Manny Steward "It's going to be a tough fight -- for about one round,"

Manny says some crazy stuff before fights

 

I don't think even Manny believes that.

 

Hey Karl..

My thoughts are that this is guraranteed FOTY. As you said...this is THE fight of the year.

Taylor has alot of pride and would be very weary of Pavlik's power and skills...as such he'd be training like a mad man. With pavlik this is HIS opportunity to become a potential megastar, and with his youth and talent he's dangerous.

No one is running in this fight, no one is giving up. This is war beyond war beyond war.

This may even eclipse Corrales-Castillo.

 

I agree, Sly.
Kelly is going to have to survive some heavy incoming and will be hurt and rocked, but I think he just outguts Taylor and stops him late in a classic Dick Tiger vs. Gene Fullmer type of middleweight war.

 

the fight might not go 1 round.....

 

I'm not ready to give this fight the title of FOTY. I mean there are some real good scraps coming up. Hopefully though this fight is only the beginning to a great couple of months. However, if Taylor couldn't ko Ouma and Spinks there's no way in hell he ko's Pavlik. I'll Holla 5000

 

This will be a rugged fight with good exchanges, but don't expect Gatti - Ward. If it goes to the late rounds, Pavlik got a chance.

 

Shit happens, Dawg. Oliver McCall couldn't stop Frank Bruno but he wiped out Lennox Lewis in 2 short rounds! How do you account for that?

I'll Holla back

 

Steward also said Hamed was the best featherweight of all time.::

 

Steward will orchestrate the destruction of this young upstart, Kelly Pavlik, who DARES to think he can dethrone the TRUE champ.

Who does he think he is, this Pavlik Fella? Is he mad? He aint fighting no paper champ! He's fighting the real deal: the man who succeeded the Great Bernard Hopkins and won the throne with his own hand!

The True Champ will show Pavlik what's up. Pavlik gonna learn...oh yeah..he gonna learn!!

 

Hopkins gave the title away is more like it.

 

Hopkins was weight drain for both of those fights...He looked like a skelaton even in the Oscar fight. I think Taylor proved he can beat that version of Bernard.

 

Hopkins looked weight drained and dried out at middleweight for years and years. To have a significant size advantage in the ring means the world to Hopkins.

 

Whatever he looked, he often weighed in well below 160.

And if you get to choose one indicator that a guy isn't a 'big' guy for the weight class, that's it.

 

Bernard was jsut always carefull about staying around 160 when he fought at that weight. I think its obviouse he stayed at middleweight far too long and he has two losses to Jermain to prove it.

 

If both come out fast in the first round...Pavlik might get the KO in the very first round...

i feel bad for Taylor his a nice likeable guy...but he is going down...:warning:

 

Nah Pavlik never comes out that fast. Like Bronco Mcart said after Pavlik knocked him out. "He doesn't punch that murderouse but his punches are all hard and they land over and over"...Pavlik breaks you down, and I think it'll take him 9 rounds to get Jermain outta there.

 

yeah BUT if BOTH guys come out fast..it more likely that Pavlik gets the ko...esp. if Taylor chin is suspect as alot of people think/believe it is...

 

To be quite honest if they both come out fast (which i doubt they will) I give the early knockout edge to Taylor. Mostly because I think if a KO were to happen in the first round it would be a fast hard shot that the other guy didnt see coming and I could only envision Taylor landing on of those more so than Pav.

 

Manny "Exactly as I expected" Steward is getting paid to say this shit. Years from now, when Manny discusses this fight I'm sure he'll admit that he knew Pavlik would win, and Jermain getting KO'd was "exactly as he expected".

 

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