Bernard Hopkins will beat Kelly Pavlik

[LeonardW12Hagler]

I agree he won't get the stoppage but I think Pavlik will win comfortably on points.

[donnydarkoIRL]

If there is a stoppage it will be a Hopkins retirement.

[SigmaMu]

And yet another crafty, cagey veteran I am not a big fan of Hopkins and I have not enjoyed him since his fight against Trinidad back in 2001 which I have to admit was one of his most exciting fights to date. However this is not the same fighter he was back then. If anyone can stop B-Hop, Kelly should be able to do it but will he? I don't know one way or the other but I am hoping Pavlik does his thang. How long can this dinosaur continue to fight some of the best fighters today at his age? What did Jack Loew say about the old dog? Let me put it to you this way, Kelly Pavlik has never been in the ring with anyone like Hopkins and I think it has been a long time since Hopkins has been in the ring with anyone such as Pavlik.

[Dark Lord Al]

Pavlik outworks Hopkins for late stoppage / points.

[JT Rock]

Pavlik outworks Hopkins for late stoppage / points.

Those are the only 2 outcomes I can see

[kingfrnk]

yea anybody who thinks hopkins is gonna win off skills r gonna be in for a big surprise tko 4 pavlik

[Puerto Rican Punch]

I think that Pavlik is going to win. It will be a close fight, but I see Pavlik starting strong and dominating Hopkins.

[OumaFan]

Bernard probably watches Pavlik and sees things to take advantage of and that's why he's not hesitant in taking the fight, but the problem is he might know what to do and still not be able to actually do it in the ring cause his legs are going.

A Bernard of the Trinidad fight, or even going back to the Johnson fight or Echols would have probably beaten Pavlik something horrible, and that's no disrespect to Kelly I'm a fan, its just I've been watching Hopkins old fights (when he wasn't boring) on the computer and he was just complete.

[HOMETOWN CHAMP]

Im pretty sure that hops has the skills to beat pavlik but the question is does he have the stamina. He seemed to run out against JC which could get him hurt because unlike JC Pavs can punch

[The PocketRocket]

Pavlik for me on points - think Hopkins has the ring craft to avoid getting stopped but Kelly has youth on his side and he'll keep coming after Hopkins and will be too busy for him throwing probably double the punches of hopkins. These days stamina is the big problem for old grandaddy hopkins....