Prediction: Taylor/Pavlik II won’t be very exciting

Well I'm screwed then. :twisted: I have to buy this PPV (Mijares-Navarro, Montiel-Castillo), but if you're telling me the rematch is going to be more boring than the first fight (I'm in the minority who thought the first was only so-so)...:scaredas:

It's too bad there isn't a half-price option to just buy the undercard.

 

i really do think it will be exciting

 

I think it'll be much less dramatic than the first fight because Pavlik won't be knocked down this time. Without the 2nd round, the first fight wouldn't be considered anything special. It should still be pretty exciting though and the undercard is going to be great, so it's worth the 50 bucks.

 

At least I can switch over to Slice-Abbott and see some equally meaningless but probably more explosive silliness.

 

it will be exciting

 

I sort of agree as far as fight of the year is concerned, and the MW title isn't even on the line this time, but the odds of a KO still are very high, and at the minimum Taylor is a live dog.

Pacquiao/Marquez II has a better shot of becoming FOTY, however.

 

Ha. I'll laugh my ass off if Kimbo gets dealt with. But he ought to win.

 

Rematches rarely live up to the first fight. In fact im struggling to think of one that did...? :huh

anyway, i think it is in Jermains best interest to box clever this time.

 

Vazquez/Marquez II was superior to the first fight, I thought. Actually, the little guys usually have better rematches as a rule than the big men.

Holyfield/Bowe II was pretty damn good, too, though.

 

See, at least in that fight I have a tiny shred of vested emotional interest. The part of me that thrilled at Tank's antics in the bygone decade, buried deeply as it is, still has more enthusiasm than I can muster for two dubious middleweight champions who aren't even vying for middleweight supremacy any more.

 

Makes sense. I'm still more excited about Pavlik/Taylor II because I'm much more of a boxing guy, but however that one goes, I'll have the other stuff ready to roll on the DVR.

 

But for every Vasquez Marquez 2, you get half a dozen Ward Gatti 2's or benn - Eubank 2's, more Barrera - Morales 2's...

 

Definitely true. They usually don't live up. I was just pointing out that there is hope.