovalev will agree to it. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew thinks former WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly would have beaten undefeated Sergey Kovalev last Saturday night had Cleverly chosen to flash his hand speed, and use his mobility against the tough Russian. Bellew believes Cleverly fought the wrong game plan choosing not to move a lot, and box. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (26-1, 12 KO’s) thinks he won the 2nd round and was en route to winning the 3rd round in his fight against Sergey Kovalev (22-0-1, 20 KO’s) last Saturday night when tragedy struck with Kovalev hurting Cleverly in the 3rd. 
By Scott Gilfoid: It seems that former WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly’s 4th round TKO loss to the talented Russian knockout artist Sergey Kovalev (22-0-1, 20 KO’s) last Saturday night in front of Cleverly’s own fans at the has negatively Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom has effected Cleverly more than what some people originally thought it would.