Kelly Pavlik: "99% it's on!"

I'm not sure Taylor will be able to handle Pavlik's power and possibly his size; the guy is long and hits like a small heavyweight and seems to be equally effective attacking the head and body(yeah, Miranda is going to look fatigued and out of shape after getting gut busted like that in the early going). Taylor will be game for this one, but I can't see him seriously hurting Pavlik. He's going to have to fight a tough defensive fight for twelve rounds to pull this off or Pavlik will walk through him and club him down.

I don't know how this one will go. Pavlik proved himself agaist Miranda when no one gave him much of a shot. We'll see how Taylor reacts when he gets hit, and he will get hit hard and often by Pavlik. Whether he has the boxing skills and power to keep Pavlik at bay ramains to be seen. The fact that Taylor beat B-Hop twice is an indicator that this might be a tough fight for Pavlik. However, he may also destroy Taylor with constant pressure just like he did to Miranda. If I had to guess at this point I'd say Pavlik by TKO 9

i like sturm and abraham, but pavlik would destroy them

well taylor didnt ud spinks or hopkins they were sd cept for hopkins 2 was a ud and also taylor sucks. think winky wright pressure against taylor which taylor couldn't stop cept with a lot more power. pavlik will take some punishment but taylor can't hurt flies and pavlik walked thru miranda. easy win for pavlik and taylor claims weight problems in the post fight interview. Yeah u know what i mean, i have a bad habit of calling all decisions a UD, lol. Yeah 2 of them were SD's. But Pavik isnt anything special from what i saw in the miranda fight, miranda was just garbage that night and i suspect he overated to begin with, how could hopkins call him the future of the middleweight divsion when he cant block for shit? lol. No way i can see this being an easy fight for pavlik, skill for skill he's nothing great, can he make 168? cos Kessler is a robot and i would pick him over Pavlik tommorow lol. Wait and see, i think Pavlik is pure hype, that defence he showed against miranda is begging to be exposed. But hey, im no expert.

Where is this pavlik hype coming from? i saw the miranda fight, it looked like a combination of miranda having weight problems and miranda not being able to fight on the back foot, Miranda's skills are nothing to get hyped about anyway. Even then he still hit kelly pavlik with some absolute bombs which hurt Pavlik, Im not a fan of Pavlik's defence, i dont think he is slick enough, I havent seen enough of taylor to comment competantly about the outcome, but there is no way i can pick pavlik over a guy who UD'd spinks and hopkins, not yet anyways. I also think Taylor could get screwed if it goes to the cards, seeing as people belive he has had so many gift decisons, seriously, i reckon he may have to win a clear cut victory, otherwise the judges will do him nasty.

Pavlik sounds very confident, I think it's going to be a slugfest and I think Taylor has a suspect chin as evidence of the first Bhop fight and the Winky fight when he was noticeably hurt, but for some reason I see him squeaking out another suspect decision, only way Pavlik wins this is if he knocks Taylor out, or truly dismantles him for 12 rounds where there can be no question, unless they pull some Holyfield - Lewis 1 type shit, it's funny that Pavlik sees the same things in Taylor that I see, about how he fights inferior opponents, I've always said I think he could really make his mark on the sport if he just separated from Dibella....

Its good to be able to talk shit about how your very confident before a fight has happened!!! Cant see him beating Taylor!!! Pavlik is a good fighter but hardly anything near B Hop!!! Miranda is good victory for him but not in taylors class!!!

its harder to stay dedicated after lets say $10mil later kelly hasn't found this out but if he beats taylor he will find out... he is like a young taylor to me i can't wait to see this one!! This is one of the best years for boxing minus heavyweights... hope hatton vs pbf happen this year as well as cotto vs. shane/kermit

I think this is a good fight, regardless of who wins. I've not seen enough of Pavlik to make a true, realistic judgment.. But, I think this will actually be exciting.

Taylor has looked pretty damn beatable lately. If he shows up to fight I think he may be too much for Pavlik. But thats a big if. If Taylor is as lazy as he was in his last fight he will lose.

