#1 - The titties on your avatar are going to force me to go searching the web for a better ass for my avatar. #2 - Absolute truth here. BHop is not going to be KOed for many technical reasons we can discuss. Good question by the original poster, but the answer is clearly NOBODY.
Pavlik had the best chance ( even though I know he couldn't ) and we all saw how he did. The answer is................. No One !
Calzaghe can stop him - but only due to exhaustion... As for straight KO'ing... Dont think it can be done - some guys just wont be KO'd
\ Kessler has ZERO chance. He is a come straight forward kind of fighter. I think Adamek has the best chance because of his power, based on the chance he lands a flush shot(not likely) But he doesnt really seem skillful enough to me. EDIT: Assuming Ademek fights BHOP at 175
id he looking when this happen...if so nobody..if it is a sucker shot with no gloves prob anyone except calzaghe
The correct answer to this question is that no one can KO Hopkins. For those who said Adamek, please go jump off a bridge. Adamek has one punch that he can KO people with and that's that straight right. Adamek fought Dawson. Dawson is a lefty with a questionable chin. This would make him an ideal candidate to get stopped by that big right hand from Adamek. Adamek landed it, and still couldn't put Dawson out. He had Cunningham down 3 times(in a fight were Cunningham made a ton of mistakes, and kept leaving himself open) and still couldn't put him out. Now against a fighter with superior defense and ring intellegence, Adamek has no shot at scoring a KO. Hopkins would take away that right hand and(as Richardson would say) put it in the same drawer as the Pavlik right hand and Tito left hook. The people saying Kessler also need to jump off a bridge. Kessler is a predictable fighter. It's basically all jab,jab, right hand for him. Basic fighters like Kessler have zero chance of stopping guys like Hopkins. Calzaghe could possibly score a questionable stoppage against Hopkins if they fought in Europe. However, with a competant ref, Calzaghe would never stop Hopkins. Dawson's speed, workrate, and youth could possibly be enough to get a stoppage against Hopkins, but I wouldn't bet on it. Nobody else is even worth mentioning. I believe someone in this thread said Cloud. That's completely absurd.