I've strategically matched these guys because I'm interested in the stylistic matchups, and how many people actually pay attention to them When you pick T/KO say early, mid or late and when you pick Decision say wide or close Pavlik - Mundine Pavlik - Calzaghe Miranda - Mundine Abraham - Andrade Abraham - Johnson Bute - Andrade Bute - Johnson Kessler - Tarver Kessler - Hopkins Ok, thats it for my experiment, now just some big matchups: Calzaghe - Dawson Kessler - Pavlik
Pavlik - Mundine = Mundine close UD Pavlik - Calzaghe = Calzaghe TKO mid Miranda - Mundine = Mundine TKO mid Abraham - Andrade = Andrade TKO late Abraham - Johnson = Woot? Johnson KO early. Bute - Andrade = Bute close UD Bute - Johnson = Johnson close UD Kessler - Tarver = Kessler TKO late Kessler - Hopkins = Kessler close UD Calzaghe - Dawson = Dawson close UD - can't really decide though. Might change tomorrow. Kessler - Pavlik = Kessler wide UD.
Pavlik - Mundine >>Pavlik KO Pavlik - Calzaghe >>Calzaghe UD Miranda - Mundine >>Mundine SD Abraham - Andrade >>Abraham SD Abraham - Johnson >>Johnson TKO Bute - Andrade >>Bute UD Bute - Johnson >>Johnson TKO Kessler - Tarver >>Tarver SD Kessler - Hopkins >>Hopkins UD Calzaghe - Dawson >>Dawson SD Kessler - Pavlik >>Kessler UD Let me add: Pavlik - Andrade >>Pavlik UD Dawson - Kessler >>Dawson UD Abraham - Bute >>Bute UD
Pavlik - Mundine ------ mundine close Pavlik - Calzaghe ----- JC tko late Miranda - Mundine ---- miranda close Abraham - Andrade --- andrade close Abraham - Johnson ---- TKO Johnson Bute - Andrade ------- Bute close Bute - Johnson ------- johnson wide Kessler - Tarver ------ Kessler close Kessler - Hopkins ----- Hopkins close Calzaghe - Dawson --- Calzaghe close Kessler - Pavlik ------- Kessler close
I'm pretty sure alot of opinions will have changed from then until now. 4 years is an eternity in the boxing world.