Hopkins facing Cleverly makes the most sense.

that fight would have to be in the UK to do well and with Hopkins being the Champion, other then maybe fighting in Canada again, I serious doubt he is going to travel...especially for someone like Cleverly Cleverly would be a much easier fight for Hopkins though IMO just based on STYLE

cleverly stops hopkins with a barrage of punches. hopkins looks confused because he wasn't hit but the crowd goes wild!

Cleverly isn't a draw, his world title fight was the undercard fight for Degale Vs Groves. :pat:

Cloud makes more sense than Dawson who lost to Pascal. Cloud is another rival champion and unbeaten like Cleverly. But with Cleverly but you have you have international rivalry and more money. As far as the resume points being made, so what, Hopkins beat the guy who already beat Dawson, Dawson has no belts on offer so fighting him makes more sense how exactly. Hopkins has little to gain from it only Dawson benefits. He is capable of fighting and beating all three of the other LHW title holders and that makes more sense in every way well maybe not the kazak guy.

name one person of note on Clevs resume ^^^^ exactly Dawson beat Glen Johnson, Antonio Tarver, and a guy who's going to challenge for the heavyweight championship in a couple months. What has Cleverly done to deserve to be Hopkins' sparring partner let alone opponent in the advanced stages of his career.

For his bank balance and more importantly to him his legacy, fighting a rival champion in Cleverly makes the most sense. Chad Dawson doesn't bring anything to the table. Bute is a SMW. Plus its a very winnable fight for Hopkins where he pick another belt. ..........:wtf:.............