Is Pavlik hungry enough to beat Williams?

[Dynamite Kid]

That's true but Margarito was catching him late and cut him(mighta been a headbutt)...Pavlik can punch, Paul doesn't wanna eat a good amount of flush right hands...

If Paul stayed on the outside I think he could dominate but thatz not his style...

And this will be his first true middleweight...Winky was coming off a layoff and is old now...but that win was impressive

Valid points, although Marg is only 5'10 if i recall. I think Pavlik will struggle a lot with the Southpaw stance.

Its a pick em fight but i think its 60/40 Williams in my estimation anyway, Pavlik is slow one dimmensional but he can punch and he is tough.

[Crazylegs77]

Pavlik has faced much better opposition and has good stamina and power. Hopefully the rumors of his drinking were false and he comes in healthy and motivated, if he does we will find out just how great Williams chin is in reality not fanboy lore. Williams will most likely try to fight a distance and workrate fight but still will get hit so should be a good fight.

[Benncollinsaad]

Valid points, although Marg is only 5'10 if i recall. I think Pavlik will struggle a lot with the Southpaw stance.

Its a pick em fight but i think its 60/40 Williams in my estimation anyway, Pavlik is slow one dimmensional but he can punch and he is tough.

Margarito is 5'11. Mosley said he's 5'10 and a half, but he was shooting in the dark. Marg definitely looked taller than Mosley in the prefight photos.

[Gorgeous George]

Best possible match up that can be made in the middle weight division at the moment.

[El_Cholo]

I think Pavlik will struggle here and lose by UD.

[shade darkar]

id say williams will win this fight, i dont really rate pavlik at all. id say pavlik would be the ideal person for mayweather to take some easy titles off.

[Freddy Krueger]

Are ppl trying to find a way to discredit williams if he wins? I'd say so. Williams would beat any version of Pavlik, so stop making excuses already. Pavlik already showed how one dimensional he is by keeping coming straight forward against bhop. Now, he isn't a bad fighter of course he is good he has wins over Taylor and Miranda. But he isn't anything special either.

[Roger Mellie]

I dont think hunger will be a factor. Williams is much the better all round fighter,sure, Pavlik has plenty of power,but Williams seems pretty durable and as was shown against hopkins, if you throw a lot of leather and keep the pace up,Pavlik has trouble getting set or getting any kind of rhythm going, and few fighters throw as much as PW.

[MJ406]

I think Pav's hurt himself a lot by having all this layoff (hasn't fought since Feb)

P-will is going to be a nightmare match up for Pavlik .. if Williams chin can hold up, he takes Pav by UD.

[Joe2608]

Only possible good outcome for Pavlik is if Williams turns out to have a glass chin.