Sergio is one of my favourites but there are so many thing B Hop will take advantage of. For one Sergio's offensive tools are limited and predictable, he only throws the jab and the straight, even his combos are 1,2,1,2,1,2 he doesnt go to the body well and his hooks and uppercuts are a non-threat to B Hop
So when u have a master technician who will only worry about 2 punches and knows their angle, it will be easy for someone like B Hop to neautralize Sergio. Keep in mind B Hop is the best at avoiding getting hit with the jab even better than Floyd in that specific aspect.
Sergio is mobile, he does use his feet and has speed so it wont be an easy night for B Hop by any means. However Sergio's tools are just not enough to beat B Hop who mastered every punch in the book and will probably go to Segio's body and come up top with a hook or he can close the distance and fight an ugly inside fight, one that Segio isn't comfortable at distance wise
Bernard hopkins beat two undefeated champions in Jean pascal and tavoris cloud. While Sergio martinez strugged against martin murray --__--) . If this fight was ever made. Expect a boring, dirty fight, with Bernard hopkins winning by UD --_--).
Sergio Martinez is a great middleweight but BHops is an ATG middleweight, his name can be mentioned with the likes of Carlos Monzon, Marvin Hagler, Harry Greb & Sugar Ray Robinson.
This fight would be boring but expect it to be very defensive & the taller longer BHops to get a decision by using unpopular tactics].
It would be a classic for sure. I'm a huge Hopkins fan, and I think he could def. beat him, but I'd slightly leans towards Martinez by a close decision, just because of age.
Sergey Kovalev is the man to beat at 168 and 175.
Who wins?
