Pavlik pulls out of Aug 6th Fight!!! WTF. Anybody know?

[Tam Seddon]

Bute would school him anyway, pavliks done , his heads clearly not in the game. His loss, the 168 weight class is debatabley the strongest weight class anyway and I don't see pavlik making an impact on it anyway. He would get beat by froch ward bute and direll IMO.

[JazMerkin]

It's amazing just how on the brink of super-stardom he was before the Hopkins fight. I remember there was talk of him taking over from Oscar as the PPV star of America. I'm sure there was talk of a movie. Now he's refusing to fight for a mill & spends his time getting pissed & brawling with family members.

[marbleheadmaui]

It's amazing just how on the brink of super-stardom he was before the Hopkins fight. I remember there was talk of him taking over from Oscar as the PPV star of America. I'm sure there was talk of a movie. Now he's refusing to fight for a mill & spends his time getting pissed & brawling with family members.

You're right. He makes Zab Judah look reliable doesn't he? It wasn't hard to imagine a future where Pavlik was making $15 million a fight. A hard punching, midwest white guy the best in the world? That's a ticket to riches.

[Eloking]

Hmm after been asked about it, Jean Bédard, the president of InterBox, said that they offered more money to Pavlik than they offered to Kessler (Source ; CKAC.com).

Who to believe...Jean Bédard that, as far as I know, never lied to journalist...or Pavlik who's life is quite...interested these time.

[Mars_ax]

Like someone on this thread already said, if this is all true, Pavlik's boxing careeer is basically over.

Good riddance dumb-ass..

[Kev]

Guys are being a little harsh don't you think. The guy might have serious mental issues going on.

Never the same fighter after losing to Hopkins. Sad.

[Nameless]

Hmm after been asked about it, Jean Bédard, the president of InterBox, said that they offered more money to Pavlik than they offered to Kessler (Source ; CKAC.com).

Who to believe...Jean Bédard that, as far as I know, never lied to journalist...or Pavlik who's life is quite...interested these time.

Bedard is normally a very likable and honest guy, I wouldn't still give him my soul but I could tend to believe that.

[p4pking]

I have all the empathy in the world for alchoholics, but none for white guys who shave their heads and get tatoos like that. I dont think he had a chance in hell of beating Bute anyways really.

[OumaFan]

Meh, he's got issues obviously. I can't say this ruined my weekend anyway. And this way I can continue to talk about how Bute never fights anybody. Win.

[TheMacMagician]

TBH, after the stories the other week of him drunk and fighting with his brother, I've been rather amazed that nothin had been said and that this weekends fight was rolling on, as with his fight against Bute later in the year. After that story, I would have thought both these fights would have been called off a week or two before now and he'd be in rehab again already. Real shame I think. If this shit is still going on then he needs a reshape of the people that are around him. I'd say it is going to be one hell of an all time great comeback for him to recapture his great days from here on in.

[Nameless]

It must be a last minute attempt at trying to get the auction raised in his favor, the guy can have lost it but not that much... I imagine Cameron Dunkin and Arum calling him and being ... well, quite convincing that he's an idiot and that he has tu shut up and work. Either that or he properly trained and just pretends that this little scoffle happened. It's too big, I have difficulties to believe he can have lost grip that much and think he worths more after how he did act.












That or he realizes he needs a loadshit of money to cover up decently the ugly mega tattoos he got all over lately.