All controversy aside (and I'm not saying Dawson deserved the win - to the contrary I think it should have been no contest and it's a shame we didn't get to see the outcome of a fight between the two), and taking into account these factors:
-Hopkins isn't getting any younger at 46
-It's not like Hopkins got embarrassed last night (it was simply another spoiled fight like the Mayweather fight)
-He's coming off an excellent year
The question MUST be posed. Is it time for him to retire ?
And I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that he VISIBLY did not have the form, mindstate, energy and charisma that he had against Pascal, which only begs the question.. Is he lucky the damn thing ended in the Second round?