the jones of today vs pavlik

[Master]

Styles make fights and I think Pavlik would be tailor made for Jones. Straight forward, no real movement, relying on power.....kind of like the Hopkins fight!

Jones still has the ring smarts to beat Pavlik.

Disagree, Roy has not the legs to keep going against a top fighter nowadays.

[rjj tszyu]

The Jones of today for me. Pavlikhas good power but I just can't help thinking about what Jermain Taylor was doing to him in the early going of the first fight. And Jones has more of everything than Taylor and I mean that, for me Taylor does not have anything that he does better than Jones.

[Tysonbruno]

i doubt Kelly will be the same after his one sided beating to Hopkins he didn't look the same when he fought Rubio.

[Pugilistic]

I'd pick Pavlik to win at this stage.

Jones at this stage lays on the ropes for long periods of time and that would favor Pavlik because he would be there for Pavlik to hit at, unlike Hopkins was who used lots of lateral movement to throw Pavlik off.

Pavlik wouldn't try to smother Jones like Lacy did either, he would use his jab to set the range and follow with right hands and body shots at range.

Jones would win a few rounds but he would get outworked and eventually stopped if Pavlik could land enough bombs.

[Bomp]

I'd be intrigued at this fight, could go either way dominantly. Pavlik seems to have slipped since the first Taylor fight, I agree with a lot being said here that Jones gets stopped against a top tier opponent that has power, but I wouldn't class Pavlik as top tier at the moment.