IMO Hopkins wins this, it wasn't a good sign that against Joe Kessler got discouraged when things weren't going his way, plus he had to set his feet to land the knockout combination and Hop won't let him do that.

Saying that, he should do better than Pavlik. After watching it again I do believe that Pavlik was off his game (though I still reckon Hop could beat him with no excuses), Hopkins didn't jump on him, and i don't think it was the game plan at all to end up throwing so many punches, I think half way through the second round hop couldn't believe his luck that Pavlik was so docile and that he didn't have to revert to the hug and butt routine.