Kelly Pavlik Cheers/Coaches Young Amateur From Ring Side

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  1. Hermit

    Hermit Loyal Member banned

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    I attended an amateur event hosted by Jack Loew this weekend. Perhaps the thing I will remember most from it is watching Kelly Pavlik 'sneak' his way to ringside during one of the events. The Salinas brothers seem to have quite a local following and Kelly seems to have taken to the younger one. He looks about 12/13? at most. Kelly was cheering and giving hand signals as the bout went on. I turned to my son and said, "Talk about your unfair advantage!" For all the **** that Kelly has taken on this forum of late, it was nice to see the young man be able to forget completely about himself and the crowd and just enjoy himself. At that point the focus was on someone else and he was just 'one of the crowd'. It was also nice to see his love of boxing that was amply demonstrated by his actions. I believe he was pretty much taken out of context and misrepresented with his remarks concerning the 'super 6' tournement. Watching him told me all I needed to know about boxing and Kelly.

    While I never doubted his character, perhaps a few here can find something to take away from this as I did.
     
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  2. cdnboxing

    cdnboxing Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Good read,

    Yeah, I think Pavlik may have been misrepresented a bit in the newspaper article. He seems like a geniune guy and it seemed to be out of character for him.
     
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  3. ocelot

    ocelot Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I hope Pavlik was misrepresented. I was a fan before the Hopkins fight and remained a fan after the Hopkins (no shame in losing to an atg at a higher weight). He's always seemed like a real decent, regular guy. He definitely doesn't need to start talking smack.
     
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  4. pasky2000

    pasky2000 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That must be an incredible experience for the young guys in there to have Pavlik care to help out and give advice !
     
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  5. Boxing Tees

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    I posted this earlier but figured it was a good time to post it again. Pavlik was on the radio here in Cleveland a few days after all that stuff came out about him "criticizing" the super middleweight tournament. While he did still have a few comments about the tournament (which mostly sounded like frustration), it was obvious from his interview on the radio that he was misrepresented. He is just such a big deal in Youngstown, there are bound to be haters. And it seems like right now, they are getting the best of him.
     
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  6. superchile

    superchile Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i liked pavlik i just hope we can see him fighting soon and not on ppv
     
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  7. zarman

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    thats good to know! i was giving him hell for it, i should have known better
     
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  8. SchweitzerMan

    SchweitzerMan Active Member Full Member

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    How many times did he shout, "Double the ****ing jab!"
     
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  9. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    :goodgreat story mate. nice to hear about a decent, honest dude that hasn't let the fame, the backlash or the bull**** affect his character
     
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  10. Hermit

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    I'm glad some of you enjoyed reading it. I took a day to think about it before I posted. It is a simple thing but I wanted to make sure I conveyed it correctly. Seems like I got the point across. Glad to share. And I missed the post about the Cleveland radio interview. Thanks for reposting in this thread.
     
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  11. 1ytownfan

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    Good post. Wish i could of been there. Good to here that Kelly was there and supporting our local fighters.
     
    1ytownfan, Jul 26, 2009
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  12. jsimps

    jsimps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I spoke to Kelly after the article came out and he said he was misquoted. Sometimes things like that happen. Kelly has not changed.

    Herm, it was good to see you at the event. Great fights!!!! Salinas bros looked great!! I was rooting for Conner against Juan. I like Juan and hope he has a great career, but he was fighting my buddies student.

    Jer
     
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  13. Hermit

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    Amateur scoring being what it is, I really don't remember thinking there was a clear 'winner' in that fight so Conner did OK for himself in front of a 'hostile' crowd. When the Salinas brothers fought the noise level was through the roof! Really nice to see that level of fan excitement in the amateurs even if it was limited to a couple of fighters.
     
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  14. jsimps

    jsimps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I felt Juan won. I think Conner took the first round and lost the 2nd and 3rd. Juan started pulling away the last 30secs of the 3rd. Conner did awesome. He only has 8 fights and he gave Juan a run for his money. We will have a show on aug 29th, at the wedge. Maybe Juan Conner II?
     
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  15. dbouziane

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    good **** hermit :good
     
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