Daxx, I think you seriously under estimate Paul's punching power. Before the second Quintana fight I would have agreed with you, but you talk about learning from a loss. He and his team went back to the drawing board and he is sitting down on his punches MUCH better now. Does he have one punch power? No, but he gave both Phillips and Winky serious beatings. Made Phillips quit on the stool and was damn close to a stoppage a couple of times against Winky. He was beat up worse than I've ever seen him after that fight. Paul certainly has acquired respectable power. And the sheer volume adds up to a lot of hurt.

I think if he fights Pavlik and Abraham, there is no way either can win on the scorecards. If it goes a full 12, Paul wins an easy decision against either because of his tireless work rate (especially against Abraham who has a tendency towards inactive rounds). The big question is whether or not he can take a punch from a legit power punching middleweight. He's shown a serious beard up to this point, but that was against guys at 147 and 154 and of course Winky has not knocked out anyone of note in years. If he can take the punch he will out work either to a clear decision.