Kelly Pavlik had it all, the middleweight championship, big time star potential, a good reputation of facing the best, and now he has squandered it all. It all started when he agreed to fight Bernard Hopkins who I said was a dangerous fight and he would lose. The problem is fighters like Bernard Hopkins don't just beat you physically they break you down and beat you mentally. It is honorable that he took the fight with Hopkins but it is stupid that he didn't ready himself for a loss. He was exposed in this fight and beaten so soundly that he may never recover and be his former self. He then announces he is going to step up and fight the man that no one will fight in 3 weight divisions Paul Williams. Everyone was excited about this possible match up because Williams was fighting a real middleweight that could hit and Kelly was stepping up after his loss. Then came the rumors of an injury or some kind of problem with his hands. After that came the postponement of the super fight that was never to be. You know the fighter doesn't want to fight when it was originally scheduled for October 3rd, then it was pushed back to November 21, December 5, and now canceled. The fight was called off when they tried to push it back further and that was just a way of backing out of the fight the easy way. This raised some red flags, why would you work so hard to line up of fight knowing about an injury that severe. Then this whole buisness of pushing the fight back when you never wanted to fight in the first place. Dan Goosen knew he was lying, and so did Paul who called them on their lies and why they are fighting someone else on December 5Th. If "The Ghost of Youngstown" was so ill then why is he fighting Miguel Angle Espino on December 19Th only 14 days later? This whole Pavlik camp is full of shit because they let their fighter back out and helped him make excuses. The only good thing to come out of this whole mess is Paul Williams is going to fight the other guy that nobody wants to fight Sergio Martinez. Fighters should stop making excuses on why they can't fight and just suck it up and fight. They need to fight more often and worry about there legacy not their records. I pray to God I'm wrong and Pavlik is really as sick as he said he was but I wont hold my breath. Thanks Pavlik for fucking it up for the the fans who actually respect this sport and know the history of it.
Nick Thomas deathwish72@gmail.com
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