I'm guessing Bob Arum is trying to stop this super middleweight tournament because the tournament will finish probably in 2 or 3 years and Pavlik won't have any caliber opponents just Sturm and Williams until 1011.
I went to MySpace and the Official Page of Top Rank posted a bulletin that read:
"Pavlik & Froch? That's the whispers around the office. Stay tuned for more."
That isa bitch this tournament is going to help some fighters get the spotlight and even a chance so why spoil it for them.
in every sport there is a tournament to go for the best expect boxing. That is why it very hard to decide who is the best in boxing and the best way for a person to prove it is by tournament.
Since Arum was content to have Pavlik withering away instead of taking Abraham, which was the only fight at 160 lbs that mattered, he has no place to be upset about this tournament. It will be funny if Pavlik gets fed up and wants to get out of his Top Rank contract within the next year.
Bober is full of shyt!!!!!!
Vindy.Com posted another article about an hour ago. It really looks like the Top Rank twitter page is dead wrong. According to Kelly himself the October 3rd fight will most likely be with Sturm. He thinks the Showtime SMW tourney will encourage HBO to put up some more money. He also said he'd like to fight in Atlantic City, but doubts if Sturm would okay that because of what happened there with Oscar. And, it does not sound like he is thinking about moving up in weight right now. That's okay. I think he should fulfill his goal of unifying the division before he moves up.
Pavlik is and will forever will be a bitch!!!!!!!
Haha. Karma's a bitch Bob.
I can picture Arum crying in his office and Pacquiao rubbing his back: "eet's okay Bub."
HAHAHAHA. You're a D*ckhead. You get green K for that one mate.
LMAO. Good luck with that Bob. HBO didn't pony up enough for the Sturm fight now you're assed out :rofl:. Guess there's always Williams and Haymon :rofl:.
In this case that karma from not fighting Abraham is coming back to bite him. If Juanma doesn't fight Caballero at 122 with the titles on the line, I hope the same happens at featherweight.
Thats Arums own fault! He should of fought ABE B4 B-hop but they thought B-Hop-Pav would have sold more but it didn't. Now Pav got schooled by B-Hop and they feeding him chumps. Tough luck Bober, now u got a middleweight champ trying to rebuild his career vs chumps and no names.