Says the guy who hasn't been on HBO since Bernard whupped him last year. He can continue fighting the Sergio Mora's of this world on small PPV's if he wants....
He may be acting like a tosspot, but that doesn't mean he's a bad fighter. Certainly, Froch and AA are fights KP be well suited to stylistically. I agree that Kessler would beat him, though./
My view on them guys beating him aint anything to do with his attitude. I just dont feel his power goes to 168 and i don't feel he could handle the movement of Dirrell. The war with Froch and King Arthur and Kessler just outboxes him imo and stops him late on.
Hes not bitter about not being asked, hes just lost 6 potential opponents. 1) who gives a **** about money 2) didnt HBO reject his last two fights? 3) abraham didnt eat for 2 years so he could face the guy
The thing is, even if Calzaghe fought him and Lacy'ed him (which he would have done) then everybody would be saying "well Pavlik was overhyped and overrated" and Joe Calzaghe wouldn't have gotten any credit. While Hopkins schools him and everybody says how great Hopkins is.
Why didn't he take on Kelly when he had the opportunity straight after the Hopkins fight when Pavliks currency was still high? He called him out twice on national TV for ****s sake. Did he really see Jones as the greater challenge? Thats my only problem with Joe Calzaghe, we hear so much about who he woulda, coulda beat rather than who he actually dead beat (sorry, Freudian slip)
Calzaghe would've tore Pavlik a new one. It would have been a beatdown. If the comments are true about the tournament then he go and **** himself. Maybe he was pissed at the time? I used to have a lot of time for Pavlik but the way he's been going about things lately is a joke and what he's said about this brilliant tournament is a ****ing slur on our great sport. Go back and swim in the drink ya ****.
Why fight Pavlic when he could fight Jones and earn 3 times as much.? Everyone with any knowledge of the sport knew that he was only having 2 more fights after Kessler and those would be big money fights. It seems the only people who dont know this are 14yr old kids from Kentucky who post on the main forum. Who think he ducked two of the most over rated fighters in the sport. (chad and pavlic) neither could bring the sort of money to the table that Hopkins or Roy could. So why ****ing bother. your not from Kentucky are you.?