The only SMW who would have a chance at winning the tournament but was not invited is Bute. Who else would stand a chance? Green? Bika? Andrade? Please. They might pull an upset against someone, but there is little chance they would actually pose a threat to win the whole thing. Pavlik being omitted is hardly a crime since 1) He's expressed very clearly he would not be interested, and 2) Unlike Abraham, he had not announced IMMEDIATE intentions to contend at 168. As far as fans buying into the hype, most fans are just excited to be guaranteed a bunch of quality fights between MOST of the top guys at 168. It would be very hard to argue that whoever comes out on top of this tournament isn't the best SMW, given the number of top 10 opponents they will have to beat in order to win. To call boxing fans pathetic for looking forward to a series of great match ups makes you come off like you've got a mouthful of sour grapes, when most of us know you're better than that. It sounds like you've really let this anger toward Abraham and his nuthuggers cloud your thinking toward the sport at this point.
Scared of Pavlik? Are you kidding us? And Bute - I would guess he didn't want to be part of it. As far as Ward and Dirrel go. That was because they have contracts with Showtime. So that pushes out Bika and another fighter. And who else in the fight does Taylor's promoter promote? I would go further to suggest that it is all for Kessler. How else can he possible avenge his loss to Calzaghe? Hopkins wouldnt fight him. His legal issues... and all of a sudden he is back in the mix and we have one of the greatest events in boxing history. Praise them all. Now lets see how it all plays out.
Pavlik groupies are the only boxing fans not into the 6. Boo Hoo:| Pavs not in it so lets tear it apart.
I am not going to give out names but a couple of Pavlik fans BLAME AA and the reason Pavlik is not participating. atsch
forget about pavlik he got totally embarressed and beat up by Hopkins, Before that fight I paid attention to Pavlik and thought if he beats Hopkins then the dude is for REAL!!! that was past this is present guess what? "Case Closed" I see williams unanimous decision against pavlik, a cute boxer with some pop
sauuerland is a new crop of young guys lets hope they do much better for the sport then the old guard
Absolutely shocking! The vast majority of boxing fans are really looking foward to this tournament with its mix of champions, ex-champs and prospects. Its not perfect, Bute should be in there and Dirrel is possibly too green. However your running it down solely to make your boy Pavlik look better. I mean you must be aware of how transparent your efforts are?:rofl
Look man, take all those questions you gather sitting in trailer park valley of Youngstown and starting with other fellow trailer park fans of Pavlik and shove them up your ass. You are delusional and a pathetic one at it, all for what?, a one dimensional no defense loser who made over a thousand excuses for not being able to land a SINGLE clean shot on a 44 year old fighter in a fight dubbed "UNSTOPPABLE". When I told you Hopkins would whop his ass with a logical explanation talking about BOTH styles a dickhead son of a trailer park prostitute like yourself replied with "YEAH YAH YOU ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE PAVLIK PWND TAYLOR". Yet when it came out true you immediately believed that Pavlik got the swine flu. I can't blame you, Pavlik doesn't live far away from the trailer park garden you live in, so catching that is VERY possible. I'm a fan of Mayweather as you know but you don't find me posting delusional junk like "Williams moved up in weight to fight Wright and secure a fight with the undisputed middleweight champion because he's scared from Mayweather" when it's OBVIOUS Williams wanted that fight and got ignored so he was forced to move on. Abraham moved up to a division packed with guys like Froch, Dirrel, Ward, Miranda, Kessler, Taylor, Bute, Andrade and many others because he's scared of none other than Kelly "The trailer park King" Pavlik who's skills compare to Carl "The British Sugar Ray Leonard" Froch. Yeah, that makes sense to rednecks and idiots like yourself. While Abraham is doing that out of FEAR of a certain trailer park idol, Pavlik is fighting a blown up welterweight after Rubio and Lockett, who are ATGs in the gyms of Youngstown, I'm sure. If Abraham fought tomato cans as you say, who did Pavlik fight?. Miranda's first loss came at the hands of Abraham and that's Pavlik's second biggest win after Taylor. You are delusional enough to keep saying "Abraham should fight Zuniga". Yeah, Zuniga, a fight with Zuniga would impress a redneck piece of trash like you more than moving up to super middleweight and being surrounded by elite fighters ALL OVER. "He ducked Zuniga" yet he's in a division packed with guys who expose Zuniga as the tomato can he really is because that's what Zuniga is, and he put your trailer park idol on his ass as well. ****ing ******. When Pavlik's dick comes out your mouth, reply.