Sounds like the dude needs an intervention. Maybe booradley can organize it? Some interesting comments here..... http://www.vindy.com/news/2010/nov/02/pavlik-pulls-out-of-fight/
Cannot say the guys a coward. Maybe he has a drink problem, maybe its just a nasty rumour. If the guy is having problems i wish him the best.
I don't think the guy's in enough control to deliberately pull out for some kind of organised reason like ducking a fighter. He's all over the place. The guy's career has been a series of ****-ups with a couple of wins over Jermain Taylor mixed in. He cuts his hands up on the windows of his own house. Gets tasered by cops. Supposedly drinks alot and is in rehab. Is supposedly ill at the time he gets his arse kicked by Hopkins. Has a staph infection that won't go away and pulls out of fights. has an inept corner who allow his face to leak like a sieve when he was getting back into the fight against Martinez. Now this. He's a disaster.