Pavlik's next opponent: A dangerous choice

I see a number of posters expressing great confidence. Seems Unjustified considering most of us have never seen Lopez fight.

His record is padded, but at some point every fighter needs to step up to better competition. Sometimes those fighters succeed in shocking the **** out of us. He does have some distinct advantages. First he is fully acclimated to the weight. Second, he throws nice straight punches in bunches. That's important because it is hard to catch Pavlik flush with big looping shots, but he has always been susceptible to straight fast punches.

There is very little Lopez video available, but based on what little I've scene, I'd say he's really open to left hooks and straight rights. That's important because although Kelly's favorite weapon is a 1-2, his second favorite weapon in undoubtedly the 3-2.

A review of Lopez's record leads one to believe he has never had his chin checked. Just because it hasn't been checked doesn't mean it isn't any good. One thing I think we can count on Kelly for is THE CHIN CHECK! If this kid's chin passes the initial test, boys, we've got a fight on our hands!

 

It sure didn't take long for the moronic haters to show up. A year ago Kelly Pavlik was a middleweight who lost his title, got his face shreaded, suffered an injury, and spent 2 months in a hard core rehab center. By the time fight night rolls around KP will have been inactive for over a year. In his very first fight back he CHOSE to face an undefeated light heavyweight with a 76% KO ratio. If that's not gutsy enough for you, maybe you should go do something really courageous yourself; like stick your pecker in a blender!

 

Probably Martinez by a fairly wide UD. He'd have to play keep away all night because of a huge size and strength disparity, but he could probably pull it off.