Prime Tommy Hearns @ 160 vs Pavlik. Who wins?

You really can't compare these guys prime for prime. Tommy peaked at 154, but Pavlik won't peak for another 18-24 months. He's 3-4 big fights away, and he will almost certainly be at 168 by then.

 

what a silly question, hearns in one of the easier fights of his life

 

That's exactly why it wouldn't surprise me if Pavlik did win. Tommy's chin wasn't bad really (the Leonard fight was as much exhaustion as chin issues) until he got to middleweight and fought the punchers there. I don't think it's too soon to think about this mythical matchup because it's slim that Pavlik would ever decision him- but we've seen enough of Kelly's toughness and power to lead me to think a Pavlik stoppage is a realistic outcome, even if it's not the most likely.

 

am i hearing you right?

are you saying hearns is one of the easier fights pavlik would have?

 

One Hearns has a bigger reach than Pavlik.

Two Hearns is better in every area bar chin than Pavlik.

Three Hearns by Mid round TKO.

 

pavlik is over-rated rubbish until he fights somebody credible and beats them convincingly, its as though all usa boxing fans have been hipnotised into thinking pavlik is some sort of god, if he beats abraham convincingly (im backing abraham all the way) then ill change my judgement but until then i dont rate pavlik, he'd get schooled by kessler and calzaghe

 

above you wrote that hearns is one of the easier fights of his life.

maybe you should proof read your posts because you just gave pavlik huge props for beating hearns without realising it.


by the way - if you don't rate pavlik until he beats someone credible then on what basis are you backing abraham to beat him considering that pavlik's already beaten miranda, as well as taylor twice?

that alone is a better CV than abraham has.

 

if you read my post properly u will realise that i said hearns to win one of the easier fights of his life

'what a silly question, hearns in one of the easier fights of his life' that means hearns to win unless you are illiterate


taylor is over-rated rubbish as well, beating a hopkins who struggled to make the weight and then beating light middles and nothing more, abraham has proven he is like the new european winky, a complete nightmare for pavlik and with a massive punch

 

i infact did back pavlik to beat lockett

now if i were a boxer and given the chance to fight a fella who has ko power but has achieved nothing (miranda) or fight for a credible world title against an unknown fella its not a hard choice in my book

felix sturm is one of the most annoying boxers out there because HE wont fight anybody, i really want him to fight abraham before he demolishes pavlik but now im hoping he loses against the euro middle champ and hope he chases one of the big 2

and yes i am a calzaghe fan, and i want him to fight pavlik so people in the states respect him for beating somebody who isnt in his 40s, even tho hopkins is a tougher fight today than pavlik, but if calzaghe continues after jones (which i dont agree with) then itll be dawson or tarver and not pavlik

surely its common sense that a prime hearns would batter pavlik if they were to both fight today, pavlik has achieved nothing when you look at what hearns has done

 

i'll quote you again :

"hearns is one of the easier fights of his life" - just as you said above but maybe we're reading it different....

aha! i see you've edited it

you did have "is" in your original post...

next time just admit the mistake and don't be so defensive...


unless hearns is fighting himself your comment about being illiterate is coming across as pretty ironic right now.

if you're not a native english speaker then just say so and then we can patch things up. but don't start labelling me when you posted incorrect english and messed up.

 

Questioning Pavlik's resume', and then saying that Abraham is the better man, is really stupid. Apart from Miranda, who Pavlik beat 7 shades of **** out of, Arthur's best wins are over guys who would not make 4 rounds with Kelly. Furthermore, it took AA 16 rounds to KO Miranda. Pavlik wasted his ass the first time out, and no rematch will ever be necassary.

Taylor is rubbish?????? Won a bronze medal in the olympics, beat a younger, fresher BHop than Calzaghe TWICE and looked better doing it. And held Winky to a draw.

You compare Arthur to Winky, and claim that as some basis for saying he is better than Pavlik, but Pavlik beat the man who held winky to a draw not once BUT TWICE.

You ain't the sharpest tool in the shed now, are ya?