Undoubtedly some decent wins - Zuniga aswell - but nothing special; nothing that proves his weight at elite level. Miranda is a B- level guy at the very best, raw power and not much else. A gatekeeper if you will - although he may soon be a world champion. McKart was way past his best and had just come back from 2 year lay-off after losing comfortably to Travis Simms. Zertuche didn't prove all that much either, and was stopped directly after by Marco Rubio, and had lost to Zuniga directly before in a rematch, them drawing in the first fight just before the still pretty inexperienced Zuniga faced Pavlik. The fact is, Pavlik hasn't really shown his capabilities at elite level yet. Taylor was a very good win, but in hindsight I'm not sure how good Taylor actually was to begin with. A talented fighter no doubt, but somebody with power and who throws punches always had a great chance of beating him late. Pavlik has that - accumulative power in both hands, a half-decent jab, and he can be damaging at mid-range. He's also got pretty good chin. But the Hopkins fight exposed a lot of his weaknesses. He's not the quickness, he's hittable and struggles to box at distance behind a jab or get his punches off at close range. And he's wasting his best years fighting nobodies like Lockett and now Espino.
Pavlik's ignore list is longer than mine and Boo's put together. Talk **** all ya want. At the end of the day, he is still the young, linear middle weight champ with millions in the bank and you are still you. Face the truth haters. Don't pretend you wouldn't trade lives in a heart beat if only you could.
Espino is a bum fighter. I wish people can stop with this fighter beat that fighter in the freaking amatuers. For goodness sake AMATUERS ARE WAY DIFFERENTS THEN THE PROS!!!!!!!!!!!! Collazo wasn't even close to the same fighter when he was in the amatuers then he is in the pros.
Hold up.........he is......still fighting Espino right! The way the TS is talking i would have tought that he was fighting AA or something.
Pav is a ****ing piece of ****... He really should pay PW for starting up training camp... TWICE without the intention of really fighting...
Collazo was a standout amatuer too. Do you really think a bum with no skills could be a top amatuer? Id like to know what your definition of a Bum fighter is cause ive seen Espino and hes no bum. I find that most people that call fighters bums have never laced on a pair of gloves in their life.
“I’m just being honest about the staff infection in my hand. [...] They’re derelicts." A staff infection? That'll screw your hand up bad. From Merriam-Webster... Main Entry: derelict Function: noun Date: 1670 1 a : something voluntarily abandoned; especially : a ship abandoned on the high seas b : a tract of land left dry by receding water
I see that your a newbie since last july correct? Anyway let me ask you a simple question is the amatuers the same like in the pros yes or no? It's a simple question. If you say yes then how come fighters like Tyson, De la hoya, Vargas, Lewis, Bowe and so on didn't fight for a world title in the pros debut? And how come in the amatuers the fighters wear headgear and not in the pros?