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Bernard Hopkins vs Sergey Kovalev — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins

Sergey Kovalev

🇷🇺RUSSIA

Sergey Kovalev

Bernard Hopkins (55-12-2) and Sergey Kovalev (36-5-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Hopkins

55

Wins28 KO · 51%

12

Losses

2

Draws68 tracked bouts

Kovalev

36

Wins30 KO · 83%

5

Losses

1

Draw42 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Kovalev leads 1–0

Bernard Hopkins and Sergey Kovalev have met 1 time; Kovalev leads 1–0.

Bernard Hopkins and Sergey Kovalev have met 1 time; Kovalev leads 1–0.
Met2014Nov 8Series
Bernard HopkinsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sergey KovalevFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Hopkins 2 · Kovalev 6 of 8 measurable rows
HopkinsKovalev
Record
55-12-236-5-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
81.2%
86.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 30
28
30 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
50.91%
83.33% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
58%
83% (edge)
Times stopped†max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 12
12 (edge)
6
Bouts per year‡max 2.7
2.4
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 68
68
42

† Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · ‡ Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Height+1″
Bernard Hopkins: 6′1″ (edge)
Sergey Kovalev: 6′0″
Reach+1″
Bernard Hopkins: 71″
Sergey Kovalev: 72″ (edge)
Age18 yrs apart
Bernard Hopkins: 61
Sergey Kovalev: 43
Stance
Bernard Hopkins: Orthodox
Sergey Kovalev: Orthodox

Bernard Hopkins left, Sergey Kovalev right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bernard Hopkins55 wins · from 68 tracked bouts

Bernard Hopkins: 55 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (58%) and 23 on the cards (42%). Counted from 68 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 58%23 on the cards 42%

Sergey Kovalev36 wins · from 42 tracked bouts

Sergey Kovalev: 36 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (83%) and 6 on the cards (17%). Counted from 42 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 83%6 on the cards 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bernard Hopkins 68, Sergey Kovalev 42 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Kovalev better on 1

Hopkins

Opponent

Kovalev

  • Bernard Hopkins

    1–0–1 against

    Win, UD

    2011

    Draw, MD

    2010

    PascalKovalev better

    Sergey Kovalev

    2–0 against

    Win, RTD 7

    2016

    Win, TKO 8

    2015

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Bernard Hopkins last boxed on Dec 17, 2016 — 3,598 days ago. Hopkins had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Murat Oct 2013Shumenov Apr 2014Kovalev Nov 2014Jr. Dec 2016Jr. Dec 20162.4 tracked bouts per year

Sergey Kovalev has won once since losing a decision to Robin Sirwan Safar. Kovalev last boxed on Apr 18, 2025 — 554 days ago.WLWLW

Yarde Aug 2019Álvarez Nov 2019Pulev May 2022Safar May 2024Mann Apr 20252.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bernard Hopkins and Sergey Kovalev ever fought each other?
Yes. Bernard Hopkins and Sergey Kovalev met once on November 8, 2014, and Sergey Kovalev won by UD.
The meeting

LNov 8, 2014 · Kovalev · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hopkins or Kovalev?
Bernard Hopkins is 55-12-2 and Sergey Kovalev is 36-5-1. Sergey Kovalev has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Hopkins55–12–281.2%

Kovalev36–5–186.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hopkins or Kovalev?
Bernard Hopkins has 28 knockout wins and Sergey Kovalev has 30. Sergey Kovalev has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hopkins2850.9%

Kovalev3083.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hopkins and Kovalev have any common opponents?
Bernard Hopkins and Sergey Kovalev share 1 common opponent: Jean Pascal. Sergey Kovalev fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jean Pascal1–0–1W

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Hopkins or Kovalev?
Bernard Hopkins is the taller fighter at 185 cm, 2 cm above the other. Sergey Kovalev also has the longer reach, by 4 cm.
Height · reach

Hopkins185 cm180 cm reach

Kovalev183 cm184 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hopkins and Kovalev?
This comparison is drawn from 68 bouts tracked for Bernard Hopkins and 42 bouts tracked for Sergey Kovalev. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hopkins68bouts

Kovalev42bouts

How They Win ↓

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