Kelly Pavlik is a great champ and I hope to see him back again soon

what a good fight i really thought kelly had it in the bag lastnight esp after the kd the cut must have ruined him the rematch is gonna be sickkk this is REAL BOXING REAL FIGHTS for fight fans ! not no mayweather marquez or pac clottey bullshit i won alotta points on martinez lastnight but after seeing how well kelly adjusted lastnight get his ass a new cutman and he takes the remacth by late stoppage

Pavlik was all class even after a loss,no excuses; but was never a great champion in my book...

several times i heard pavliks trainer telling him: dont say that . anyone heard what pavlik was saying ?

Wow, mocking him because of his nationality...you are original. Nah. I just think that his only "quality" is his nationality.

Well,two things happened that changed the fight (once Kelly was ahead in the 8th).He got another cut (in the 9th) and he couldn't see,and Sergio had a second wind once he found the opportunity. It was a competitive fight until Pavlik got the 2nd cut,then he seemed to give up-that is what bothered me more than anything,his demeanor. Kelly's confidence is getting devastated again and again.We can say he might have edged out a win if he didn't get that second cut,but what happens in a rematch? Will Pavlik be "gun-shy" now,or will he lack the confidence in himself to make it competitive? Props to Kelly for taking a tougher fight in Sergio though,because I believe Sergio is a tougher fight for Kelly (style-wise) than Williams.This fight will make him motivated to learn more and confront his flaws,or finish his career... i don't believe kelly will become gun shy but i will be interested in seeing how he will try and apply pressure to martinez without taking the kind of shots he was taking early in the fight after the 4th round or so pavlik began to pick some of the shots off and he was closing the distance on martinez but then after he got opened up you knew he was in big trouble the hopkins loss was devastating because he got schooled and never won a round however i do believe had his face held up he would've won a close decision and that should give him confidence that he can win next time out credit to martinez he fought a great fight once again proved he deserved to be champ

What is so great about Kelly the joke Pavlik? He is american? Haha. Wow, mocking him because of his nationality...you are original.

those cuts changed the momentum once again but was a great fight. Pavlik did well. And finally martinez got what he's been working for Well,two things happened that changed the fight (once Kelly was ahead in the 8th).He got another cut (in the 9th) and he couldn't see,and Sergio had a second wind once he found the opportunity. It was a competitive fight until Pavlik got the 2nd cut,then he seemed to give up-that is what bothered me more than anything,his demeanor. Kelly's confidence is getting devastated again and again.We can say he might have edged out a win if he didn't get that second cut,but what happens in a rematch? Will Pavlik be "gun-shy" now,or will he lack the confidence in himself to make it competitive? Props to Kelly for taking a tougher fight in Sergio though,because I believe Sergio is a tougher fight for Kelly (style-wise) than Williams.I wonder if this fight will make him motivated to learn more and confront his flaws,or finish off his career...

Nothing like a great champion his reign was horrible and he lost to the first proper challenger he faced. But he gets a load of stick unfairly, I'm not sure he duck Williams if you're injured you're injured only thing I fault him on is not taking it seriously and prolonging his time out. I like Pavlik, good luck to the guy.

What is so great about Kelly the joke Pavlik? He is american? Haha.

those cuts changed the momentum once again but was a great fight. Pavlik did well. And finally martinez got what he's been working for

Pavlik is good he had his moments, the cut on the right eye definitely hindered his vision which sucks against a fast guy like Martinez. Pavlik actually showed some good reflexes and quick shots in the fight until he could'nt see. I think with this experience he can come back with a better game plan and we could see an even better fight. Congrats to Martinez he was the better man tonight, but he does'nt have any power at middleweight and that will be another part of Pavlik's new gameplan.

The time off hurt him, as it does most fighters. Not saying Martinez wouldn't have outboxed him anyways, just saying inactivity is any fighters worst enemy and Pavlik has been on the shelf too long.

Pavlik got his arse kicked he's not as good as everybody seems to make out.

Pav is done!! he just lacks verity and to 4ucking basic he needs a new trainer and sparring partners.

Kelly seems like a decent guy,but it is time for him to seriously consider a new coach or getting out of the sport. Jack Leow's miserably failed gameplan of sending Kelly in there without a solid gameplan and his usual "double the f-ing jab" speech is stale.Jack Leow should have had Kelly work on movement and defense (especially after the Bernard fight).This has all come back to "haunt" him. Hopkins took his soul and Sergio destroyed him-He has never looked beat up like that... the 9th round Kelly was already wanting to quit.I'm just not sure he will ever get his confidence back,and even if he has some fight left (which I doubt),then there is not much he will accomplish...I can't believe that at one time he wanted to fight Calzaghe.....

I got kinda scared that Sergio was gonna lose after the 8th... Then Maravilla just went apeshit in the 9th... but yeah, Kelly seems like a cool dude. He needs a better corner, though. yea, it looked like martinez was going to overwhelm pavlik all night, but pavlik seemed to figure out what he needed to do and appeared to be heading for a possible stoppage win. then martinez came back and finished strong.

I got kinda scared that Sergio was gonna lose after the 8th... Then Maravilla just went apeshit in the 9th... but yeah, Kelly seems like a cool dude. He needs a better corner, though.

i think he did enough in this fight to merit a rematch. he definitely had his moments in the middle before the other cut opened.