The middleweight division needs Arthur Abraham as it's champion!

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  1. EARL

    EARL Active Member Full Member

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    And bring some respect back to a once prestigious division! :twisted:

    Why does this division keep producing so many sucky champions? Kelly Pavlik, Felix Sturm, Jermain Taylor.... I wish certain people would stop hiding from Abraham so he could clean out the division and bring a little respect back to it.
     
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  2. FromWithin

    FromWithin Living for the city Full Member

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    :-(
     
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  3. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    get out of here Pavlik is a great champ.
     
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  4. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Pavlik-a sucky champion?END THREAD
     
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  5. Loewe

    Loewe internet hero Full Member

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    Not great but a good one. Also Taylor is seriously underrated on here. He gave 2 p4p top5 fights a close fight, beat a former two-weightclass champion who you can´t look good against and lost 2 times to Pavlik but looked rather well both times.
     
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  6. EARL

    EARL Active Member Full Member

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    He was contractually obligated to fight Taylor at SMW, I'll give him leeway for that, but Gary Lockett? This guy was barely even ranked, and now Pavlik's fighting someone that's not even a MW. Just because Pavlik has a more eye-catching style to Jermain Taylor, it doesn't mean he's in the same boat. HBO is overhyping him just as bad.
     
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  7. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    when i talk about great its about how he always comes to fight,he doesnt talk **** and he fights whoever they put in front of him thats what a champion supposed to do.
     
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  8. EARL

    EARL Active Member Full Member

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    When looking at it from that perspective one can actually argue that Taylor might've even been a better champion than Pavlik.. ofcourse then you've gotta bring up the matter that he didn't even care to look impressive against the two 154 pounders he fought.
     
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  9. EARL

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    If that was the case then he'd be fighting Abraham, not a shot-old man that's not even a MW anymore. ( A shot old-man that I think has a good chance to win, as well )
     
    EARL, Aug 21, 2008
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  10. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    i said he fights whoever they put in front of him,if Arum says its Abraham you can bet he fights Abraham.
    Pavlik´s a badass.
     
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  11. FromWithin

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    Lockett was a mandatory you know, what you wanted him to vacate his belt? Abraham has a mandatory (Marquez) and I hope Pavlik will fight Abraham after Hopkins (it's not gonna be an easy fight).
     
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  12. EARL

    EARL Active Member Full Member

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    Taylor elected to fight Pavlik, why doesn't Pavlik do the same.

    If that ***** Felix Sturm grows some balls and finally gets knocked out by Abraham, Pavlik will have no choice but to fight him.
     
    EARL, Aug 21, 2008
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  13. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    blame it on Arum.Pavlik is like Cotto he fights whoever thay put in front of him.
     
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  14. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Why doesn't he unify with Sturm? Both fight in Germany. Then the winner could fight Pavlik.
     
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  15. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    No, Pavlik was Taylor's mandatory for the WBC he fought an eliminator against Miranda remember?
     
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