Pavlik is great for the sport and seems like a very intelligent guy with a star quality about him. Taylor used to be quiet and humble, but lately he's been acting like a jack-ass and I really feel 4 out of his last 5 fights could be L's on his record but he has the HBO hype machine behind him and because of this has one of the most questionable undefeated records in the sport. Anyway, Pavlik has a very quiet and menacing confidence about him and should be able to dispose of the chicken-hearted Taylor with fair ease.

why does pavlik want to unify???all other belts are paper........... kell is a classact....but taylor'll win

I don't know how I feel about this fight. On one hand, I've been a fan of Jermain Taylor for a while now. I rooted for him against Wink last summer. His recent fights have been disappointing and have me questioning why I even like this guy at all. He wins his fights, but when was the last time he fought a truly impressive fight? I guess that's what happens when you fight top quality opponents though. He was gased up against Ouma, too eager to dominate. Against Spinks he was too cautious, not wanting to get embarrassed by Spinks' stick and move tactics. Bottom line though, Taylor shows up when he has to. I don't feel he is as good as his record or titles indicate, but he is an outstanding boxer. I just wish he would drop that cocky Floyd Mayweather-esque persona he seems to have adopted before his fights. Being a stereotypical angry black male isn't going to make me a bigger fan of him.

First and foremost congrats to Taylor for constantly taking on the hardest fights out there, Hopkins, Wright, Spinks, and now Pavlik. Second Pavlik is a classy guy, but he's not getting past Taylor, he wont get passed Taylors jab, and thats whats gonna win the fight. Third lets see this fight happen!

I want to win the title and stick around. I want to fight Felix Sturm for the WBA and Arthur Abraham for the IBF and then I want to go up to 168 where Joe Calzaghe will hopefully still be around. I want to take all the belts. That’s one thing you want to conquer in this sport. You want to fight the best, even though anything can happen. You can get hit with a phantom punch, you can get robbed, you can get out-boxed, and if that happens you can always say that you fought the best. That’s what I want to do. I’m looking to get those two middleweight fights in the next year and a half, no longer than that before I move up. I really hope Pavlik wins,he can be a star,hes great for boxing

I'm really getting to like pavlik he seems real humble and not careing about the money unlike taylor. Infact i hope he ko's taylor real bad and makes him retire as i cant stand his no heart and his lack of will to fight. Come on pavlik beat that gay wimp taylor. not caring about the money?? people seem to forget when taylor got his chance at the title fight he didnt care about the money either...he was just happy to get his chance...when you become champion its ur damn right to care about the money then...u earned it and lack of will to fight?? lol thats the funniest thing ive heard...have you watched all or most of taylors fights or are u judging him by him by his last fight?? when taylor has to fight he fights...when someone brings it to him...he swings

I'm really getting to like pavlik he seems real humble and not careing about the money unlike taylor. Infact i hope he ko's taylor real bad and makes him retire as i cant stand his no heart and his lack of will to fight. Come on pavlik beat that gay wimp taylor.

Calzaghe and Pavlik is a better fight then Pavlik vs Kessler. Both Calzaghe and Pavlik fight in the inside, while kessler has and always fought on the outside with his jabs. I think they'd both be excellent fights. Calzaghe-Pavlik could be another Calzaghe-Mitchell. I don't think he gets past Taylor though, although I hope he does. Fighting a live straight up opponent might well be the best thing to happen to Taylor's career since Hopkins I.

Why all of the Taylor hate? Because he never beat Hopkins (and possibly wright, I haven't seen it, but he probably lost that too). That and he's cocky/ his last fight was boring as shit. I like Pavlik, and hope he kicks Taylor's ass.

The thing is, when you have no leverage to negotiate, of course your not going to complain about money. If he complained about money at this stage in his career, he would only be fucking himself up. Most fighters, even arrogant jerks like mayweather, when they didint have the negotation leverage, didint try to act like they had it early in their careers.