At first i was against Pavlik-Bhop but...

[MELLY-MEL...]

now i figure since he can't fight AA anyhow what a great time in his young career to get in with a legend! i mean this fight will show us, and kelly what he's got. no other opponent would bring anywhere near the craftiness, determination, tactics, and experience that bhop brings. it's a great experience for kelly, and he will surely learn alot from it. the way i see it now is this fight can only help kelly learn his craft in a way that he has not thus far. i know hop is old, but still very dangerous as we all saw against joe c. in the end i think it's a good decision, and a dangerous one at the same time. bhop is in every fight right to the final bell.

[sparked_85]

I really dislike B-Hop but he is somehow a really engaging character. I rarely enjoy his fights, I don't like the way he now fights, I don't like his personality, yet I will go out of my way to watch him. I can't hate him that much at all, I'm actually in spite of myself rooting for him.

Then I saw a really depressing news segment on the state of Ohio, we thought we had problems over here, that place is ****ed. They need something. That is the most depressing city I have ever seen.

[UncleRuckus]

I dont mind the fight. I just dont like it on ppv

[MANGLER]

I'm only against it bein on PPV. I think Hopkins will lose, but this ain't like Pac-DLH. I figure it'll be a competitive fight and good provin ground for Pavlik, even if Hopkins is old.

[MELLY-MEL...]

I really dislike B-Hop but he is somehow a really engaging character. I rarely enjoy his fights, I don't like the way he now fights, I don't like his personality, yet I will go out of my way to watch him. I can't hate him that much at all, I'm actually in spite of myself rooting for him.

Then I saw a really depressing news segment on the state of Ohio, we thought we had problems over here, that place is ****ed. They need something. That is the most depressing city I have ever seen.

yeah man i agree with all of that. youngstown really needs kelly. bhop is great man, i enjoy the hell outta him.

[MELLY-MEL...]

i agree 100 pct about the ppv as well. it's bs.

[Kris Silver]

Definitely Mel, Pavliks gona be twice the fighter after wards, I mean he can only improve but this is gona inspire some tactics into him. Did some of these thoughts come out of the Loew comments on their plans for the fight, I posted earlier? Because they definitely seem to be looking at it better then first thought, and Kelly will reap the rewards from the fight, in experience.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

pavlik will definitely learn alot from this fight...he's gonna learn alot about himself and about adversity...it will be vintage Bernard come fight nite


just dont know if those lessons are worth losing that 'O'...and at a weight at which he doesnt even fight at

[Silencers]

I'm alright with the fight, Pavlik doesn't really gain anything from this fight though, apart from money and valuable experience against a crafty veteran, considering there was no one else for him to fight, it's alright.