I think Pavlik/Brinkley would be an excellent fight to make and could give us an accurate picture of what future Pavlik has. Probably be fan-friendly as hell too.
Yes, that's how I saw it. I originally had "(but the cut helped)" in there but decided to take it out since it would just detract from the message. I was swearing out loud from surprise at the beginning of the 9th! (I had predicted a Pavlik win.) Too bad we didn't get to hear Martinez corner between round 8 and 9, would have been interesting. What was he trying to do in the middle rounds? Work Pavlik's body? Cause he didn't look like was trying overly hard to win those rounds.