Let the public speak: should it be Pavlik-Sturm or Pavlik-Abraham?

Well, to be honest, Sturm looked awesome vs. Sylvester, a very high caliber opponent. It was the best MW win last year from any fighter. Sturm is seemingly one of the fighters who's better when the competition is better, easily beat DLH and vs. Sylvester, he showed on top defense, fantastic popping jab and great stamina. I think he gives a tough fight to both KP and AA, maybe a bit tougher to AA, because he has the better jab.

But back to the topic: AA won't stay at MW for long, so no need for stupid double-header (at this point). If HBO was interested in such a thing, it would've suggested to put AA-Marquez on the upcoming KP card, but they never showed interest even for a tape delay broadcast. They named AA dozens of times during Hopkins-Pavlik, so the interest is there, but it seems they'd be happy to skip the double-header part and go straight for KP-AA (if the Williams fight is not available for the summer).

So bring on Kelly vs. King Arthur first, and if he wins, Abraham will have the titles to force Sturm into a German superfight or if he loses, he might take it for less money, on Universum turf. But Pavlik-Sturm makes no sense at all, no public demand, no bad blood, no historical perspective, no HBO interest - just a much lower risk, and that doesn't make Team Pavlik look good.

 

Wow, we have 2 votes on Pavlik-Sturm. I guess it's not gonna be a shut-out, only a 98-2 split!

 

Hey Bob, if you read this, you should check out what the public wants.

 

Click on the numbers. Guess what, one of them in a hardcore Kelly Pavlik fan.

 

Bump.