Kelly Pavlik boxing hero or boxing bust?

Agreed. :good

People got excited, and rightfully so, because the guy has an insane KO ratio and at that point KO'd the unbeaten middleweight champ Jermaine Taylor. Pavlik has had some crazy knockouts and is an incredibly exciting fighter. Everyone should Youtube the Zertuche stoppage :bbb. Most people werent aware of Kelly until either the Miranda or Taylor fights and therefor dont realize that he had been in the ring with some good competition already. That being said, they come on these forums and blast the man and shout the praises of unproven, untested and most importantly to them, unbeaten fighters.

He may lack some things, but he makes the most of what he has and I admire that about him.

 

Here's a preview of the Pavlik Express taking on Winky, Sturm, and Abraham in 2009. No need for any countdown shows. HBO can just play this vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRlwZRcxfpM

 

Somewhere in between. Yes he is a working class white boy made good from a working class city, he is also exciting....so far so good.

However, he is simply not good enough a fighter. He is slow, one dimensional, easy to hit. he just will never have a chance against the elite. Calzaghe would murder him, Abraham should beat him.......

 

exactly.

time will tell but without pussyfooting around he's more of a hero than bust IMO

 

I possibly should have started a new paragraph for clarity, but I'm still waiting for you to tie in you response to what I said. I was saying that AFTER the Rubio comeback, Lockett might look better.

By the way. It USED to be the Pavlik people couldn't have a presser without referring to the inevitability of Pavlik moving up. They started dropping that line and talking about how dedicated he is to defending his title. After the Hopkins defeat Loew said from now on if someone wanted to fight Kelly, they would have to come to MW. Kelly is the local so I follow him closely. Bottom line, Kelly's dedication to his title seems to have made weight less of an issue.

But, let me

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my original in a slightly different form.

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Kelly had lost at 160 the way he did to Hopkins

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if he had been 100% healthy

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he might be damaged goods. Rubio, aka, Dead Man Walking.

 

Nothing will ever change the fact that Slappy Joe spent 6 months openly challenging KP. Kelly said yes multiple times, but Slappy ran like a little *****. He lied constantly, talked out his ass with 5 different stories, and hid behind a version of Roy Jones that Shaun George would beat.

 

I still want to see that fight myself. :yep

 

Dust? He lost to Hopkins at a weight he doesn't belong at.


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It won't happen. Calzaghe has the perfect excuse now, and Team Pavlik seems quite insistent about KP not doing anymore division hopping.

 

no it won't. it will never be anything more than a worthless mando defence.

 

Com on bro -- you can't possibly be that far behind in the news. How about two doctors, a physical therapist, and multiple journalists, one of which was in the locker room before and after the fight.

 

NO. I've given you two tries and you failed each time. You read part of what I wrote, take it out of context to make the point you wish to make. I've made it as simple as I can. Sorry if you can't follow it, but I'm not getting drawn in a different direction. :bart

 

Don't bother with this genius. He can't even read or thinks he is clever enough to ignore what is written like we won't notice and pretend he is making a brilliant rebuttal. :tired