Miranda, Pavlik raw quotes!

Tuesday, April 3 2007


Edison Miranda: I want to know what Pavlik is doing on this line with all of these adults. He shouldn't even be on this call....I'm going to knock out Pavlik, even my grandfather can knock out Kelly Pavlik....On May 19 in Memphis everybody is going to see a great fight and I have a question for Kelly Pavlik -- Are you sleeping well?....I feel I am the best middleweight in division and I haven't fought blown up welterweights because I would have been embarrassed. Pavlik hasn't fought anyone and my grandfather is 100 and could knock Pavlik out....To me it doesn't matter who I fight. I will fight whoever I need to fight whether it is Jermain Taylor, Kelly Pavlik…whoever I have to fight, I'll fight....I haven't seen anything from Pavlik. He is dead. He's dead as a boxer....Panthers are special and go hunting for deer and rabbits and May 19 I will go hunting for a phantom.


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Kelly Pavlik: I take nothing away from Miranda but in the Allan Green fight I didn't see anything. I saw him (Miranda) get dropped early and I didn't see Green fight much. Miranda let Green come forward and set up. I know my punching power and ability and am very confident with this fight. Once I beat Miranda the critics will have something to say again....Having this opportunity is great and it is something that everybody wants. It's a dream and once I get passed Miranda convincingly I should get my shot at the title.
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Pavlik's Promoter Bob Arum: Our plans were to fight Jermain Taylor but obviously he plans to fight jr. middleweights or blown up welterweights. We think Kelly is the best fighter. He was extremely competitive in the amateur days with Taylor and Kelly Pavlik is going to be next middleweight champion of world. It will be either by beating Jermain Taylor or someone else.
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Miranda's Promoter Leon Margules: Edison will fight best fighters in the world and will do whatever it is he needs to do to fight the best.
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Taylor's Promoter Lou DiBella: Edison might be best self-promoter I've seen in a long, long time, especially for someone who doesn't speak English. We will get the chance on May 19 to see if Edison can back up his talk.