Kelly Pavlik - more innocent than appears regarding the pull out

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350000 for Espino.
1.5 M for Rubio
275000 for Lopez

He said he learned one week before the fight that he was going to be paid 50 000

 

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"kind of like Top Rank is cashing in on me, you know, like we’re going to make our money off of him, we’re done with him, and that’s it."

 

"The whole thing comes down to I’m tired of playing the game…For Top Rank to say, 'Well, he ain’t got the heart to fight anymore,' but I do,"

 

Now I’m a week out and I still haven’t got a fight contract. Now my agent’s going to send me a contract over and tell me, ‘You got 20 hours to turn it back in. If you don’t turn it back in in 20 hours, the fight’s off.’ So my attorney and my accountant don’t have time to look at the contract, and this is what happens all the time in my career. So I’m tired of it. I’m not playing the game no more.”

“That’s Top Rank’s fault and my agent Cameron Dunkin’s fault because if they would’ve told me two weeks ago and three weeks ago the amount of money and what they’re paying me, then I would've said, ’You know what, I’m going to cancel the fight.’ But you’re going to let me know a week before because what they're thinking is, ‘We’ll tell him a week before and there’s nothing he’ll do about it. He won’t cancel the fight.’ Well bullsh*t. I call bullsh*t"

 

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Exactly. It's not really a question of it being $50k. It's the fact that Pavlik is still a name and has done a lot in the sport. That means something. And doing what they did is treating Pavlik like he's a tuneup opponent.

It amazes me that people hate on a guy like Pavlik for something like this. You get guys backing superstars who fight over 5 vs. 6 million for their next fight...but Pavlik bitches about fighting for $50k and barely getting the chance to glance over the contract, and suddenly the guy is spoiled. **** off with that.

 

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you dont wait till 6 days before your fight after 2 months to figure out you dont like the deal...and leave a giant cable network holding the bag....career suicide

 

3 years man...he has 5 fights...lost 2...and won 3 over latino middleweights... i cant remember more than a handful of latino middleweights that were ever any good, meaning they are a rare breed...much like a heavyweight from japan...point is, the 3 wins he got, meant nothing against nobody.... so lets keep thrwoing money at kelly because he was pretty awesome back in 2008 when he was kicking JTs ass.... business is business...his stock has dropped, believe what you will...business men will not over pay guys that have not proven much the last 3 years...sorry..i like KP...but i dont buy that he had no idea what his money was gonna be up until a week b4 fight...being that he is so concerned now..but before he didnt even ask or get a ball park figure?? bull****

 

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Espino and Rubio he had the belt and was backed by HBO money.

The 275 for Lopez was for an undercard of a PPV featuring the biggest star in the sport. Plenty of money to go around.

You don't get that kind of money for Shobox.

 

after reading his side of the story you cant blame Kelly.