You're right. Pavlik may not have been dropped if he wasn't messing around sticking his chin out. Showed abit of inexperience there but usually always shows good punch resistance.
If he were to meet Golovkin his feet would need to be a lot quicker and if he wasn't able to land something big early on if would be a pretty brutal beating for him. It's hard to picture anyone bullying Pavlik but I think that's the way it would go with GGG wearing him down round after round and forcing a stoppage.
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