Michael Woods of The Sweet Science spoke with Klimos today who shared that the fight between Bernard Hopkins and Sergey Kovalev will likely be November 8th, but it could possibly be the previous week (and not later in the month). Got that?

As for location, Klimos says he doesn't "give a sh!t where Hopkins gets knocked out." However, in the same breath Klimos mentioned that 11/8 is an open date at the Barclays center. It's safe to assume this fight will happen somewhere on the Eastern seaboard.

Once the fight was announced, some were quick to mention other heavy punchers that Hopkins made to look slow and one-dimensional. That means you, Kelly Pavlik and Tavoris Cloud. Klimos says it's "apples and oranges" and that Kovalev is a much better boxer than he's given credit for.

Klimos does admit that Hopkins is the best fighter Kovalev has faced so far, perhaps "a higher grade than all of [his previous opponents] put together."

We can all agree on that. I think the real question is whether or not Kovalev has the boxing skills to square Hopkins up, penetrate his defense, and control the pace of the fight.