Mayweather would shut Pavlik out

He goes to the body instead of head hunting. You can move the head quite a bit (as Dirrell showed Froch and Abraham), but the body on the ropes, especially the corner? Not so much.

 

The entire Espino fight was on the inside because Kelly's left was still hurt and he couldn't control the distance with it. I have to assume you don't watch Kelly's fights at all.

 

Reach is a function of height, also. Pavlik is over 6' 2". Mayweather is 5' 8". He'd have to jump to reach him.

Robinson is taller, and has significant firepower. Mayweather has nothing he could do to stop Pavlik walking all over him.

1. Mayweather is not hard to hit on the ropes. Going to the ropes is the last refuge of the damned who can't handle the pressure. You may block a few of your opponents' punches, but they're still doing some damage. It's a very inefficient defensive strategy.

2. The only punch I haven't seen Pavlik throw is the left uppercut. Against fighters like Mayweather, he throws body shots as well as straight punches to the head.

3. If Mayweather goes to the ropes, he will get pulverised. Mayweather has never faced a very big puncher at 147, let alone a monster Middleweight. Even if Pavlik's punches are mostly blocked, they'll **** Mayweather up badly from the weight.

Going to the ropes is suicide against a bigger man. It's the worst possible move. If Mayweather has a chance (which he doesn't), it's keeping the fight in the middle of the ring and trying to move around.

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Pavlik is actually a mid-range fighter in many respects. He can fight inside, too. This and the "he only throws the 1-2" comment suggest a massive deficiency on your part as far as footage of Pavlik is concerned. Believe me, I've watched the guy, he can throw more than one combination.

It's irrelevant anyway, since Mayweather going inside is, again, the worst possible strategy. It makes Pavlik's strength advantage count even more.

Utterly extraneous. As if Mayweather is going to be dictating the range in this one!

 

It's obvious he hasn't, but then very few on ESB have watched more than Pavlik/Taylor I & II and Pavlik/Hopkins. (Maybe Pavlik/Miranda.)

 

All these arguments could be used equally to justify Floyd's beating VK.

 

Why do you have zero vCash? :think

 

Ah. Never should have given you the benefit of the doubt.

 

I've seen Pavlik knock opponents who weighed close to 170 pounds over sideways with left hooks.

I've seen Pavlik come very close to knocking opponents down with punches that landed on the gloves.

There's video on You Tube of Pavlik sparking a guy with a lead right thrown off the back foot.

There's video of Pavlik throwing fast-accurate combinations off the back foot.

I saw Miranda bully the **** out of Abraham, but when he tried that with Pavlik, he got beat up.

Winky ****ing Wright could not out jab Jermain Taylor. Pavlik did that TWICE.

Bernard Hopkins tried to beat Jermain Taylor, and failed TWICE. Pavlik knocked JT out, and then scored a clear UD in the rematch.

Kelly Pavlik is one of the biggest, strongest middleweight champions in history, and by age 16 he was already boxing well enough to win multiple national amatuer championships.

Little Floyd would have to choose between getting brutally knocked out, or losing a boring UD.

 

Floyd hasn't done anything to show us that

 

floyd ud if it goes the distance...dont act like he would "walk over floyd"...it would be a competitive fight man