Like I have said...I don't see BHop weathering the storm. Experience and chicanery only gets you so far when facing a talented younger, stronger guy with devastating KO power.
Exactly and just to add a lil more to what you said.
Hopkins has dealt with young dudes who had power. I don't think anybody can dispute that. Pavlik, Tarver, Cloud, Shumenov, Trinidad, and Pascal all had power, but there were certain intangibles that came with there power in those respective fights.
-Pavlik has power, but was fighting at 170 for the first time and even at 166 in the Taylor rematch he didn't seem to have the same snap on his shots and his power didn't bother Taylor much save for a body shot late in the fight.
-Tarver has power, but he was drained from being heavyweight champ Mason Dixon in Rocky 6,(same excuse he shytted on Roy for having) Bernard gave him the Karma beating though
-Cloud has power, but he never had pure 1 punch KO power, although he could hurt or drop you with one good shot, plus he never let really lets his hands go enough.
-Shumenov had power too, but he ain't have the skill or experience to really let it come into play.
-Trinidad had power, an he was the favorite, but he was still the naturally smaller man.
-Pascal has power and was quick an athletic, but he lacked the stamina and skills for it to be a bigger factor (it still was a factor tho.)
And for the most part all of those dudes were known as plodders (except for Pascal and he troubled Bernard the most out of all of those dudes)
Hopkins is beating all of these power punchers, but most of these power punchers were cut from the same cloth. Guys that had more than just power such as Taylor and Pascal ended up giving him a harder time.
I tend to believe Superman falls into the category of Taylor and Pascal. Guys that had more than just power to deal with. Pascal had power, but had an athletic quirky explosive style that was flawed technically. Taylor had power, but was real athletic with a solid skill foundation. Neither guy was just going to walk towards Bernard on some predictable power punching shyt.
Stevenson has real fight changing power that can KO you or hurt and drop you badly. He has proven to have way more power than anybody else Bernard has fought. He's also athletic with solid skills. He also lets his hands go. Him not stopping Doomsday isn't the end of the world and certainly doesn't make him look bad. Fonfara was tough as fukk and had heart. Very few cats would be able to weather that storm.
Stevenson is a whole different animal than all of these other opponents Hopkins has faced and we would be discrediting Adonis if we were to just say he's just another young puncher for Hopkins to face. He's shown that he's much more than that. If they do eventually fights it's.......
Superman KO Brainiac
#StevensonSuperSquad





to the late great Matthew Saad Muhammad.

