Kelly Pavlik vs. Bernard Hopkins on October 18 HBO PPV?

[deanrw]

This thing with Pavlik fighting Williams, Mora, now Hopkins is getting ridiculous really.

Hopkins is old and boring, nope don't want to see that. [ESPECIALLY ON PPV, wtf?]

Mora has a mandatory rematch, and mandatory defense, where the hell did those reports come from?

I actually want to see Williams vs Pavlik its more interesting than the rest. but it seems to me like Pavlik is slated to fight the whole world this comming fall.

I think there is a large list of opponents because they see some flaws in pavlik. So they are all putting their name into the basket. Then when Bob calls them back, they all say sure we want to fight Pavlik, but we want a gazillion dollars. Then Bob calls another one.

Bob should just work it behind the scenes. These press releases are getting foolish.

[Ray*]

So what happen with the Williams fight? Winky priced himself out of a fight with Pavlik according to G.leon on Btalk, G.leon helped Allan green price himself out of a fight with pavlik according to dan raphael, So what happened with the Wiliams fight?

[Burner]

I wanted to see Paul Williams vs. Pavlik...........

[deanrw]

Post 1000

Woot

[-Hyperion-]

Hopkins was running on E before he took 5 minutes to get a blow against The Blow. And Calzaghe barely landed anything significant. Pavlik will land more and it'll hurt.

lol...come on antonio.....pavlik is as fast on his feet as a grandmother without her cane....he will land nothing on hopkins.....the problem for hopkins is, even punched air scares him so he will most likely spend all day running...

[S.G.]

personally i'd really like to see this fight happen, and i think Hopkins would win if he prepares well and can maintain into the latter rounds

[deanrw]

I wanted to see Paul Williams vs. Pavlik...........

I still think that is the fight we will see in the end.

[Burner]

lol...come on antonio.....pavlik is as fast on his feet as a grandmother without her cane....he will land nothing on hopkins.....the problem for hopkins is, even punched air scares him so he will most likely spend all day running...

Right...if the very fast Joe Cal couldnt hit him all Pavlik will do is get countered to death

[FLY TY]

If they fight at a catch weight, the fight is a fix.

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what r u talking about???

pavlik fights at 160, hopkins at 175. if they're talking about fighting each other, especially as soon as october, the fight will almost most definitely have to be at a catchweight........sorry, but i'm still waiting for the "conspiracy theory."

[donray]

I think pavlik is the perfect fight for hopkins with losses to taylor and calzaghe he is becoming increasingly less marketable and his legendary status is beiing tarnished by these losses he needs a win over a reputable big name opponent and who better than pavlik.

Kelly is tailor made for hopkins, hopkins performs best when in with pressure fighters I think hop will be able to exploit all kellys weakneses in this fight if his skills aren't shot and pick him apart much like he did trinindad, a win can serve to erase the stigma associated with those losses hopkins suffered and solidify hopkins legendary status by soundly defeating the highly touted, recognized best MW of his era, kelly pavlik.