Is Pavlik/Abraham still relevant?

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  1. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    A couple years ago this would have been an important fght. Simple question: Considering the history, the good -- the bad -- and the ugly, would you still like to see this fight?
     
  2. BennyM3

    BennyM3 Active Member Full Member

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    Hell yah, and Pavlik will take it at this point,as well. Id pay ppv rate for it still
     
  3. BennyM3

    BennyM3 Active Member Full Member

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    But Sturm-Lockett should be on the undercard lol
     
  4. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Great fight two hard punchers
     
  5. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    I would still love to see

    Pavliks vs Sturm
    Pavlik vs AA
    AA vs Sturm
     
  6. dbouziane

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    i'd still love to see it just given all the history there.
     
  7. ripcity

    ripcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    My money is on the bald dude.
    It would not be as important of a fight as it would have been but they are both high quility boxers. The winner would be right back in the thick of things.
     
  8. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    The hardest part of speculating about a future Pavlik/Abraham fight is the weight issues. AA expressed a desire to go back to 160. This video shows Pavlik at about 180 pounds. He looked good enough that no one had a clue he just left The Betty Ford Center a couple days before HBO shot the video.
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    KP and AA may never again be in the same weight class. If they are, I'd still like to see that fight.
     
  9. m8te

    m8te Oh you ain't know? Full Member

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    I mean, it isn't irrelevant. it's not the most relevant matchup but at the end of the day it's a good crossroads fight. Pavlik wins and he shows he can still hang in there with top fighters from that area, and if Abraham wins, it means the same thing, and it gets the ball rolling for either guy. what it doesn't mean however, is that either of them can convincingly beat elite boxers, and the top fighters in both the middleweight and supermiddleweight divisions are skilled technicians for the most part, so they both are pretty much done at this point unless they start pulling out some dramatic knockout wins
     
  10. Abraham kicks Pavlik's ass back into rehab.
     
  11. Keueng

    Keueng Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The rocket should face Espino or Rubio... makes more sense!!
     
  12. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    The meaningfulness to boxing history would be a tenth of what it was before when, at the perfect time both had middleweight titles and were undefeated, but it would be one I'd like to see.
     
  13. realsoulja

    realsoulja Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Before this would have been the biggest fight at Middleweight since BHop - Tito.

    They need to make a MW tournament again.

    Kelly Pavlik vs Pirog

    Abraham vs Sturm
     
  14. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    That would be awesome, but I have my doubts about Pavlik's weight.
     
  15. dbouziane

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    considering how...as it turns out...its been harder and harder for him to make weight the harder and harder he hit the bottle, maybe a sauce free kelly can make 160 much easier.