Yes. Not only because Pavlik isn't in Tiger's class, but his style is absolutely taylor made for him. Tiger crushes fighters who come too him; too strong and too good an infighter/counterpuncher.
badass Rubin Hurricane Carter ? You mean because he murdered 2 or 3 people? Rubin Carter was never a world champion. You people sure love to praise old school fighters dont you?
Pavlik just hasn't reached the level of experience he would need to beat Tiger but I do think he could go the distance. Tiger on points. I do like Kelly though and hope he's learned something from the Hopkins fight.
Just because he wasn't champion of the "whole wide world" then doesn't mean he couldn't of won a "title" in another time.
Dick Tiger had 60 wins with only 27 knockouts so apparently he couldnt punch that hard so how do you think he could beat Kelly Pavlik?
badass Rubin Hurricane Carter ? You mean because he murdered 2 or 3 people? Rubin Carter was never a world champion. You people sure love to praise old school fighters dont you?
The thing is that he could punch, and he punched very hard actually. Don't be fooled by his knockout record, a lot of unsuspecting opponents were. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9JE2EsTlg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgzGyypTkhg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWDrbr2D4yI