Sergio Martinez would school Kelly Pavlik

These are good points. :think

 

Very good points that you can expect some of the pav fans to overlook.


I would expect Martinez to outright put a BHop style ass-whipping on Pav. I just don't think Pav can connect with Serg until perhaps the latter rounds if he gets a little depleted.


And I definitely see pav eating a few punches he would like to forget about.

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Money may be good, but I would understand it if he doesn't want to fight in the states anymore. Hell, look what he had to do to get a draw against Cintron....atsch

 

We ran Quartey the **** outta Dodge...twice (and like Martinez, he had to resort to taking on ridiculous size disadvantages the he oughtn't have had to). :verysad

Funeka has one foot out the door...

 

Martinez is the much faster fighter so he will def have his moments agianst Pavlik,but I see Kelly beating him and stopping him late,I dont feel Martinez can beat Pavlik

 

Two things. First, it has been documented quite well Pavlik was not physically ready for the Bhop fight because of an injured elbow and bronchitis. Lesson learned. Pdub fight sacrificed.

Second, there was word before the Rubio fight that Kelly would 'box more'. He didn't start his career in the amateurs just KO'ing guys. So, when he tries to go back to it he gets criticized for not looking good against Rubio. How many times did you see him let Rubio off the ropes? You think he might have carried him a little for the home town crowd? Point is, in the past Kelly has boxed more and it sounds like he might be going back to some of that since the Hopkins fight. We shall see.

 

People are underrating pavlik because hopkins made it look so easy to outbox him. Not everyone has the skills,timing, and ring generalship that hop used to make pavlik look like a fool. Alot of that comes from his inate talent, but alot of that comes from his massive experience advantage over Pav. Guys Martinez can box, but he wont be schooling Pav like bhop did. :bart

 

It would be his undoing.

 

Nope. Not saying that at all. Just be a little smarter and more patient. No big changes. Years ago I heard Jack on local television talk about how fan friendly Kelly's style was. I think they crafted it that way and they got away with it for quite a while. They SEEM to realize that they may need to emphasize other things now.

 

manny and cotto wouldnt be a good fit. Cotto dosent like to hold

Im pretty sure kessler will be reluncant to clinch now too (hell have flashbacks of the ward headbutts) :yep

I honestly think kessler is done. He looked terrible in that ward fight

 

Either guy could win this fight. Martinez had stamina issues late against Williams, I feel. That said, he's a pretty fast guy who obviously would make it a tough night for Pavlik.

 

Good post.

I think Martinez would present Pavlik with trouble, no doubt. However, let's not pretend as if Martinez is the second coming of Willie Pep. The guy is good, but he's not great.