Vernon Forrest vs. Kelly Pavlik....Now that's a fight worth watching!!
Kelly Pavlik just got schooled by Bernard 'Sun Tzu" Hopkins. No shame in that but his once rising star has fallen a bit. He is in need of a good showing in a 'BIG' fight before he's yesterday's news.
Why did Pavlik, the reigning champ, leave middleweight and go up to 170 lbs. to be dismantled by B-Hop? Money, money and/or the lack of money at 160 lbs. He tried a cash and dash at 170 lbs. without having to put his 160 lb. middleweight title in jeopardy. Financially prudent but in the process he got beat up in more ways than one. What does he do from here? Suggestion...learn from the wily old master aka Bernard Hopkins. Make the little guy bite and move up for the money; then fight the smaller champion with a BIG name....Vernon Forrest.
Vernon Forrest is the veteran 154 lb. junior middleweight champion. He sports an olympic pedigree, 5-time world champion and 2 decisive victories over 'Sugar' Shane Mosley. A victory over Vernon is a prized notch on any champion's belt. And most of all, for the right money he is more than willing to take the fight.
If either one of them has a realistic chance to make a bigger or more lucrative fight in the near future, I suggest that they take it. If not, make the fight.
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