Arum: Pavlik was hiding his illness

[The Gully Gad]

To be honest it did look like something was wrong with Pav but it wasnt no sickness
It was because Hopkins took his game away.
Had Pav won you wouldnt of heard nothing about this..

[STEELHEAD]

GL: Did Kelly Pavlik's loss to Bernard Hopkins shock you?

The Bobfather: No, because when I found out that Kelly was hiding his illness, and maybe it would have been prudent to postpone that fight. I don't want to make any excuses. Bernard fought a great fight, he won the fight, and let's see Kelly when he gets back in the ring. I think that's the best way to handle the situation, he lost the fight fair and square, and I think Kelly will have a lot better days.

i'll be darned!
and i thought pavlik took the easy way out after bernard came blasting right out the gate and just fought to survive and laugh all the way to the bank

To be honest it did look like something was wrong with Pav but it wasnt no sickness
It was because Hopkins took his game away.
Had Pav won you wouldnt of heard nothing about this..

thanks!.....even if it wasnt intended!

[adamk1304]

why can't fighters/promoters take losses like men these days, there's always a bloody excuse.

[MikeBrew328]

No, he's telling the truth. I could see that Pavlik wasn't himself that night, he wasn't energetic and aggressive as usual. But he was too much of a man to declare he was sick and postpone the fight.

He saw the executioner's mask. Come on now. This bickering takes away from a great ahtletic accomplishment. Kelly himself knew he got his ass taken to school

[johnm is...]

It definitely looked like something was wrong with Pavlik. Maybe he was sick, but you'd have a hard time convincing me it would have made much of a difference.

[DiegoFuego]

Arum was interviewed right after the fight and said nothing about any illness. He can't accept that his fighter is just a one-dimensional come-forward slugger with no boxing ability whatsoever

[Zocalo]

It wouldn't have matter if he was 100%... He got his ass handed to him by the better boxer..