What Does Hopkins-Pavlik Mean....

If he beats Pavlik why not?? If Hopkins beats Pavlik, don't you think it'll just ruin the suspense of these divisions? I doubt people would like to see a Hopkins/Cal rematch. But There's suspense building up between Abraham, Pavlik, & Calzaghe. And If Calzaghe is talking about retirement, and these are his last fights, you'd want to see him rematch Hopkins?

It is a no win situation for Kelly. It will be put down as a win over a shot fighter or a terrible loss to a has-been. It is a massive win for Bernard if he was to manage it. I doubt he will though. agreed 100%

i don't think it's a lose-lose situation for Pavlik like some have said at all... if he was to win more impressively than Calzaghe did it would force a fight between the two of them and be a good name for his record (and if he was to win any less impressively than Calzaghe, well, it'd be a loss lol) and if Hopkins wins (which i think he should) it would mean he can either get one more big fight against another old fighter (probably Roy Jones?) or just retire on the back of a great win and secure his legend status either way

If Hop wins, it means a few things. First, Calzaghes stock goes up as it would proove Hopkins is not shot (Which he isn't, he is past it but is still a good fighter) and would show that Pavlik is not as good as some thought. If Pavlik wins. I hate to say, he won't get a lot. The win would be written off as a win over a past prime fighter as Calzaghes win was by some. If Kelly wins, we also may be a step closer to Pavlik-Calzaghe.! Pav vs. Cal. Wooooooo!!!!

the only thing this means to me is that the fight is stupid and I hope pavlik knocks him out in 2...

Simple, they're building a superfight. Winner of Hopkins-Pavlik vs the winner of Jones Jr-Calzaghe. No matter who wins those fights, you're looking at a superfight when it's all said and done. Scenarios: Hopkins - Jones Jr II - megafight to end both their careers, Hopkins coming off a win over the undisputed MW champ, Jones putting the first L on Calzaghs record Hopkins - Calzaghe II, a chance for revenge for Hopkins, puts the first L on Zags record and rides into the sunset Pavlik - Jones Jr - Jones would have beaten Cal and Pavlik would be the #1 hypest boxer in the sport Pavlik - Calzaghe - megafight No matter which way you slice it you have 4 intriguing matchups coming out of this. Not just intriguing, but career defining. I personally would like to see Jones beat Calzaghe, then beat Pavlik, but I'm also a Hopkins fan so I'd like to see Hopkins-Jones II. It's been a great stretch for boxing so far.

hopkins is gonna be 44 years old!!!!

Yeh its a proper bad fight for Pavlic.. Its one to be honest if i was pav would avoid History shows no one looks good against Hopkins.....

Hopkins ends his career on a good win over the undefeated middleweight champion. and for Pavlik, he gets a win over experienced veteran who is old and past his best and he wouldn't look good winning either. Its just a bad fight for Pavlik.

I think the win would benefit Pavlic a whole heap more then Hopkins.. A win for Hopkins would just mean his a crafty old veteran who can pull of upsets like this but his not really a massive massive underdog anyway going into this fight. A win for Pavlic would mean he was cleaning them all out and hot on the heels of Joe Calzaghe.. Plus if he can do a better job then Joe did then its gonna make there fight bigger

Let's see how Kelly looks at 170 first. I wasn't too impressed by his performance at 166.

It is a no win situation for Kelly. It will be put down as a win over a shot fighter or a terrible loss to a has-been. It is a massive win for Bernard if he was to manage it. I doubt he will though. ...exactly. And if Pavlik wins big, it'll probably scare Calzaghe away from a fight.

If Hop wins, it means a few things. First, Calzaghes stock goes up as it would proove Hopkins is not shot (Which he isn't, he is past it but is still a good fighter) and would show that Pavlik is not as good as some thought. If Pavlik wins. I hate to say, he won't get a lot. The win would be written off as a win over a past prime fighter as Calzaghes win was by some. If Kelly wins, we also may be a step closer to Pavlik-Calzaghe.!

It'd be a pretty big win for Hopkins, he would have beaten the man who beat the man who beat him and he would have beaten the consensus number 1 middleweight in the world, but there will be people who will say he beat a middleweight who shouldn't have been fighting at 170. I'm not sure if it would mean too much for Pavlik because he has already beaten Taylor who has beaten Hopkins and some people will say he beat an old man but it would help build interest in a Calzaghe-Pavlik fight somewhere down the line if he wins more impressively than Calzaghe did.

it means arum is a douchebag for making the fight!!!!!!!!! pavlik needs to stay at 60, and unify!!!!!!!!

It is a no win situation for Kelly. It will be put down as a win over a shot fighter or a terrible loss to a has-been. It is a massive win for Bernard if he was to manage it. I doubt he will though.

Thanks for the quick response. I hate it when it takes like 10 years for people to respond to a thread ..lol