Pavlik- Lockett post fight ....part 2 is very interesting

[southakron314]

Arum seems pretty confident in a Calzaghe show down with Pavlik on the 18th of October. If that is the case what was Rubio doing up there on stage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcnYDb0J-H4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5hTlh2Sd70

[Fenster]

Listening to that it's pretty clear what Team Pavlik would like.

They don't want to travel abroad for Abraham. Calzaghe would be a MEGA fight but why risk ruining Pavlik so fast? It's an old trick linking your man with the STAR names but NOT fighting them

Rubio or most likely DUDDY next would be my bet.

[OumaFan]

I don't think putting him in with Calzaghe would be a bad idea actually Fenster. Calzaghe would be favored by most in the boxing community, plus it would be a step up in weight so even if he loses I don't think he's ruined like Lacy (for one I don't see him taking that kind of a beating) and if he wins then he's big time (of course except for the fact that people would say Calzaghe was past it)

[Fenster]

I don't think putting him in with Calzaghe would be a bad idea actually Fenster. Calzaghe would be favored by most in the boxing community, plus it would be a step up in weight so even if he loses I don't think he's ruined like Lacy (for one I don't see him taking that kind of a beating) and if he wins then he's big time (of course except for the fact that people would say Calzaghe was past it)

Pavlik certainly has more to gain. I don't think Calzaghe would ruin him in a Lacy sense.. just at the moment there's fights they can make where Pavlik is a good fav to win (even the other old boys - Winky and the like)

I don't see the risk of the fight from Calzaghe side either

If the money is big enough it will happen though.. thats for sure.

[CFH]

If Pavlik fights Rubio or Duddy instead of Abraham, Calzaghe, or Winky, than I'm going to have a real problem with him. His fanboys are already pissing me off, and if he begins a Calzaghe-like string of pointless title defenses I hope he gets treated with the derision he'll deserve.

[p4pking]

If Pavlik fights Rubio or Duddy instead of Abraham, Calzaghe, or Winky, than I'm going to have a real problem with him. His fanboys are already pissing me off, and if he begins a Calzaghe-like string of pointless title defenses I hope he gets treated with the derision he'll deserve.

I hear what your saying, but you also have to realize Pavlik has real potential to bring a mainstream audience to his fights. The first white American champion in eons is very signifigant, like it or not. I also have no doubt that Pavlik isn't afraid to fight the most dangerous opponents out there, hell he's already proven that... But when you think about it from a promotional standpoint, if he loses to Calzaghe or Winky now, it's right back to the drawing board with nothing to have furthered the sport. Not only that, but it seems his popularity is increasing with each outing, even with the soft touch Lockett. On one hand it's kind of a shame since Winky and Calzaghe are both way up there in years, and if they don't fight Pavlik soon it may never happen. But at the same time, I understand Pavliks handlers trying to build up his profile in the mainstream, and brutal TKO's will do that for casual fans, regardless of the opponent. You have to consider that for most of the people who made the trip from Youngstown to Atlantic city, or even many tuning in at home, there's little to seperate Gary Lockett and Joe Calzaghe. Neither are really well known in the US, though Calzaghe's profile is probably a bit higher for having beat Hopkins, even then it hardly made him a star.