Pavlik vs Hopkins seriously being talked about for Oct 18th

[C-Lo]

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

I cannot see the Pavlik Abraham fight happening anytime soon. Maybe way far down the road.

Abraham has no name here. Pavlik is not a big name himself. You know both camps will want 10's of millions to accept the fight and no promoter will risk losing that much of his shirt for a superfight between two unknown champions. With Abraham's promoter's and some of their shady work, there is no way pavlik would fight in Germany either.

This fight has a bigger chance of never happening than happening.

Really? I think if Abraham and Pavlik win their respective matches, and if Calzaghe doesn't call Pavlik out after his fight with Jones, Abraham and Pavlik will easily be each other's next fight.

[Kel]

Hopkins just loves his smaller opponents don't he?

[amat]

wrong thread

[Deanrw]

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

I cannot see the Pavlik Abraham fight happening anytime soon. Maybe way far down the road.

Abraham has no name here. Pavlik is not a big name himself. You know both camps will want 10's of millions to accept the fight and no promoter will risk losing that much of his shirt for a superfight between two unknown champions. With Abraham's promoter's and some of their shady work, there is no way pavlik would fight in Germany either.

This fight has a bigger chance of never happening than happening.

Really? I think if Abraham and Pavlik win their respective matches, and if Calzaghe doesn't call Pavlik out after his fight with Jones, Abraham and Pavlik will easily be each other's next fight.

I think each camp will overprice themselves.

[Spicoli]

I just don't want this transition for Hopkins, as an Opponent fought to Bide time as Pavlik waits foe bigger threats and Abraham to increase his state side marketability,(are they still talking about Raul Marquez)....Hopkins is much to much of a talent and He better be willing....and able to step into the brink Vs. Pavlik and take the victory,not just ride his name/legacy to a controversial close lose/win....rinse & repeat.

I suppose I'm thinking out loud and asking myself If I believe this one is winnable for Hopkins........absolutly!But he can be very frustrating for his fans and needs to TAKE it,his tomorrows are just about up!

[amat]

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

What are you on about JT? Lose all respect for him? Come on that's garbage, Abraham has a mandatory that he's honoring against Marquez otherwise you would have heard his name mentioned a long time ago.

This wouldn't be a bad fight, well it would be a bad fight in the ring, but for Pavlik it's not bad. He wouldn't look good because like mentioned, I think Hopkins could be in a wheelchair and still manage to eek out 5 rounds. But I do think Pavlik would win.

[amat]

To say you would lose all respect for a guy who is looking at every fight out there, and giving not fighting Abraham as a reason is ridiculous JT. And Hopkins on my scorecard beat Calzaghe. And on a lot of people's, and he showed people he could still hang and Pavlik is anything but extremely athletic. I do think in the end his pace would be a bit to much and there are other fights I would rather see, like Wright, but he doesn't need to go foray in another division, he's waiting for Abraham at middleweight.

Come on, everyone knew that he wasn't going to have a really big fight this year when Abraham won and said he would honor his mandatory. Hopkins would be a harder fight then anybody Abraham has ever faced too.

And what has Abraham been doing for the past 3 years? Aside from Miranda him and Sturm have literally been defending against the softest competition in boxing. Your boy Berto won a WBC title over a nobody, but you are going to single out Pavlik? There is something else there, you must just not like Pavlik because that's ridiculous.

[JT Rock]

To say you would lose all respect for a guy who is looking at every fight out there, and giving not fighting Abraham as a reason is ridiculous JT. And Hopkins on my scorecard beat Calzaghe. And on a lot of people's, and he showed people he could still hang and Pavlik is anything but extremely athletic. I do think in the end his pace would be a bit to much and there are other fights I would rather see, like Wright, but he doesn't need to go foray in another division, he's waiting for Abraham at middleweight.

Come on, everyone knew that he wasn't going to have a really big fight this year when Abraham won and said he would honor his mandatory. Hopkins would be a harder fight then anybody Abraham has ever faced too.

And what has Abraham been doing for the past 3 years? Aside from Miranda him and Sturm have literally been defending against the softest competition in boxing. Your boy Berto won a WBC title over a nobody, but you are going to single out Pavlik? There is something else there, you must just not like Pavlik because that's ridiculous.

On the contrary I like Pavlik alot, but Hopkins is an ugly fight plain and simple... I mean its time for Hopkins to hang it up already and now he is gonna fight Pavlik are you kidding me... I would rather see him fight Williams personally, a guy in his prime that will make a fight out of it at least, even if he gets KTFO not a 45 year old plodder who leads with his head and right, holds and bangs and rabbit punches out of the refs view mixing in a few low blows... Wash, rinse and repeat

[Mar]

I wouldn't mind seeing it...but no way in hell i would pay for it. I guess he'll be puttin a lid on all the white boy stuff this time. Don't think pavlik would play into all the mind games.

[leftylee]

In the paid member section of MaxBoxing.com, Steve Kim just posted that there is serious talks going on for a PPV fight between Pavlik & Hopkins on October 18th.

I don't want to see this fight, let alone on PPV!

That will be 4 PPV fights in just over a months time!

Casamayor vs Marquez - Sept 13th

Calzaghe vs Jones - Sept 20th

Mosley vs Mayorga - October 11th

and now

Pavlik vs Old Bopkins on October 18th

This is ridiculous, what the hell is HBO thinking!!!!

We get them all for free

Setanta Sports is the one

[The Fightfan]

wow I must be smoking something it's Hopkins vs. Pavlik anyway I have 1 question why not Abraham? What do you guys think

[killersheep]

What do you guys think about this match-up.I have 1 question. Why not Abraham ?.

The other question is why Hopkins? I am really not excited on this fight maybe he's thinking if he beats Hopkins more convincingly that
he'll get a shot at Calzaghe

[The Fightfan]

sorry man had Holyfield Tyson III on my mind. From what I understand it's gonna be in Sep.

[amat]

Lol, so you caught your mistake in time, but didn't correct it? Fair enough.

Abraham has a mandatory against Raul Marquez.

[BIG H]

wow I must be smoking something it's Hopkins vs. Pavlik anyway I have 1 question why not Abraham? What do you guys think

Changed it for ya fella