Pavlik vs. Duddy Seems Likely, Not Pavlik-Abraham

[BattlingNelson]

Rubio is overrated by The Ring Magazine, and should not be in the top ten. He's lost to Baysangurov, who lost to Bundrage. Rubio seems to be quite durable however, and so should last until the 7th round or so.

Rubio is another easy opponent for Pavlik, like Lockett was - but because they are mandatories, there is a justification for fighting them. However, if he takes on another easy one like Duddy next instead of 1) Arthur Abraham, 2) the winner of Williams-Wright, or 3) Felix Sturm, I will be very disappointed.

I agree. Pavlik has the networks by the balls and can pick any opponent he wants. If he picks Duddy after getting rid of his mandatory it's just...... .......

[Derranged_]

Funny thing is, Duddy's trainer was saying that he would go down in weight to fight in the jr mw division because he didn't feel he was a natural mw. I'm highly critical of a Pavlik-Duddy fight for all the obvious reasons but, let's see what happens next week and how good/bad each respective fighter looks like. If Pavlik isn't back to his usual self and struggles with Rubio and Duddy excels with Vanda then this fight might make sense...

[litez.owt]

bob arum is a greedy bastard...besides what the hell is he talkin about pavlik can go 2 germany and fight sturm or abraham and make money...no1 outside new york knows who irish john duddy is...i like duddy but hes not ready...abraham shud b the next fight 2 unify the titles..pavlik wud whoop his ass

[litez.owt]

He isn't really the most unlikely of opponents at all. He was discussed for Pavlik throughout 2008, plus hes fighting on an Arum produced card, and Im not sure of it, but he may be a top rank fighter. How is he the most unlikely of opponents? sub par journalism as usual.

he was discussed as a pavlik opponent until he got cut up bad against a scrub..duddy needs 2 step up in comp and prove hes deserving of a shot..and duddy is not a top rank fighter...hes signd 2 irish ropes

[MonsieurGeorges]

Pavlik will probably knock this guys head off his shoulders.

[Dave Rado]

I must be really missing something.

Abraham's Footwork= Some of the worst ive seen from a 'top fighter'.

Could you persuade Kelly and his team, then, please? It's obvious they think Abraham would beat him.

[Johnny Rebel]

Pablik has fought j.Taylor twice,e.mirada,b.Hopkins,former 2 time world champ bronco mckart,& current #15th ranked zuniga who is fighting ibf champ bute next month.as for his next fight with rubio is #7 with fights against kassim ouma(former ibf lw champ),fitz vanderpool,& current #12 Saul roman.he also won an eliminator to get in line.duddy got a gift wrapped ranking without winning a notable fight.I'm not bashing duddy unjustly.he hadn't done ****!

Even if you believe that, how is it Duddy's fault that PAVLIK is choosing to fight him? If Duddy is so unworthy of a title shot then you blame the Champion for choosing this fight. It's not like Duddy is a mandatory or something.

Pavlik has all these "great" wins and yet he's choosing to fight Duddy and you're blaming a fighter (Duddy) with nothing to lose and everything to gain, every fighters dream (to be a Champ) for taking this fight if it's offered. It makes NO sense...

[Dave Rado]

Many of you are saying Abraham is the best MW and can some how walk on water. Many of you question Pavlik's opponents and my question is who the hell has Arthur fought? AA's next opponent is rated at 33 by Boxrec and it is obvious that Pavlik has fought better fighters. It is also my humble opinion that even Sturm has faced better opposition.

You think pointing out that he's been The Ring's #1 contender for ages means we think he can walk on water??? Don't be an idiot, it just means most boxing experts think he's the #1 rated challenger for the middleweight crown - that's all it means no more and no less. However, it also means that if Pavlik won't fight him, it's because he doesn't think he can win.

Abraham also destroyed Miranda in their rematch far more easily than Pavlik or anyone else has done, which is maybe what got Pavlik's team so scared.

[warp1432]

Rubio is overrated by The Ring Magazine, and should not be in the top ten. He's lost to Baysangurov, who lost to Bundrage. Rubio seems to be quite durable however, and so should last until the 7th round or so.

Rubio is another easy opponent for Pavlik, like Lockett was - but because they are mandatories, there is a justification for fighting them. However, if he takes on another easy one like Duddy next instead of 1) Arthur Abraham, 2) the winner of Williams-Wright, or 3) Felix Sturm, I will be very disappointed.

I think Rubio deserves to be in the top ten. Have you looked at the top 10 after Sturm? It's terrible.


3. Sebastian Sylvester (Got dominated by Sturm)
4. Khoren Gevor (Gave his all, but lost to Arthur Abraham)
5. Randy Griffin (Draw with Sturm and then clear loss)
6. David Lopez (Worked his way up to the rakings the hard way. Not sure how good of a fighter he is)
7. Javier Castillejo (LOL)
8. Marco Antonio Rubio (Here is Rubio)
9. Amin Asikainen (Slaughtered by Slyvester and lost to Gevor)
10. Daniel Geale (Undefeated Aussie, but who?)


Rubio deserves to be there, probably Ornelas does too, but the division is at an all time low. It's terrible besides the top guys. I'll take the late 90s-early 00s over this lower crop anyday

[Dave Rado]

Abraham's people will want a lot of money considering how much he makes in Germany. The economy is down here, and no one knows who he is. Duddy would take a smaller pot, and has a huge following. I can understand Arum's reasoning here.

Unless they want to fight in Germany...

I doubt Abraham would price himself out of this fight, he wants it badly. And all they have to do is make him an offer and call his bluff ...