Three Stories Later, Allan Green's Voice Is Finally Heard

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By Jake Donovan - There have been quite a few sides to the story behind the negotiations gone awry between Allan Green and linear middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik. One version came out in the form of an ESPN blog entry on Thursday afternoon. In the story, it was alleged that Green turned down a $450,000 payday to challenge for the world middleweight crown in September. The sources for the story were the two promoters involved; Tony Holden, who promotes Green, and Bob Arum, who has Pavlik. The blogger, ESPN.com senior writer Dan Rafael went on to insult Green and his "neophyte" advisor Greg Leon. Naturally, a rebuttal followed mere hours later. Leon first dismissed the story as fictitious and full of holes. A follow-up report dissected the blog piece-by-piece, refuting the claims in the ESPN blog one paragraph at a time. What was missing in all of this was Allan Green's take. Welcome to door number three. "To everyone out there," Green shouts, for all to finally hear, "I did NOT turn down the Kelly Pavlik fight. I wanted the fight then, and I still want the fight now." [details]

[Sweet Pea]

That was a good read, Jake, and it was good that you sought out Alan Green for his input. He's a fighter that brings excitement so it is hoped that he's back in the ring soon, if only for a tuneup-type fight.

[the_godslayer]

interesting, there is usually more to stories than you 1st hear.
I for one would love to see a Green/Pavlik matchup in the near future.

[supremelygifted]

Rafael was just being lazy and not doing his job. How can write a story when you don't even speak the all of the parties involved. Thats just bad journalism.

[The Narcissist]

Rafael = Fat ******

[FLY TY]

good, good fight. would've loved to see that one, when the PW fight fell through......

personally tho, i think the ghost ends green's career.............

hey, maybe if the wright fight falls through- green vs. pw?

[sonic69mike]

No More Hopkins, PLEASE!

I can understand Kelly not having anyone to fight in his division, but how about Sturm, the German who was robbed blind in the DeLaHoya fight? That would be agreat fight at 168 if Sturm was motivated. Please no more Hopkins. He has always been a strickly defensive and boring fighter w/little heart and motivation shown lately. Kelly could probably make light heavy and there are lots of great fights out there at that weight, including Chad Johnson. Anything but HOPKINS!

[Scott9945]

I can understand Kelly not having anyone to fight in his division, but how about Sturm, the German who was robbed blind in the DeLaHoya fight? That would be agreat fight at 168 if Sturm was motivated. Please no more Hopkins. He has always been a strickly defensive and boring fighter w/little heart and motivation shown lately. Kelly could probably make light heavy and there are lots of great fights out there at that weight, including Chad Johnson. Anything but HOPKINS!

Sturm is a big money maker in Germany, and he probably wasn't thrilled with the judging in his last trip here. I can't see Arum sending Pavlik to Germany either. I do agree it's a lot more appealing than a Hopkins fight.

[Pepe Smith]

greg leon = skinny ******

[Zocalo]

I doubt we will see Green on HBO,Showtime, or ESPN anytime soon.