Pavlik vs Calzaghe: Who will be the favorite?

Pavlik because he's young, american and a puncher and Calzaghe will be coming down in weight (probably) and looked **** against Hopkins

 

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Calzaghe. Nobody at Super Middleweight would be favourite over Calzaghe.

 

Calzaghe will be at a weight he's fought his entire career at bar one fight, whereas Pavlik will be moving up in weight....

 

pavlik would be if hopkins knocked down calzaghe once and very close a second time I think pavlik koes joe very easily.

 

Explain in a couple of short paragraphs how Pavlik and Hopkins are similar boxers. Thanks in advance.

 

up and then back down is never a good idea, especially for a fighter who claims to have been killing themselves to make weight for the past few years

 

calsaghe will school pavlik and i dont think pavlik is as strong at 168

 

If Hopkins can floor Calzaghe with one punch, Pavlik can knock him out with one punch. Pavlik is a huge middleweight with devastating power, a telephone pole jab, and a good workrate. I dont think Pavliks suspect chin will come into play much in this fight, Joe's slaps are not going to hurt Pavlik at all. This match would be very interesting, and I hope we see it later this year or early next year.

 

Calzaghe should be a big favourite and this is coming from a Calzaghe "hater".

 

I agree with all of this except for Pavlik's 'suspect chin' - he's touched the canvas for one-half of a tick in his entire career. The guy's chin is as solid as it gets.

 

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That might be true if someone was actually gaining weight to move up a division. When they are simply have a fight where they are taking off less water weight to make a weigh in than they have previously, I fail to see the relevance.

And lots of people claim to be killing themselves to make weight, but Calzaghe was a pound and a half inside for Kessler, I don't think it's an issue.

 

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He's been KDed 3 times, and needed the full 8 to get up from Taylor's KD. McCart and Zuniga were flash KDs though.