I'd be shocked as hell if Hopkins gets knocked out. I don't think that's possible especially from someone moving up from 160. Hopkins is very strong. He's not a one punch KO artist but he's a big strong guy and is rough and rugged. Plus his right hand is pretty damn good.. If he could put Tarver on his ass and Calzaghe on his ass with it then I'm sure he can hurt Pavlik. We'll see tho.. I think Pavlik will win a decision due to him being the more busy of the two.
Pavlik won't stop Hopkins. Hopkins hasn't even really been hurt in his career, the closest was way back when in his first fight with Segundo Mercado. Kelly relies on breaking down his opponent by landing a lot of shots and Hopkins is both smart enough to know this and smart enough to know how to stop it from happening. IMO Pavlik will land cleanly very little. Throw in the question of how well Pavlik's power will carry to LHW (the second Taylor fight suggests it might not carry that well) and I'd say that Hopkins being stopped is one of the least likely outcomes of the fight.
What he said. ^^^
Pavlik won't stop Hopkins. Hopkins hasn't even really been hurt in his career, the closest was way back when in his first fight with Segundo Mercado. Kelly relies on breaking down his opponent by landing a lot of shots and Hopkins is both smart enough to know this and smart enough to know how to stop it from happening. IMO Pavlik will land cleanly very little. Throw in the question of how well Pavlik's power will carry to LHW (the second Taylor fight suggests it might not carry that well) and I'd say that Hopkins being stopped is one of the least likely outcomes of the fight.