If Pavlik wins tonight should he go after Hopkins?

Nah. The man is a middleweight and should remain there for the next couple of years. Unless an option at a title fight at 168 comes up.

 

I'm not sure if getting raped by Hopkins again is going to do much for Pavlik.

 

no too old too big and too good

 

Its Bute or bust for me..I'm telling you, HBO is banking on both of these guys looking spectacular tonight so they can set up a mega fight in the fall. Bute wont have any significant fights after tonight so why not Pavlik?

I honestly don't have any interest in seeing Kelly fighting another blown up jr middleweight. He destroys Paul Williams imo

 

yes, he should avenge his 1st defeat.

 

no. its a no win situation and a fight thats not really wanted right now

 

No.

He will be humiliated.

The best he could do is scrape a win against an 806 year old.

 

that would be dumb. Hopkins just totally has Pavlik's number and would still school him when he is 50 years old.. and that's coming from a big Pavlik fan.

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl

 

Hopkins has made a lot of noise about Bute lately. As a huge Pavlik fan I would love to see Bute beat Hopkins, and then Pav step up and beat Bute. That would leave KP at 3-0 against guys who beat Hops, and Kelly would not have to deal with the ****ed up risk/reward situation. He'd have 3 very good wins over guys who beat the man who took his zero. That's an unlikely scenario, but not impossible.

 

Hell yes Kelly should. Even if the rematch doesn't happen, it'll look better on him to try and reverse the ass kicking he got the first time around than to run off with his tail between his legs while Hopkins is still active. Fighters lose, and I don't think it's ever a bad idea to go after a rematch in most instances. This falls under the rule, not the exception. If Pavlik's convinced he had an off night, there's no better way to prove it than to at least pursue a chance at redemption.

That doesn't mean he should go after Hopkins exclusively. Kelly should also go after Paul Williams and potentially Bute or Sturm, as well. Keep the options open, and despite fighting in a shallow division at the top, good matchups can still be made.

 

Yeah we can have Pacquiao-DLH on the undercard too. :yep

 

He should but he should also realize that he won't beat Hopkins. Stylewise, Hopkins is all wrong for Pavlik. Hopkins will probably be able to beat him when he's 50.

But i'm sure the fight would generate a good amount of interest and money, which i know Hopkins is looking for.