lets see how he does against Miranda first. I dont know, but I enjoy watching Miranda he is exciting and comes to clean out youre clock! very basic and warrior like, no frills or bull. Lets see what happens there, I bet Abe will be jabbing and running for dear life in this one trying to steal another decision.
Abraham has the wrong style to beat Pavlik and also gives up size. Abraham keeps his hands high to block shots but allows fighters to back him up and punches in spurts. Abraham is easy to get into the ropes and then he puts his hands high infront of his face and waits for the other fighter to finish his flurry. Abraham can get away with this against lesser fighters but against Pavlik thats a recipe for disaster. Pavlik will punish Abraham and stop him.
Abraham couldn't do it the first time and wont do it now because he can't consistently back Miranda up. Miranda has a bigger chance to stop Abraham at 168lbs than the other way around. Abraham is gonna move a lot around the ring though and I see a decision win for Miranda.
166lbs btw., ist at catchweight Abraham couldn´t stop Miranda the first time because of x litres of blood pouring out of his mouth and a two times broken jaw. Still in the nineth round he nearly had him down. I am 100% confident that without the injury he had beaten the **** out of Miranda. But I guess we´ll have to wait until fight night to be sure who ist right and who is wrong
Ya know dudes, I think Abraham would do better against Pavlik than Miranda. Pavlik would probably stop Abraham around the 8th round. What did Miranda last, 7 rounds?
Now see. i just read that post: And I don't think any less of Kelly. ( Just some troll or complete ****wit, or maybe someone playing a prank ). Not Kelly's fault. So I just don't get it when some (otherwise good and knowledgeable) posters write: I didn't mind Pac/Oscar/Calzaghe/the Klits/Floyd/ whoever, but after a while, I couldn't stand the nuthuggers and the fanboys, so now I hate Pac/Oscar/Calzaghe/the Klits/Floyd/ whoever. The logic escapes me.
You are right,tffp! Abraham doesnt look that convicing against mobile and speedy runners a la Ian Gardner or Ayala.
Logic seems to be your weak spot,mate! Miranda has a bigger chance to stop Abraham,eh! Miranda wasnt able to stop a severely injured Abraham who was losing tons of blood bleeding like a shot pig. Besides Abraham almost took Miranda out in round 9 of their encounter,and he hurt him quite badly in round 4. Miranda has a bigger chance to stop Abraham,eh?
I personally think this would be the most exiting middleweight bout for years, id expect it to be all action, do not rule out abraham for a stoppage, likewise for pavlik, absolute diamond match up and hope it happens!!!! Oh and miranda cant beat abraham as we will see soon, abraham will counter his head clean off as he nearly did last time with zero energy through breathing probs, ill have a wad of cash on it no danger.
Stop the bull**** hype . . . anything can happen inside the ring. I do see Pavlik having the advantage and I'll be picking him to win . . . but if he'll lose it's not fairy tale . . . it's for real. :yep
A lot depends on whether Abraham sticks with his current "take the first five rounds off, try to KO the guy in the next seven" plan. If he does that and drops rounds against an aggressive as hell work rate machine like Pavlik, it won't be pretty. If he chooses to deviate from that plan, he'll have a good chance of catching Pavlik slow out the gate and stopping him early.
Gotta agree with the earlier poster. This would be an awesome fight, and is the one that has to happen at Middleweight.