Arum approached Duddy's people,they never called out Pavlik.Arum wanted a low risk big payday for Pavlik which Duddy would have enabled. Duddy knows his own abilities, he has never disrespected his opponents or said he was the next great middleweight.All he ever said was that he wanted to improve enough to challenge the likes of Pavlik or Taylor.He may never get there but he is good enough to beat any middleweight outside the top 10.