What are your thoughts on Kelly Pavlik?
Retiring at 30...was it too soon?
Did you like him as a fighter?
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What are your thoughts on Kelly Pavlik?
Retiring at 30...was it too soon?
Did you like him as a fighter?
I liked him
the first taylor fight was superb and Pavlik v Miranda was a none stop merciless beating
I also liked Pavlik. I think his outside the ring antics probably contributed to his early demise and deterioration . His only losses were to 2 excellent fighters. His record is a bit lite on name victories tho.
Martinez was a good fighter but not amazing
he probly made his name off the Pavlik and maybe Williams wins, and I think Pavlik was well on the addiction slide by the time he fought Martinez
Was his alcohol problem that bad that he had to retire?
Shame as he had a big future and was tough fighter who got stronger as the fight went on.
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Before his life started to fall apart, I really liked him as a boxer and as a person; he was humble, working hard and delivered beautiful and exciting performances. Then, it all unraveled... Did he retire too soon? Hard to answer, but I think that it could have been more damageable to him to keep fighting while beating his body so bad with alcohol.
I think had the Ward fight taken place he would have been schooled badly again. I could see him as a gatekeeper after that.
Pavlik was the great American White Hope for awhile.
He was a terrific fighter with punching power, always a favorite with the fans... he was gutsy... he was humble and personable outside the ring, sort of the "anti-Floyd"... and he fought whoever they put in front of him, records and zeroes be damned. Hell... I was a big fan. And let's face it, American boxing fans were hungry for just someone like that.
But alas, his personal problems caught up with him... and there went his career.