I think people seem to forget that Kessler only has 2 losses to the 2 best SMW of all time as it stands now.
Not this old Hopkins, prime would toy with Froch and win wide ud, Kessler would be harder fight. This version losses to both.
Hopkins dominates Froch and I'll have to wait to see how Kessler looks in the Froch fight, but I feel like Kessler is too basic for Hopkins. Froch being awkward could work to his advantage (similar to some of the success Pascal had).