Ward - NO!
Dawson - Maybe
Abraham - Yes
Froch - NO
Bute - Yes
Sergio Rematch - NO!
Hopkins Rematch - Maybe
Kessler - NO
Pascal - Hell of a tune up!Pavlik is a 30 year old veteran so if he is not ready for them now then he never will be. I doubt he improves much.He says he can't make 160 and will fight at 168. I don't make him the favorite over any of these fighters. I give him a chance to beat Froch because Froch will probably trade with him. He might beat Bute, Abraham, Pascal or Sergio but Sergio won't go to 168. I don't give him much chance to beat any of the others.
Bute, Abraham, Kessler and Hopkins are the only ones he has a chance against right now. Bute because of experience level, AA because he is slow and on the decline, Kessler because he is on the decline, Hopkins because he looked old now and is on the decline. Kelly should get down to 160, so he won't be as sluggish and have more power.
pavlik's got the potential to knock any of those men out.
that being said, there are also guys on that list who he literally could not touch
dawson and ward would literally not have a mark on them.
andre ward fights more like bernard hopkins than any other active fighter. kelly hardly touched hopkins when they fought.
i have no interest in seeing a hopkins rematch. if hopkins loses it's only because he's almost 50. we saw that fight already, and kelly doesnt belong in the same sentence as hopkins.
it would literally be nothing other than the age of hopkins that won kelly the fight.
Agreed!! well put, not 100 % sold on dawson tho
he simply cant deal with mobile fighters,and looks extremely slow
pavlik's got the potential to knock any of those men out.
that being said, there are also guys on that list who he literally could not touch
dawson and ward would literally not have a mark on them.
andre ward fights more like bernard hopkins than any other active fighter. kelly hardly touched hopkins when they fought.
i have no interest in seeing a hopkins rematch. if hopkins loses it's only because he's almost 50. we saw that fight already, and kelly doesnt belong in the same sentence as hopkins.
it would literally be nothing other than the age of hopkins that won kelly the fight.
Ward - NO!
Dawson - Maybe
Abraham - Yes
Froch - NO
Bute - Yes
Sergio Rematch - NO!
Hopkins Rematch - Maybe
Kessler - NO
Pascal - Hell of a tune up!
abraham and bute.
pascal is no tune up.
if he can pace himself he'd beat kelly to the punch all night. he's way too fast. looping shots like the ones he throws land on pavlik. they always have. he just takes them. pascal is enough of a puncher to win rounds like that against pavlik. i just think he's way too fast to be considered a tune up.
kelly had some issues with the speed of will rosinsky. rosinsky makes pascal look like roy jones.
The gap in skill between Pavlik & Dawson is substantial.
The gap in skill between Dawson and Pascal was supstantial too, but Dawson took a convincing L. B Hop beats pascal, Dawson beats B Hop, question is whos better Pascal or Pavlik = Pavlik vs Dawson.... Maybe
I think he's as ready as he's ever gonna be. I mean there's literally nothing he could ever do that's gonna make him beat Ward, he's just incapable of doing that. Can he outbang Froch? Probably not, but Pavlik does have a great chin and his punches are shorter than Froch...I'd love to see it.
I want to see Chavez Jr./Pavlik after Chavez moves up in weight.
U think b hop a school him again????? I dont know,,, i think nasim and b-hop put together a heck of a stragety that fight, but I didnt like the way b-hop looked against dawson.... must be the shoulder seperation, r father time. I think a hungry motivated smeeggaled Pavlik and an older B Hop could be interesting..!
The gap in skill between Pavlik & Dawson is substantial.
Stopped taking the tread serious at the "maybe", to B-Hop.
U think b hop a school him again????? I dont know,,, i think nasim and b-hop put together a heck of a stragety that fight, but I didnt like the way b-hop looked against dawson.... must be the shoulder seperation, r father time. I think a hungry motivated smeeggaled Pavlik and an older B Hop could be interesting..!