Would the hopkins that beat trinidad have defeated chad dawson?

[texasboi15]

Just re-watched Hopkins vs Trinidad. Do you think the Bernard Hopkins that knocked out Felix Trinidad would have defeated Chad Dawson?

[RVABoxer]

I'm gonna say he would have beat Dawson. Hopkins has done a good job of staying in shape and being able to keep his career going despite his age but he's still fell off some since beating Trinidad I don't think you can deny that. Maybe it was the weight but I'm thinking its more of him getting older

[Zn1]

Bernard was a light heavyweight and Trinidad was a welterweight.

just sayin.

[texasboi15]

Bernard was a light heavyweight and Trinidad was a welterweight.

just sayin.

Wasn't the question..just sayin.

[New England]

well, that hopkins made a catchweight of 156 or so. boxrec has him weighing in at 157. i tend to doubt it. he'd be giving up a ton of weight in the ring.


now, if the hopkins that fought pavlik at 170 fought dawson i think he might even stop him, especially at the 170 lb catchweight.

[bojangles1987]

well, that hopkins made a catchweight of 156 or so. boxrec has him weighing in at 157. i tend to doubt it. he'd be giving up a ton of weight in the ring.


now, if the hopkins that fought pavlik at 170 fought dawson i think he might even stop him, especially at the 170 lb catchweight.

That catchweight was for Oscar I thought. Was there one for Trinidad, too?

I think even that middleweight Hopkins would have beat Dawson.

[gmc_rfc_06]

Yep.

Prime Dawson would have been a very good fight, but the Chad of the past 2-3 years can't even hang with that B-Hop.

[G22]

Yes I think prime Hopkins would have beaten Dawson.
Chad has the style to give Hopkins problems and it wouldnt have been exciting but a prime Hopkins would have laid outmore traps than he was able to when they did meet.

Prime Hopkins is a level or two above Dawson at his best and we would have seen the difference in class. All we saw in the 2nd Hopkins - Dawson fight was the difference between a big young prime fighter playing it safe vs an older slower man he couldnt pull the trigger like he use to.

[Mr. Philadel]

Yep.

Prime Dawson would have been a very good fight, but the Chad of the past 2-3 years can't even hang with that B-Hop.

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[The Big Dunn]

Just re-watched Hopkins vs Trinidad. Do you think the Bernard Hopkins that knocked out Felix Trinidad would have defeated Chad Dawson?

I dont know. Tito's popularity caused people to foolishly think he had a chance against BHop. Prime Chad can do so much more in the ring than Tito could. But I think Bhop finds away to win. He's just too experienced in the ring for chad IMO.