Pavlik vs Hopkins seriously being talked about for Oct 18th

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Like I posted in another thread, if Pavlik takes this fight then I will lose all respect for him, its plain fukin garbage

Pavlik should be fighting Abraham to lock down the MW division, and people were pissed at Mayweather for doing this kind of thing:rolleyes:

Abraham has to fight a mandatory which delays a fight with him and Kelly. Williams and Wright are out-pricing themselves when Pavlik is the draw right now. Pavlik isn't making excuses or trying to manipulate the game. He is just sitting back waiting for his promoter to pick the fights for him. If any one thinks that Pavlik is scared to fight anyone or wants to avoid certain fighters, that is def not the case. I completely believe he is no way near afraid to fight anyone.

Mayweather was in a different boat. With people like Cotto, Margarito, Mosley, Williams, Berto in his weight division, it shouldn't have been hard to set up a fight with at least one of them. Instead Floyd PERSONALLY CHOSE to fight a part-time Oscar De La Hoya and a much smaller Ricky Hatton. This isn't close to Pavlik's situation.

Pavlik is just trying to keep active. I can see why he could possibly get criticized. If you could just see for a moment who his potential fights can be against, they just have other issues that prevent it from happening.

Wow.... I have to say... I don't get this at all.

It's "garbage" for Pavlik to fight an opponent who is one of the most accomplished middleweight champs in history, still one of the top 10 PFP fighters in the sport, and who just had a very competitive fight against a guy (Calzaghe) who some think is the #1 PFP fighter in the sport? That's garbage?

He proved beyond a shadow of a doubt 3 years ago that he cant hang with young athletic fighter in his prime... So tell me the relevance of this fight again?

The relevance of this fight is that Pavlik needs an opponent for the fall before he eventually fights Abraham in 2009. If someone can come up with an opponent who has more cache than Hopkins, then I'd love to hear it.

For those saying, 'he should fight Abraham!".. well, you're ignoring reality. That fight isn't happening until 2009. Pavlik could take the easy route and fight in the fall against a Lockett-esque stiff. If he's willing instead to risk it in the fall against a cagey accomplished fighter like Hopkins while waiting for Abraham, then more power to him.

I'm with Pea here. I'm just glad he's willing to stay active when people should be the one's chasing him not the other way around.