They should be ashamed of themselves...

[Mar]

Let me say this though, although i blame pavlik for about 20% of all this crap for going along with the game. I think the real teet suckers involved are the big wigs already fithy fuckin rich prying just one last time into boxing fans's pocket. Pavlik is pretty much being forced to fight this guy or he'd be stripped of his worthless belts. But it's not my place to say how much his belts should be worth to him so whatever....this fight for whatever reason still sucks cack bottom line. Just wanted to clear that up my wife read this (since i usually post from her phone) and said i was being too hard on the guy.

[holmcall]

Pavlik/Espino as a PPV is a joke. Espino is a glorified club fighter who is very easy to hit. This should be another Palik/Lockett. Props to Espino for taking the fight but who the hell is going to pay for this? I'll read about it the morning after cuz this fight would just barely be suitable for B.A.D.

Horrible.

Anyone who pays for this garbage either is related to the fighters or is in Bellvue. A true stinker!!

[holmcall]

It's a slow, deliberate process... this PPV scam. Slowly but surely, they continue lowering the bar on the fights that are PPV. Most people start off saying, quite correctly, "I wouldn't pay to watch that sh*t". But eventually, they wear the consumers down, to where it's commonplace to pay for the mundane, crappy fight. When in the past did people imagine they'd have to pay to take a dump in a pay toilet?

Bingo. Right you are Tito!!

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Look, I'm not saying that Pavlik wasn't hurt, didn't get an infection or have a reaction to the antibiotics but what I'm saying is... Pavlik was too injured to take on an elite fighter but will fight a mandatory(regardless of the caliber) to keep his garbage belts. This is what's wrong with the sport... I truely think that all those things happened to Kelly but it would have done the sport well to have him relinquished the belts to get 100% so he could fight a live body. Espino might last 6 rounds if Kelly is at 85%...

Instead, we're all gonna have to wait another 8 to 10 months to see Kelly in the ring with someone of any merit.

[bzkfn]

It's not a great matchup on paper but it's not Kelly's fault, its his mandatory and if he doesn't take it he's stripped of his middleweight belt so what can he do?

Plus Espino is game, he can box a bit and has a big heart. I reckon he will put up a better show than you think.

Bilbo, Espino is WBC #3. He's not the mandatory. This is an optional defence as far as I'm aware.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

It's not a great matchup on paper but it's not Kelly's fault, its his mandatory and if he doesn't take it he's stripped of his middleweight belt so what can he do?

Plus Espino is game, he can box a bit and has a big heart. I reckon he will put up a better show than you think.

Bilbo, Espino is WBC #3. He's not the mandatory. This is an optional defence as far as I'm aware.

Nah... It is a mandatory defense.

[bzkfn]

It's not a great matchup on paper but it's not Kelly's fault, its his mandatory and if he doesn't take it he's stripped of his middleweight belt so what can he do?

Plus Espino is game, he can box a bit and has a big heart. I reckon he will put up a better show than you think.

Bilbo, Espino is WBC #3. He's not the mandatory. This is an optional defence as far as I'm aware.

Nah... It is a mandatory defense.

How?

He's WBO #10 and WBC #3. How is that a fucking mandatory?

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL

World Boxing Organization

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Bilbo, Espino is WBC #3. He's not the mandatory. This is an optional defence as far as I'm aware.

Nah... It is a mandatory defense.

How?

He's WBO #10 and WBC #3. How is that a fucking mandatory?

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL

World Boxing Organization

Honestly, your guess is as good as mine and I hope someone could come on in here and explain it to me. The WBC# 1 challenger fought in november and the #2 Challenger while back with no bouts scheduled... I'm as confused as you are, bro.

[bzkfn]

Nah... It is a mandatory defense.

How?

He's WBO #10 and WBC #3. How is that a fucking mandatory?

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL

World Boxing Organization

Honestly, your guess is as good as mine and I hope someone could come on in here and explain it to me. The WBC# 1 challenger fought in november and the #2 Challenger while back with no bouts scheduled... I'm as confused as you are, bro.

Their interim champion is fighting on the same night. How can the WBC justify not forcing him to fight the interim champion but they'll strip him if he doesn't fight an awful excuse for a #3 contender? Seriously, the WBC appears to be protecting Pavlik here.