Usually Bernard Hopkins performs best as an underdog.........

BH does well, if his opponents arent too speedy and good boxers. He deals well with people who just hit hard, a bit like pascal.

he has the same motivation whether he's the favorite or not and that is becoming the oldest person in history to win a major world championship. one thing is he seems to do better when he fights frequently - He didn't fight for a year after he beat Tarver and didn't look too great against winky. he didn't fight for about another year then looked poor against calzaghe. he fought pavlik immediately after and look fantastic. he then took another year off and didn't look good against jones/ornelas. Fought pascal immediately after Jones and looked great. This rematch is only 4 months after the first fight so if this pattern holds true he'll have another good fight. but who knows he's 46 years old the first pascal fight could have been his last great performance. Like Nazim said at this age you cant go to the Well too often, eventually it's going to be dry. Powerful Post! x

Yep, he got used to it while tossing salad in prison.

He is not going to win rematch.