Should Pavlik box with Abraham?

Abraham is not an asthetically pleasing fighter to watch as he has little to no head movement and his footwork is only good for about two rounds, as he lets his opponent bang on his gloves and tire themselves out.

What he does have is power and a great chin. In fact, I didn't realize his chin was as sturdy as it is because even when you block all those punches with your gloves, you still feel some impact, and that's especially true when your opponent is a normally destructive puncher like Miranda.

Abraham fits the profile of a protypical slugger, aka, a guy that doesn't like to move around a lot, and just wants to bang you out and go home, the sooner the better. He's the type of fighter who will have a short prime, but eventually all those punches he's absorbing to his dome will catch up to him and slow him down.

What's funny is that posters on this board call him "hardly one-dimensional," when he in fact is one dimensional as a fighter can be.

His footwork and headmovement hardly would lead one to believe that he is a capable of being a fantastic boxer, and his lack of speed and low volume of output don't make him a good candadite for a volume puncher either.

With all this said, many fighers have been one dimensional and had extremelly exceptional skills and with Abraham's power and chin, it's possible that he may be one of those fighters that have that kind of ability.

This brings me to the question that is the title of the thread.

Should Pavlik box Abraham?

To me, it doesn't seem like you need to be an extrodinary boxer to beat Abraham, but you at least have to be decent on your feet. You have to let him get off first, and you have to take angles and change directions as often as possible. If you let him set his, feet he can land a haymaker that can take you out.

Abraham is a very hard puncher.

While Pavlik is smarter than Miranda and will land to the body with more frequency and ferocity, and while he's not prone to making the same defensive mistakes as Miranda, IE, backing up with your hands not protecting your chin or just not keeping your hands by your chin in general when not throwing punches, it is still a dangerous fight because Abraham is such a powerful hitter.

So even though Pavlik rarely gets hit unless he's throwing punches, which in his case is quite often, it still puts him in a position where Abraham can land a power punch that could take Pavlik off his feet. It's probably a good thing that Pavlik watched how Abraham handled Miranda because he may not have respected Abraham as much as he respected Taylor for instance, who gained his respect by knocking Pavlik down.

So, should Pavlik just go about his business and try to mow Abraham down or use his height and superior boxing ability to lure Abraham into a fight that's not in his comfort level and make him be the aggressor?

Personally, I think Pavlik should box. Afterall, he was a defensive fighter when he was in the amateurs and that's why he supposedly got his name as "The Ghost." And while Abraham will have a puncher's chance if Pavlik decides to box him, I think if Pavlik goes right towards Abraham, he would be fighting Abraham's fight.

 

Personally, I think he needs to box. Abraham is a slugger. Pavlik needs to stay on the outside, and make Abraham try to bring the fight to him.

Abraham is dangerous as hell on the inside, which is where Miranda decided to let him get after being frusterated that his punches weren't having the effect that he wanted them to, but Abraham is not really explosive on his feet.

IE: He would have trouble with a guy that's rangy that can keep him at a distance and would find himself lunging in which would make him easier to hit.

The problem is that Abraham hits so hard that he's gonna be dangerous no matter what, but you gotta learn how to handle him. The inside is defenitely not where you want him to be.