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

[marbleheadmaui]

If I were Bute? I cancel the Pavlik fight RIGHT NOW!

Pavlik already did that. He pulled out of Saturday's fight and the Bute fight. Dude's career is over.

Jack Loew, quoted in this article (Pavlik pulls out of Saturday's fight over offer to face Bute next | RingTV

"Well, it is what it is,” Loew said. “He didn't show up for the run yesterday, but then we had a 10-to-2 p.m. workout scheduled for here [in Youngstown] at the Southside Gym. But he called me about 10 minutes before the workout and said, 'I'm not taking the Bute fight, and I'm not fighting on Saturday.’

"He said, 'Why should I fight Bute for $1.1 million if Kessler wouldn't take $3.5 million? And why should I fight Cunningham on Saturday if I'm not taking the Bute fight? So I'm not fighting either one of these guys.' That's the last conversation I had with Kelly.”

Oops! I missed that! Thankee!

[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.

[Kev]

There are like 4 articles up on the ring mag site on this now. Apparently Pavlik heard that Kessler had been offered (and turned down) $3.5M to fight Bute (which, if true, WTF was Kessler thinking??) and once he heard that, he thought he was getting short-changed with a $1.35M guarantee.

Ridiculous all-around. Kessler is a bigger name than Pavlik -- who really doesn't deserve the opportunity to fight Bute in the first place, after losing his last 2 fights against elite fighters and looking terrible in his last outing against a journeyman.

Not by much though. Pavlik has only been beaten by Hopkins and Martinez, Kessler by Ward and Calzaghe. Neither has a belt at this time. I would have thought Pavlik would have been better known outside of Europe.

[Gandalf]

This is a shame, I like Pavlik but clearly his head isn't screwed on in the right way anymore. The man has issues and I have a hard time seeing him back amongst the elite anymore. The least he could do is work hard and stay active, but he is seemingly unable to even do that. His heart isn't in this anymore and the losses seem to have ripped him apart mentally. He isn't the same force anymore.

[#1FightFan]

i was hoping he would get his act together and be the old pavlik once again!!
so what if he dont make that much to get back in the picture, he looked like shit the last few times, and he should realize it was a chance to make things right, and to prove to everyone he still has something there.
but now, he wont even do that? WTF.

id be damned if i let drugs or alcohol ruin my life, if i had that much of a chance to do good like kelly does! he is wasting a great talent/legacy.

i feel sorry cunningham. he got screwed over.

[CommunistKevin]

I am speachless. He is my fav fighter. Or was my fav fighter I guess. I am just like desperately hoping somehow this fight can somehow go on. I just want him to be back where he was. Has serious mental issues going on now.

[Spicoli]

Kelly needs to retire. At least long enough to find his hunger, and lose his thirst. Seriously though he should duck out for awhile.

[Nameless]

Kelly needs to retire. At least long enough to find his hunger, and lose his thirst. Seriously though he should duck out for awhile.

That's probably the most meaningful sentence that resumes the situation the best.

[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.

[Rantcatrat]

What Pavlik needed to do if he wanted to stay in the boxing game at the elite level was to move his training camp out of Ohio and get a new trainer. The temptation of trouble in Ohio was just too great for him to handle. It's a shame really. His career is basically over because he's too unreliable.