Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf View Post
I'm annoyed with him and think it is somewhat pathetic. Pavliks negative mind has taken over and unless he gets big fights he gives up and that happened here with Bute and Ward falling through. He has a chip on his shoulder and in retiring has a good reason to rail. There were obvious other paths though. Pavlik retiring now is an awful decision. The very fact that he is declaring it after 2 fights were not made is too obvious. Its all about never being given his fair chance, which is true, but staying busy is the other truth.
So he's no different from David Haye then, or the majority of people in this country I would imagine.

If I were in a position where financially I didn't have to do the job that I'm doing now, do you think I would do it? I might work again, but I would pick and choose whatever motivated me.

I read Pavlik was offered 50k for a fight not long ago. Take away tax, manager's fee, and other deductions and I doubt I would be motivated to enter a grueling two month camp to prepare. Make it a million, and I would reconsider. Sounds sensible to me.