I made a general statement, not a prediction. This is what Pavlik's people think if they make this fight.
If he turned down the fight i am absolutely shocked! Perfect fight for him, a named fighter, low risk, big stage.
that's what I'm saying.....Stevenson is about the best low risk/high reward fight out there for Pavlik right now. No need to derail the comeback by a possible L vs Bute or Froch when you can prove yourself worthy of being a top 10 SMW by destroying Stevenson and then even if you fight and lose to Bute/Froch you can still hang in the rankings and get a shot vs someone else. An immediate fight with froch or bute and a loss from it would= another year or more to get back to a decent name fight
Now IBF is aiming at kessler.... IBF eliminator for the right to fight Froch. They'll say no for sure...