Much respect to AA. Good fighter who deserves a shot at Pavlik, especially after coming overseas to fight Miranda and blasting him out. That fight showed me he is willing to do what it takes to be the best. I hope he gets it before either A) his handlers "Warrenize" him to avoid risk and waste his best years, or B) Pavlik vacates the belt to move up in weight.
According to Lajuan himself he is scheduled to fight an IBF #2 Eliminator next on the Abraham undercard June 27, opponent yet tbd.
It has to be said Lajuan Simon had one of the easier nights I've seen against Abraham and still had some rocky moments. AA has always been low volume big power of course, but he didn't seem especially motivated that night. He seemed to lack sharpness and looked weak. If I was AA I wouldn't be waiting too long for Kelly Pavlik. Either both parties desperately want the fight or they don't. If they don't, its time to think about moving up because I'm sure he'd benefit from that.
I agree that wasn't a very sharp version of AA, but right now Simon is ranked #45 on Box Rec. I know those aren't the best ratings, but just use it for an example. Head to head I think he beats Joval at #25, Lyell at #28, And might give #10 David Lopez a rough night. I'm only talking about this because I gave the AA supporters so much **** about Simon's ranking. Time to kiss and make up:yep
Mundine beat Geale in a close fight tonight.....Geale hit the floor in round 2 but fought back well above expected to make the fight close.....some had Mundine up by 3 rounds others by SD Mundine is now IBO world champ but anyway he should now get a shot at the big time. I think hes after Pav because both Oscar and Mayweather want to get a big fight going in the states for Mundine.
I'm not particlarly thrilled by the idea of Pavlik/Mundine, but it beats the **** out of Pavlik/Mora.
Mundine has a great style for fighters that come forward......he baits, moves and counters.....thats his trade. That will make this fight interesting as Pav wont stop hunting Mundine and it will come down to is the Mundine defense/ counter good enough to avoid the Pav power punches/ KO? Well maybe not but its worth watching :good