Pavlik vs Hopkins seriously being talked about for Oct 18th

[JT Rock]

Hopkins lost to Taylor 2x

Hopkins beat a weight drained Tarver

Hopkins cheated his way to beating an undersized out of shape Winky

Hopkins got beat by Calzaghe because he faded down the stretch because he cant hang anymore with the young guys.... FACT!!!!

[amat]

Hopkins lost to Taylor 2x

Hopkins beat a weight drained Tarver

Hopkins cheated his way to beating an undersized out of shape Winky

Hopkins got beat by Calzaghe because he faded down the stretch because he cant hang anymore with the young guys.... FACT!!!!

Out of all the competition out there, who has a better shot at beating Pavlik?

[death]

Hopkins lost to Taylor 2x

Hopkins beat a weight drained Tarver

Hopkins cheated his way to beating an undersized out of shape Winky

Hopkins got beat by Calzaghe because he faded down the stretch because he cant hang anymore with the young guys.... FACT!!!!

You can take your blinders off now.

[JT Rock]

Hopkins lost to Taylor 2x

Hopkins beat a weight drained Tarver

Hopkins cheated his way to beating an undersized out of shape Winky

Hopkins got beat by Calzaghe because he faded down the stretch because he cant hang anymore with the young guys.... FACT!!!!

You can take your blinders off now.

[Bomp]

After the wait, it's a very credible opponent for Kelly. I see him taking control of the fight in the middle rounds, maybe forcing a stoppage late on. Hopkins looked tired last time out, and JC wasn't even pushing him THAT hard so after a few awkward rounds it's Pavlik's fight for me.

Little worried about how Hopkins is backpedalling, he's cruised past the 41 deadline, and now he's coming off the seniors tour to fight a young stronger guy, something he said he wouldn't in the run up to the JC fight. Maybe a convincing loss will persuade him to do the right thing and retire with a great career behind him.

[Markusdarkus]

Very credible!!

You know i thought Joe would walk in there and just be too much but Hopkins ia a machine. He will stop Kelly working, Pavlik will be running at 30% and thats how Hopkins wins.

If i was Pavlik fan i would be thinking this:

Kelly went life and death with Taylor twice, his power did not look great at 166lbs, Hopkins has been reborn at 175 and Hopkins has the same reach and is only 1" shorter.

Lets see Kelly fight a guy that is a natural SMW/LHW see how he handles his shots bouncing off.

[rjj tszyu]

Very credible!!

You know i thought Joe would walk in there and just be too much but Hopkins ia a machine. He will stop Kelly working, Pavlik will be running at 30% and thats how Hopkins wins.

If i was Pavlik fan i would be thinking this:

Kelly went life and death with Taylor twice, his power did not look great at 166lbs, Hopkins has been reborn at 175 and Hopkins has the same reach and is only 1" shorter.

Lets see Kelly fight a guy that is a natural SMW/LHW see how he handles his shots bouncing off.

I'm not sure they will just bounce off! Pavlik hits freakishly hard at middle and I personally think he is draining himself to make that weight as he seems to look huge for a middle. If 170 is the weight that the fight will happen at, well I personally think that this is somewhere near his natural fighting weight and his punches would be at their most explosive there. That said Hopkins has never really looked in that much trouble in regards to being knocked out and if anyone could take Kellys best shots it could well be Bernard!