taylor pavlick 2

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I happened to be at the second Hopkins/Taylor fight. Taylor matched but much better against Hopkins because Hopkins was never willing to open up and take a chance that he may get hit. Taylor was faster, beat him to the punch and also fought conservatively. He really cant do that with Pavlick because Pavlick will force the action and allow himself to take shots as long as he gets his in too. I think that Pavlick will respect Taylors punching ability a bit more but I think that Taylor will rush in to try to get everbody to forget the first fight. And when he does I expect him to get hammered. If Pavlick gets careless and Taylor catches him, Taylor can win. But I doubt that will happen.

Hopkins is afraid to get hit now.
He never really tried to win that fight.
I expect him to just survive the Calzaghe fight
and get his payday.

You may be right. Good insight. Taylor may
think the first fight was his, and he can pressure
Pavlik early. I think Pavlik is a bit of a slow starter.
I feel the problem with Taylor is that he is a very
good athlete, but not a true boxer. Very talented.

Pavlik is a very good boxer. He is a laser heavy jab puncher.
And that sets up his bombs. The guy can throw nuclear
weapons when that jab sets everything up.

Should be a very interesting fight. Now I kinda want to
watch it on the bigger screen. Damn my weakness.
I love to watch athletes that are good at their trade.