I am not hear to cry over spilled milk, pavlik, just didnt have it against B-Hop. Lets say he gets past rubio, which he should with a ko. Pavlik and Abraham should be an awesome fight. Who would the winner of that be after?
I'm picking Abraham by KO/TKO as I always did, even before Hopkins beat him(which I picked Hopkins in as well).
The words for today are "Silly Catchweight Fights...for aging boxers." For example, If Bernard Hopkins fights Kelly Pavlik at Kelly's middleweight belt level, and beats him, then people can provide all the accolades to Hopkins. Right now with these catchweight fights its all about the money and proves little. Boxing is becoming more like wrestling with these silly fights, e.g., Pacman vs De La Hoya. Oh, Hopkins TKO's De Lay Hoya...does that make De La Hoya one dimensional ? BHop and Pavlik proved nothing. Pavlik still has the middleweight belt. And, a nice fat paycheck. It's all showmanship, snake oil and mirrors. Let BHop fight Kelly P at the middleweight level for the championship. In fact, let BHop fight any champion at the respective weight class for all the marbles, then when he becomes a champion again we can all say how great he is. These catchweight fights just provide aging fighters like BHop with a few more pay days. They are basically exhibition fights with no meaning, no title belt on the line, and have no impact on historical greatness. I don't recall if Ali, Marciano, L. Lewis, Tony Zale, R. Graziano, Sugar Ray, fought at these catchweight fights for non-title belts. Maybe they did. But, it seems boxing has changed and these fights are more or less a day at the gym for these professionals who can easily pull the wool over your eyes. If I was a 26 year old middleweight champion (with many more fights on the horizon) and I was offered 3 million to fight a 43 year old and my belt was not on the line, hell yeah--I'll take the money. Pavlik over Rubio and that German dude AA. Just my opinion. KMcDee
