Pavlik-Abraham----Who will win?

[dansweeney]

covering up and absorbing shots might work against miranda but kelly will split that guard with straight punches all night long,. he will force those gloves apart

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

I picked Pavlik by decision, but either fighter could win by K.O. I hope this fight happens.

[KILLA RIGHT]

This is very very close. But i gotta go with Abraham, but in a week i might feel diffrently. Abraham is far more skilled imo and Abraham can take a punch.

[Boofdatruth]

opinions,poll coming

This is a tough fight to call. I'm thinking Pav is going to try to fight him on the inside. AA has not had a problem fighting tall fighters. He does very well with his ******* jab and great defense. But Pav can also fight inside, and he has power. Pav lacks a variety of punches in his arsenal. In order to nulify AA from throwing those bombs whether straight or wide, he might have to fight AA on the inside. Both fighters cover up well, but neither has fought anyone with the power the other has. All i can say now is that i'm rooting for AA to ko Pav in 9.

[nelsoncm]

Pavlik by late KO.

Abraham just can't let Pavlik beat him up while he keeps those hands up. Pavlik sure knows how to penetrate a good defense. Besides, Abraham fights in spurts. I don't even see him better and stronger than Taylor.

If he can't fight toe to toe with Kelly, I don't think he stands a chance. Kelly is an offensive fighter who can take hard punches. He'll eat all of Abraham's punches and dish out his own.

[luv3s2sp00g3]

They should form a tag team and fight Calzaghe

[dc6112]

Alright, my call on this is Abraham by late rounds KO, maybe even earlier. Pavlik is supposed to have this incredible destructive power, but I don't think he does, I think both Miranda and Taylor have a marked tendency to gas and look bad as fights go on, and I think this helped Kelly a lot. Abraham will not gas and has a good chin (see Miranda 1) so I don't think Kelly will KO him.

Without doubt Abraham does have KO power, at some point he will catch Kelly. In fact I think its fair to say we'll see Abraham catch Kelly cleanly many more times than Kelly catches him. I don't believe Kelly's chin is anything genuinely exceptional, so I think Abraham can take him out.

Yeh, great point. Except.... Kelly has stopped Zertuche,Miranda, Taylor, and Lockett. Before these guys stepped in the ring they'd never been knocked out in their entire career, and that's just the more recent times he did that. He has a history of making people take an early seat when no one else could do the job. Miranda was tainted goods when he fought Abraham, courtesy of Kelly. Oh wait, I forgot, he just looked good against them cuz they all happen to gas out early. Lucky Pavlik....

[Silencers]

I'm still going for Pavlik, he has the physical advantages over Abraham and if he manages to execute the right strategy, he should be able to win.

[dc6112]

This is a tough fight to call. I'm thinking Pav is going to try to fight him on the inside. AA has not had a problem fighting tall fighters. He does very well with his ******* jab and great defense. But Pav can also fight inside, and he has power. Pav lacks a variety of punches in his arsenal. In order to nulify AA from throwing those bombs whether straight or wide, he might have to fight AA on the inside. Both fighters cover up well, but neither has fought anyone with the power the other has. All i can say now is that i'm rooting for AA to ko Pav in 9.

This is totally false, I'm not sure what Kelly Pavlik you're watching. The one I watch has a solid jab, solid left hook, solid straight right, uppercuts, and is very effective when he goes downstairs. Maybe you think he should throw more backhands?

[TheManchine]

Yeh, great point. Except.... Kelly has stopped Zertuche,Miranda, Taylor, and Lockett. Before these guys stepped in the ring they'd never been knocked out in their entire career, and that's just the more recent times he did that. He has a history of making people take an early seat when no one else could do the job. Miranda was tainted goods when he fought Abraham, courtesy of Kelly. Oh wait, I forgot, he just looked good against them cuz they all happen to gas out early. Lucky Pavlik....

lockett is a bum, not something i would brag about beating him.

this works both ways, miranda was softened up for pavlik by abraham,