Recent interview with Pantera

[Pantera]

Hater

Hater? That's funny because I listed him as one of my favorite fighters yesterday Funny how he didn't seem to have issues at the press conference when he totally wrote off Pavlik and spent more time talking to JT about how he was going beat him up after he "got through" with Pavlik. Guess it didn't work out that way We'll see what he says when Pavlik moves up and beats him like a drum at 168. Thanks for the Sad Click, here's one from me

It was a nice interview and you make some joke out of it.
They will fight again someday and there is no way Pavlik will do the same against a healthy Miranda. Could he win, of course. But it would be a whole different fight.
To me Pavlik has proven a lot, but he still has a lot of question marks. I could see him getting completly embarrassed against a guy like Calzaghe.
It will be an interesting 2008. Pavlik could be make himself a household name if he has another great year.

I hate to hear excuses from any fighter after a fight, would any of the weight issues have come up if miranda would have won ?? I dunno, i kinda belive some of it cause miranda did look really weak then again most have against pavlik so far. I look forward to seeing him in some more big fights down the road but training and weight issues to me anyhow are not an excuse kelly was ready miranda should have been as well.

Nobody like excuses. But you gotta feel for Edison after fighing Abraham, Gibbs, Green and Pavlik all in less than 8 months. When have you ever heard of a professional at that level fight so often against the top guys? Maybe it was bad management. Who knows. But in this case you can't blame the guy for wanting something so bad he kept on fighting until he got himself sick.

I agree with you more than you think bro.....like you said though after fights i hate excuses, if you are passing out damn near dying to make weight the smart thing to do is postpone i know fans and fighters hate it but hey if what he says is true then we got robbed out of a better fight and miranda robbed himself out of a chance to beat pavlik and maybe taylor who knows not to mention how unsafe it is in this sport to go into the ring not as close to %100 as possible. There was a very short time between fights so it makes me wonder is all. But both guys have had trouble making weight so i can't force myself to give miranda a pass on this one. I think miranda looked way way past pavlik figured %100 or not he'd win and gambled wrong. I'd like to see them fight again but i'd also like to see him get back in with abraham. His run before the pavlik fight was impressive at least to me so i'm with ya all the way there.

He did look past Pavlik, no doubt. He was told from one of his best friends, Fulgencio Zuniga, that Pavlik was going to be an easy fight for him, that he would easily KO him in 3-4 rounds. Miranda did not train as hard. He looked at this fight as another day in the gym before he got to Taylor. He was asked BY HBO to take the Pavlik fight with short notice. His team wanted to push it back, but he insisted he would be ready.

And you are very right. He screwed over all of his fans by getting into that ring and not being prepared. He admits it and says it was a hurtful learning experience. And I think that is why HBO will want the rematch sometime in the near future, to give us fans what we should have had in May.