Could any or all of these KO titans have stopped Bernard Hopkins? Sugar Ray Robinson? Thomas Hearns? Marvin Hagler? Prime for Prime. Could any of these three do what no one of this boxing generation or last generation was able to do? Stop the iron-chinned Hopkins...
This.......put a prime Victor Galindez vs the version of Hopkins at LHW and I can see El Leopardo de Moron perhaps stopping him as well..... I don´t see Robinson, Hagler or Hearns stopping prime MW Hopkins.....
Possible? Yes. But very, very unlikely. His defense, great chin, and shameless amount of clinching when necessary would make him insanely difficult to stop.
Bernard is too smart and too tough. He never gets stopped in his prime. He ll probably retire without ever being stopped.
If Bernard Hopkins stands up and fights, and does not try and spoil the fight against Chad Dawson. "He gets Tkoed, Knocked out or he quits on his stool" "Chris Eubank was by far tougher than Bernard Hopkins"
Its possible to KO anyone in this sport. They are all human and prone to make mistakes. As far as Hopkins, let's just remember that he had a career before fighting Tito. And if the 72 year old gets KO'd now, who cares. It will not diminish him.
Jesus, Calzaghe had him going so bad he had to fake a low blow and recover for 5 minutes. You aren't gonna stop him with one shot but you can busy him into a pace he can't sustain, at least at this age.
I seriously doubt any Middleweight stops peak Hopkins. Some would be capable of stunning him from time to time, but no one's stopping him at his best.
Maybe an old Hopkins can get stopped. But not a prime version. Too good defense plus a good chin to go with it.