Poll: Pavlik vs Abraham- Who Wins now?

[WelshDevilRob]

Pavlik vs Abraham - Who wins now?

Even before Pavliks loss to Hopkins, I thought an Abraham match was a pick'em fight though I slightly favour Pavlik and still do.

Abraham is a hard man to nail, as his defence is superb, but his high hands often mean his output suffers. He is great at looking for the huge counterpunch which worked well against Edison Miranda.

Abraham can be outworked and this is where Pavlik wins it. He has too use his natural size advantages and keep the fight at long distance.

But with these two - one punch could turn the fight on its head as they both have awesome power.

With Pavliks WBC and WBO titles on the line along with Abrahams IBF, it is the biggest fight at Middleweight and is a possibility for early next year.

Who wins and Why in your opinion?

[Tysonbruno]

I was thinking about this last night and im leaning towards Arthur not because of what Hopkins did to Pavlik but what Arthur did to Miranda.

[Markusdarkus]

Abrahams is a more stand up in your face fighter that uses his gloves to not get hit instead of his feet. Pavlik has a shot as Abrahams will be there to be hit. Trouble is if Abrahams decides to move Pavliks plod will see him get another beating.

Abrahams also hits hard and Pavlik is chinny.

[Tysonbruno]

Abrahams is a more stand up in your face fighter that uses his gloves to not get hit instead of his feet. Pavlik has a shot as Abrahams will be there to be hit. Trouble is if Abrahams decides to move Pavliks plod will see him get another beating.

Abrahams also hits hard and Pavlik is chinny.

Wouldn't say Pavlik is chinny mate.

[oakleyno1]

pavlik i a future great at middleweight ifd he stays there. thats my opinon and prediction, he will beat anyone at 160. he was flat against hopkins the same way hopkins took trinidad to school by outbiozing him and with the move up in weight, neither of them really stood a chance. taking nothing away from hopkins however he is a fantastic fighter for his age. pavlik to rule 160 for least the next 4 years if he stays, abraham a very good fighter but not active enough to make pavlik go away

[Fenster]

I slightly favoured Abraham before so certainly haven't changed my opinion now.

Pavlik will probably be fed two or three gimmes before he's stepped up in class again.. so could be a while for this fight, if it happens.

[OumaFan]

Abrahams is a more stand up in your face fighter that uses his gloves to not get hit instead of his feet. Pavlik has a shot as Abrahams will be there to be hit. Trouble is if Abrahams decides to move Pavliks plod will see him get another beating.

Abrahams also hits hard and Pavlik is chinny.

Abraham's not much of a mover, pretty flat footed really, obviously not comparable to Hopkins' movement.

I still favor Pavlik slightly as a Hopkins fight has absolutely no bearing on an Abraham (unless as Big H says Pavlik's mentally damaged by the fight). I could also see Abraham catching him with something big, still go with Pavlik though.

[Pugilistic]

Either Pavlik by decision or Abraham by Tko.

I am edging towards Abraham though.

[Bomp]

It'll be a good fight and a pick 'em, like some said Abraham doesn't have the footwork to make Pavlik overreach like Hopkins, but he's also a tougher nut to crack than Miranda/Taylor. We'll see against Rubio if there's any lasting damage to Kelly's confidence. IMO Kelly's a slow starter (except the Mirand fight where they had a game plane and executed it perfectly), took him some rounds to get the distance right with Taylor, and even with Lockett he need to gauge the distance right before unloading, he just never got the chance to get the distance right against the slick old man.

[rjj tszyu]

I like Abraham but Pavlik proved he needs to stay at middleweight where I think he will once again be a very effective fighter

[Spicoli]

Regardless of Saturday night,this can still be a pretty nice fight.There were many revelations verse Hopkins as to how one might defeat Pavlik,what was reinforced for me was that movement gives him big fits.You can not let him get rolling with forward offence,sharp punching and turning him makes him reset over and over,like a clock.I think Abraham's can carry this out,nice arsenal,decent but not Hopkins-esq footwork and chin from what Ive seen.I give Pav a solid chance with power and mentality,although as we witnessed,when the power is not enough and there is no plan B....you have huge problems.I think a bit of the luster is off the crown and needs to re-tool,Take a D.Lopez or Rubio & find some side to side,upperbody movement.