I think they bet on JT winning the WBC belt and lost. It looked like they were going to try and give HBO a challenge but..... sigh..... Now they don't have JT to anchor the boxing like they had planned.
Hand speed? Are you drunk? Chin? The legend of Arthur's chin revolves entirely around the first Miranda fight. A fight where AA needed help from the ringside doctor and the ref just to survive. In other words, THE ONLY big puncher AA has ever fought damn near tore his face off. Pavlik took the same shots from the same fighter, and Miranda couldn't buy a blink with his life savings. Power? Ya better take another look at that one my freind. Pavlik has a higher KO ratio against generally better opposition. Obviously KP makes better, more effective, use of his power, and is better at knocking people out. There is a long and growing list of mediocre fighters who pushed AA 10 or more rounds. No middleweight has ever seen the 10th against Pavlik, and that includes 7 guys who had never been stopped before they got Pavlikated. Sorry Klion, I respect your opinion a lot. You're one of a few posters whose posts I will go out of my way to read, but you're dead wrong on this one.