Much better fight for Hopkins than Adamek, whom I stated earlier, was not a winnable proposition for Bernard. I would make him the favourite over Froch. No KO here, get serious. But a very winnable fight for Bernard and one that would enhance his great legacy. He avenges his loss to Taylor by proxy (for the second time !). He beats another unbeaten fighter. And finally, he picks up a title in a third division. Bring it on !
Hopkins likes opponents who are right in front of him. Froch comes ahead with his hands down, perfect style match for Hopkins. He will implement roughly the same strategy against Froch that he used against Pavlik, and probably get better results. Froch would be stupid to take this fight.
Whoever he fights he needs to do it soon. He's not getting any younger, and it's already been 7 months since his last fight. He needs to keep active.