The Kelly Pavlik Come Back Express: Who's on board?

****in' aye right Boo.

 

right on, boo. Pavlik's coming back, he's knocking off all the ring rust and the monkies from his back. He beat Lopez who was a big question mark since no one really knew how good he was. I don't think Pavlik is ready to fight the class fighters of 168 yet but he should move on to someone like Vera or Pryor Jr. next.

 

:good

Sure Pav started what we'll call real ****in' slow there. But who the hell would have thought Lopez would be runnin' all over the ring, then lean down with his head out and charge at KP with arms flailin' until the octo-clinch.

At first, I was wondering what KP was gonna do with that, and he noticed the hook as he was comin in. KP had been landin that shot for a long ****in' time before those showtime assholes took notice of it. ( I usually like them, and esp. Tarver, but they did **** last night on that fightyep).

Turns out dude had a hell-a-cious chin and was tough as a mo' fo for sure. Had Kelly had even another minute or two, much less a couple rounds, he would have stopped Lopez without question. And back to the showtime assholes, I mean it was QUITE ****in' clear to me that after the first couple rounds most of those Lopez "flurries" were bein' completely blocked or they missed, but the commentary was like they were lightin KP up. Then I saw KP land a double jab and a big right hand and they didn't even ****in' mention it.:yep

 

C'mon guys,lets be realistic here,you know and i know any top ranked 168lb'er would murder Kelly.Lopez was an overhyped rookie.How many people had even heard of him before this fight ?

 

I don't think Lopez lasts the distance in a 12 rounder (or if he didn't milk that low blow for extra time, for that matter) but it was clear Kelly had to shake the ring rust off.

It's hard to look too deeply into this fight on the surface, what matters more to me is where KP goes from here. Boo was dead on the money when he said Kelly needs to fight to stay sharp- if Pavlik takes too much time off after this fight, it'll have been a waste. Not that Lopez is a bum, but Kelly will have wasted the benefits of the fight with too long a layoff. Get him back in the ring in 4 months, and I think last night's fight will prove to be useful as far as getting back into real fighting shape against the bigger fighters at 168.

 

How many times had you ever heard of Librado Andrade before he quit his job at the Jack In the Box to fight Kessler?

He's now a highly regarded opponent no?

Lopez proved to be tough and have a good ****in' chin, and though last night was the first time most of us had ever even seen him, bet you its not the last.

 

:good right on.

 

Pipe,Andrade had one good fight,he missed the opportunity to make a name for himself and was embarrassed in the rematch.Beating Stieglitz and allowing Bute to stay upright in that infamous 12th round hardly ranks him as a real life "Rocky Balboa".
Face facts,Kelly was able to boil down to 160 (all credit to him for doing so) and was able to kick ass against smaller opponents.Regardless of what his "out the ring" weight is,he will not have any physical advantage plying his trade as a SMW,and that i'm afraid makes him cannon fodder against the likes of Froch,Kessler etc

 

While we have seen Kelly better... lets have some perspective..

The guys is coming back from a year off... substance abuse..... I give him credit for coming back.... plus ring rust

its was a good win and keeps the train rolling in the right direction

 

He needs a good trainer I saw no improvements what so ever from him last night none .

 

He's needed this for years.

 

very entertaining fighter who always comes to fight. would love to see him comeback and rule 168.

 

Hopkins ruined him.

End Thread.

 

Im hopin we get to see more of lopez soon
IMO he did real good against a big name like pav