nice try... hope we'll have a nice discussion _after_ the fight has been officially announced. Until then...see above
Could really go either way,but I guess that AA has the the egde in firepower whereas Pavlik is the more active fighter of this pair. AA has never faced such a classy foe in his entire pro career up to now,and Pavlik has never fought such a dangerous banger so far.This fight must be staged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I disagree, your right that speed and smart movement bother Pavlik. Arthur is not fast nor does he have great footwork. I still think his defense is good enough to negate Pavlik's power and pressure. I think Arthur will let Pavlik pressure him early in the rounds. While he hides behind that "Peek a Boo stance defense". That defense and great chin will keep AA up unlike Pavlik's previous opponents. Than Arthur will counter punch Pavlik while he's busy pressuring. Thats how I see the fight playing out. Pavlik will win the early rounds with his pressure. But Arthur will land the harder more effective shots. Which explains why I see Arthur knocking Pavlik out in the later rounds. Probably between the ninth and 11th. They all went down. But none of those guys resembled Arthur.
Pavlik isn't over-rated. He may not be P4P world-class, but he certainly isn't over-rated, especially given the number of blind haters on this forum. Anyone who thinks Queen Arthur with his string of cupcake victories, nearly losing to a amateur in his last fight etc. is better than Pavlik is just out of their mind. I'm sick debating this with haters anyway, I just want this fight to happen so we can hear all the calls of AA being weight-drained materialize.. :happy
The main problem with your theory is that you are assuming Pavlik and Abraham are in the same class. When KP was busy with a contractually obligated rematch with Taylor, Arthur ducked Zuniga and fought Elvyn Ayala. That's not hating. It's history. Over the last couple years AA has not fought anyone who was significantly better than a shot to **** Bronco McKart. That's not hating either. It's a matter of record. Arthur is simply not in the same class with Kelly. Pavlik/Abraham will turn out a lot like Calzaghe/Lacy; everyone said Joe was ducking Jeff. When they finally met, Joe destroyed Jeff because he simply was not the same class of fighter as Calzaghe. Now people say Lacy was meaningless. Same scenario here, and it will play out in much the same way.
Pavlik. Alot of peeps sleeping on Pavlik fter what B.hop did to him. Bottom line, he is an honest fighter who makes the best of what he has and sticks RELIGIOUSLY to the game plan.
Booradly,you must be joking! Pavlik plays another league,eh! AA has not fought anyone who was better than a shot McKart,eh! AA is simply not in Pavlik's class,eh! I for one had a good laugh while reading your post! Thanks for the good laugh! By the way Gevor is better than any opponent Pavlik has faced at middle weight(with the exception of Taylor of course)