Like Pavlik or not he had a decent career

His only two losses were to future Hall of Famers(B Hop for sure, and pretty sure Sergio will be there when he's done). He KO'd mostly everyone he faced with a few exceptions, and he didn't have too many boring fights. People will get on him for his pullouts, and he deserves it. He had a lot of potential to be a Middleweight, SMW Gatti, with more talent, and it went unfulfilled. But at the end of the day 40-2(36 KO btw) who's two losses were to elite fighters is nothing to sneeze at. Give the man his due.

Comments (9)

AP9824

Pavlik was one of those guys you kick back to and watch arms go.He'll always be linked to Taylor in that epic fight. He's had a decent career with decorative highlights.

13y ago

RajahBell

Retiring is probably the best decision he has made in his career. He was a good fighter inside the ring and had a lot of potential but his life outside the ring was just a mess. His title reign/peak started off wrong, when he lost his paycheck and had to beg Arum for another one. Then the downhill just continued.

13y ago

cleming

Of course Pavlik had a more than decent carrer, he was clearly hoverhyped but still he was very gifted and gave us some classics. He seems to be a very nice guy too. I have no bad things to say about him and I hope he'll enjoy his retirement with his family.

13y ago

MrClutch85

Pavlk was a good fighter he earned his hype with some good wins I thought Miranda was going to destroy him he proved me wrong then he beat Taylor twice and he gave Martinez a good fight up until the cuts so overall yes he had a decent career

13y ago

Cutthroat

I still remember Pavlik vs Taylor like it was yesterday. What a fight that was. I'll always remember him for that fight. Damn I remembered thinking at the knock down JT had the fight in the bag. That war with Miranda was classic too. I never thought Pavlik would be a champ, dude is built like a pencil and was probably the strongest guy in the division.

13y ago

SonnyDempsey

youre crazy and honeslty that's diresprectful to miguel cotto .. pavlik is more like a giovanni segura kinda of fighter..both were flash in the pans I knew that would elicit some insults. Of course I don't mean literally the same run, but in terms of being world champion, vacant titles, etc. and the way their careers have ended / fizzled out.

13y ago

ROSS_CALIFORNIA

I still remember Pavlik vs Taylor like it was yesterday. What a fight that was. I'll always remember him for that fight.

13y ago

puga

He's had the same run as Miguel Cotto, basically. youre crazy and honeslty that's diresprectful to miguel cotto .. pavlik is more like a giovanni segura kinda of fighter..both were flash in the pans

13y ago

SonnyDempsey

He's had the same run as Miguel Cotto, basically.

13y ago