Kessler Challenges Pavlik

[CFH]

There both actually similar there both round about the same height, they both throw straight punches right down the pipe. Both mens best punches are the jab, right hand combination. It will be a very close call but i'll give the edge to Pavlik based on the the power advantage, and the work rate advantage. But it could go either way but i'll go with Pavlik by a close 12 round UD.

I agree it's a toss up.

I admire Kessler stepping up and calling out Pavlik, not many are lining up to fight him atm.

I agree that Pavlik has got a few more outs....the power, work rate, and will be pressuring Kessler all night. Kess likes to set the distance and Pavlik will be invading it all night long.

I'd love to see this fight materialize. I'm a fan of Kessler and don't like Pavlik. The two would make a great match up.

I'm the same, I'm a big Kessler fan and I'm not that big a fan of Pavlik because of all the hype (I know it's a stupid reason, especially considering the hype Kessler received in the past). This would be a real toss up for me, I'd love to see it. Both men seem to like to fight at a bit of a distance, Pavlik has a higher work-rate, perhaps more power, but Kessler has better defense and is faster from what I've seen. Both men have great chins, but Kessler showed vulnerablility in his body during the Calzaghe fight, however I don't know if I've seen Kessler hurt like Pavlik was in the first Taylor fight. One thing I think that Kessler would try to do would be to walk Pavlik into right hands and counters, but I don't know if Pavlik would let him be successful.