Should Pavlik Beat Taylor, Bernard Hopkins Next

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According to a recent interview with Top Rank president Bob Arum, if WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (32-0, 29KOs) wins his rematch with Jermain Taylor (27-1-1, 17KOs), the next target would be a pay-per-view showdown with Bernard Hopkins (48-4-1, 32KOs) in June. [details]

[shawn_]

Booooooo!!! I don't want to see that.

[Random1]

I don't see why Hopkins couldn't make middleweight anymore, it's not like he suddenly filled out, he chose to go up.

[Energy]

Damn what is Pavlik and Hopkins age difference like 50?

[jamesbrown]

make great fights leave b-hop alone there are so many other options... kill mora, fight the contender winner this time, fight calzaghe, fight mundine, felix sturm, roy jones jr./tito winner, not b-hop

[moofo]

It would be nice to see Borenard catch a few Pavlik right hands in his chops.

[Kball15]

woooooooooow!!!

I mean, it probably wouldnt be very fan friendly (although it could be kinda entertaining in a sloppy way) but it would be a MAJOR step toward making Pavlik a SUPERSTAR.

Just a win over Hopkins would do it, but a Knockout, if he could somehow pull that off, would be catastrophic. that could send shockwaves throughout the mainstream sports.

I think this is a very even fight due to Hopkins's age. he fades late, Pavlik does not.

BUT, Hopkins is tricky and hard to hit, and Pavlik struggled to hit Taylor who has a pretty weak defense (although i think he showed some good defense against pavlik.) So i think Hopkins could completely out maunuever and outsmart Pavlik.

I am, however, goin with Pavlik by UD. Pavlik should fight this fight like he did against Miranda, trying to get HOpkins going backwards and fighting off the ropes where he is at a disadvantage, and cant use many of his tricks and traps

[circleinsidebox]

yawns..........

[Fox McCloud]

I thought Calzaghe had a date with Hopkins after he beats Kessler... what happens if both Kessler and Taylor go down?

[Dye]

No way Pavlik Beats Hopkins.