Think it would be a good fight, nowhere to go for whoever loses though. Would see Abraham getting him though, Pavlik likes to get involved and that would suit Abraham.
For Abraham its a good fight , its an opponent who has lost his invincable aura and has massive out of the ring problems , as well as being an interesting fight for the boxing fan , could do very very well in Germany in terms of revenue created . For Pavlik , not such a great fight , fighting an opponent who has been schooled by the divisions top boys looking desperatley for a win I dont like the fight either , stylistically its got a stinker written all over it !!!
Shame how much allure this fight has lost. I'd take Pavlik, though clearly he'd have to be less ******ed than he was against that chap he fought recently. Gomez or Lopez or Sanchez, w/e he was called.
I'm convinced if Pavlik/Abraham would have happened 3 years ago when both were unbeaten it would have been one of the best fights of the last decade or so.
Can't really comment on Pavlik didn't watch the last fight. AA is far to small for 168lbs and has lost his hunger. His problem was being to one dimensional and used to same routine in fights. Soon as a fight didn't go to plan....and he couldn't land on his opponent with regularity he just lost any confidence and either went all out ala Dirrell fight or went into shell like against Froch.
It has to be Pavlik. For me Abe looks completely shot. He was outboxed by Dirrell, and couldn't get off against either Froch or Ward. He is just too small at middle, and doesn't do enough. Pavlik would stop him.
Kelly Would beat AA, It would be a good fight, and a good 2nd fight for Pavlik on his comeback.. Pav wouldn't win a decision over in Germany tho, he would have to KO him, and I wouldnt go to Germany if i were Kelly
Kelly looks better at 168 than Abe does, either way its a bit of an irrelevant fight in such a stacked division. Its a shame neither of them can make 160 anymore its a good place to be atm
Pavlik hasn't really been mixing in good class at 168 to be fair. Not since Taylor II. Quite possible he'd have been on the receiving end of 3 losses in the same fights also.
Crossroads fight...? for who..? Abraham has been beaten by Carl Froch, and YES he was beaten by Andre Ward but he did himself proud early on, and was not stopped or knocked out by any of them. And remember....? He moved up to 168, to enter the supersixx. Crossroads fight..? Shut up. I wanna see Jermaine Taylor vs Kelly Pavlik III. Retribution & Payack.