Kelly Pavlik is not only fighting Miguel Espino on Saturday night he is also fighting his own demons. Since the only loss of his career over more then a year ago to non other than Bernard Hopkins, he has only fought once. Everyone in the fight world was excited to hear that he was stepping up to fight the man that nobody else would fight, Paul Williams. He pulled out of the fight multiple times due to an alleged infection. I think he signed that fight knowing that he would not ever even step into the ring against Paul. After a fighter, especially an undefeated fighter, that thinks he is invincible loses like the way he did against Bernard Hopkins that fighter may never be the same. They start to doubt them selves because they know that they can lose, and that is just what Pavlik is doing. To me the whole sickness seems a little bit fishy and some questions need to be answered. 1. Why would you sign a fight when you know you have such a serious illness? 2. Why would you be calling for a fight with the same guy that you already wont fight after the fight was canceled. 3. And most importantly why would you be fighting only 14 days after the fight date of December 5Th? 1. He only signed to fight a great fighter like Paul Williams because he thought it would make him look good and people wouldn't question your illness. It back fired because everyone knew it smelled of b.s. 2. Kelly is realizing that people are questioning his pulling out of the fight so he thinks he needs to do some pr work to right the ship. If his illness was so severe he wouldn't be fighting only 14 days after the last date he was supposed to fight Paul. Saturday night can either be 1 of 2 things for Kelly Pavlik. It can be his road back to respect and prominence or it can be just another fight. He is fighting lesser competition Saturday maybe to rebuild his confidence in him self or maybe just because he is scared. I hope he can win and then step up against greater competition and return to prominence but I think B-Hop stole his heart.
Nick Thomas deathwish72@gmail.com
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