Slappy Joe knows something his fans are to bullheaded to admit. He can't beat Pavlik. That's why he ran the other way and fought BHop, and then ran some more, and made a fight with roy.
I like JT. He's gonna hand Lacy his ass on a boxing Glove, and then derail the Carl Froch hype train. But guys, he's 0-2 against Pavlik.
The only guy that concerns me, honestly, is Kessler. When Kessler fought Calzaghe, i really thought he had a real courage problem. However, when I found out about the extent of his hand injury, I decided that is probably the more likely reason that he seemed to reticent in that fight. So, Kessler is a very good orthodox boxer. Do you know how many really good orthodox boxers Kelly has fought? Exactly Zero!
Noone for certain beats Pavlik. Calzaghe and Kessler would be the two with the bigest chance. Then Taylor in a rematch and Abraham is always dangerous. Bute and Froch 's chances are uncertain; we will know more once they both step up to top level in their next fights.