Middleweights : Nigel Benn vs. Kelly Pavlik

[Woldemar]

12 rounds,who wins?

[DrDuke]

Pavlik by dec or late stoppage.

[Bodyshot3]

Belting fight.....amazed it has not cropped-up before

[emallini]

Benn 7-5

[Evander]

Tough one.
Depends which Pavlik showed up, Kelly was a good boxer and made his name off of those two Taylor fights.
He seemed to have issues outside of the ring if I remember correctly, perhaps motivation dragged him down a bit I don't know but when he was on he was threat to most fighters.
Nigel was absolutely ferocious at times, he'd give anyone the frighteners during the early going of most bouts.
Good boxing could keep Benn off you at times but you'd have to be a skilled operator to avoid most of his attacks.
Close one, Benn by decision maybe.

[AngryGoon38]

I see this as a styles bout.
I think Pavlik would utilize his height for
Leverage and land Alot. Pavlik wins by 9th round
TKO.

[scorpio83]

Either Benn or Pavlik would each score a late round stoppage win. At Super Middleweight, Benn would be swarming all over the taller Pavlik and knocked him out in the late rounds with a big right hand.

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

Benn doesnt really do anything that bothered pavlik - movement and counterpunching mostly

But this is a dandy.

Fun to think about