Pavlik vs Hopkins...Only Ten Rounds

[Tito BHB]

Good news for b-hop, the bad news is that he still has to fight pavlik.

[RozzySean]

That was just flat out stupid for Pavlik to agree to ten round fight with Hopkins. What was his management team thinking? This is a bad fight to begin . There's too much risk, not enough reward, I don't think this is the fight most people want to see. If he looses to Hopkins, it will look awful and if he wins he'll get not credit. On top of this, he agrees to a short fight that undoubtably favors Hopkins? Stupid management.

[Deanrw]

It will be a 12 round fight. There is no way in hell HBO would try to sell a 10 rounder as a PPV.

12 rounds regardless.

[killersheep]

10 or 12 rounds the result will be the same CONTROVERSIAL

[Lance Uppercut]

Dan Rafael was asked about this in his chat last week on espn.com. He said that the comment was an error and that the fight is definitely scheduled for 12 rounds.

[CountryBoy]

Dan Rafael was asked about this in his chat last week on espn.com. He said that the comment was an error and that the fight is definitely scheduled for 12 rounds.

Thanks for clearing that up Lance

[LEGION]

Those 2 rounds are going to make a big difference for Pavlik; guy is going to be in it tough the whole fight and those last 2 rounds should be where he can use his youth to his advantage stamina wise.

This is not going to be an easy fight for Pavlik, and a 10 round fight would not have helped in any way{unless he somehow ko'd Hop in that time, which I don't see happening}; glad that's not the case. He needed those 2 rounds in his rematch with Taylor and he'll need them in this one.