Can aligieri survive the early rounds?

Well, I seriously doubt Chris has enough power in that jab to keep Pac off of him, we'll have to see how he does on the inside. Bradley was able to make Pac miss and counter at close range but I'm not sure Chris will be able to do much more than hold on. But hey, no one would have guessed Kovalev was a godlike counter-puncher either until he countered Bernard's counter in the first round and started hitting him every time he tried to jab, so I won't completely count out Algieri,he might surprise us.

 

I don't know what you're basing that on, a guy survives 12 rounds with Provo and all of a sudden he is more durable than Pacquiao?

 

Since 2009, Pac power or chin has not been the same. I believe if Chris can catch him clean and consistently, he can keep Pac off him.

 

Pac don't normally take beatings the way Chris did. Either Pac is giving the beating or he, gets KTFO. When was the last time you've seen Pac face look the way Chris face did, and he still came out the winner? None in reason years. The fact is, Pac is much older now. I doubt he could survive a beating like that, at this point in time.

 

Yes, if he gets on his bicycle. His movement backwards took a lot off Ruslan's power shots. It was standing and trading with Ruslan, or allowing himself to get trapped on the ropes, that got him knocked down.

I am thinking Chris will lose every round in this fight. But if he decides to engage early on, he might just be hurt and stopped.

 

Both to win, yeah. But this was following Bradley's "win" over Pac, when he was being blasted by the media and the fans, getting death threats and just really being abused. He went into the fight to prove a point, he was aiming for a knockout from the opening bell. This isn't speculation, the announcers, his trainers and himself have said it, you can even see the style in which he fights in. That's why he was getting hurt so bad.