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"While such a rumour would have been immediately dismissed by the boxing world 2 weeks ago. There is increasing talk about Kelly Pavlik fighting Anthony Mundine in Las Vegas in September. The romour has taken this boxing blog and every other boxing site by shock.
While there has been no media release or confirmation by either fighters managers just yet, it remains a growing possibility!
Reasons Why:
- Paul Williams is asking for to much money, reportedly $2.5 million US, to fight Pavlik at MW. Mora has also priced himself out of the fight. Arum seems intent on fighting Winky at a later date, with Winky possibly wanting a warm up/tune up fight, as he hasn't fought for over 12 months. Pavlik fans seem unhappy about a possible fight with John Duddy, who is being compared to Gary Lockett, AKA another mismatch.
We are not sure how correct this is yet, or whether a deal has been struck. But by interpreting news from recent months, a fight between Pavlik and Mundine makes more sense. In April, Mundine stated he is looking for fights against the big name Americans such as "Kelly Pavlik, Jermain Taylor and Winky Wright". Pavlik will be able to keep an absolute majority of the purse, probably profiting around $4 million dollars. Whereas Mundine may still make more than he did against Soliman in the 3rd fight, even if he takes a minor 20% of the purse against Pavlik. (Making this deal much more attractive to Mundine, is the possibility for channel 10 in Australia to show the fight, as they seem intent on showing more Australian based fights and will be showing Klitschko vs Tony Thompson from next Sunday).
We are unsure how true the romours are, or if there is any truth at all to a possible fight between Pavlik and Mundine. It could be the match up all of Australia has deserved to watch for years! Or it could prove to be total fabrication!
Only time will tell!
And Pavlik may indeed give "The Mans" career a lifeline!"
"While such a rumour would have been immediately dismissed by the boxing world 2 weeks ago. There is increasing talk about Kelly Pavlik fighting Anthony Mundine in Las Vegas in September. The romour has taken this boxing blog and every other boxing site by shock.
While there has been no media release or confirmation by either fighters managers just yet, it remains a growing possibility!
Reasons Why:
- Paul Williams is asking for to much money, reportedly $2.5 million US, to fight Pavlik at MW. Mora has also priced himself out of the fight. Arum seems intent on fighting Winky at a later date, with Winky possibly wanting a warm up/tune up fight, as he hasn't fought for over 12 months. Pavlik fans seem unhappy about a possible fight with John Duddy, who is being compared to Gary Lockett, AKA another mismatch.
We are not sure how correct this is yet, or whether a deal has been struck. But by interpreting news from recent months, a fight between Pavlik and Mundine makes more sense. In April, Mundine stated he is looking for fights against the big name Americans such as "Kelly Pavlik, Jermain Taylor and Winky Wright". Pavlik will be able to keep an absolute majority of the purse, probably profiting around $4 million dollars. Whereas Mundine may still make more than he did against Soliman in the 3rd fight, even if he takes a minor 20% of the purse against Pavlik. (Making this deal much more attractive to Mundine, is the possibility for channel 10 in Australia to show the fight, as they seem intent on showing more Australian based fights and will be showing Klitschko vs Tony Thompson from next Sunday).
We are unsure how true the romours are, or if there is any truth at all to a possible fight between Pavlik and Mundine. It could be the match up all of Australia has deserved to watch for years! Or it could prove to be total fabrication!
Only time will tell!
And Pavlik may indeed give "The Mans" career a lifeline!"
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