Golovkin by UD. Hopkins is very hard to knock out................. Kovalev has been promised a fight with Ward by HBO, but Ward does not seem to want that fight. Stevenson will not fight Kovalev or Hopkins and Ward refuses to fight Stevenson.................
Wouldn't shock me if Hopkins pulled off the upset. All depends upon what BHop has left as he definitely has the style with the movement and clinching to negate a lot of what Golovkin does. But he is 51, I thought he was looking bad when he beat Cloud, how much of the loss to Kovalev was Kovalev's tactics and how much was down to Hopkins decline. My heart says BHop pulls off another shocking win, but I think he's too old now. The BHop that beat Pascal could of beaten GGG but not this version, even against a fighter with a style that suits him. Golovkin wins a decision.
I agree with pretty much everything you're saying, reasoning why especially, and concede that I believe this is the most likely alternative to my proposal. :thumbsup