Arthur Abraham's Team Begins To Bait Kelly Pavlik

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he also made excuses after the hopkins fight saying pavlik had an elbow injury.

This was proved a lie because the interview before the fight he said kelly was ok with the injury only being a slight bruise to the elbow.

Pavlik said the same thing. A bruise is an injury...... It's still a sad excuse either way.

[MELLY-MEL...]

the fight will happen. build up people. just smack talking build up.

[Tobi.G]

It seems Pavliks handlers are somewhat afraid to fight Pavlik. I bet Pavlik himself is not afraid and would love to fight him but his handlers dont want it. Its verry bad for the sport!

[-Boxzilla-]

without a doubt i am a much bigger kelly fan then aa fan but i feel AA takes this one . . . AA's faced no one but i think he has the shell defense boxing ability and footwork to take away kelly's right and i even think he possibly stops pav.

[MANGLER]

These guys better fight by the end of the yr.

[seebert]

Settle down killers

If you were already a millionaire, which Pavlik is, you would rather cash in your chips by fighting easy fights to make slightly more money, rather than build a legacy that could get you in the hall of fame? As a boxing fan I find that attitude strange - and it's terrible for the long term health of the sport.

You are freakin extremists. The Duddy fight is a dud, but that boy Pavlik was roughed up. Arum, Loeweand Pavlik know that Abraham is his biggest challenge and there are no gaurentees. That fight could go either way. To have any chance against AA, Pav needs to lay out a few bums and get his Mojo back. Imagine he lost the titles, he would be doing that anyway and would not have the option of the biggest fight north of Welter. Mentally he has no shot until he gets a few under his belt. I think it will happen just not in early 09.

[VanesBoxing]

Abraham will KO Pavlik...

Pavlik seems to know it, his trainer seems to know it... and worse his promoter Bob Arum seems to ADMIT it.

[The Hammer]

Do you really, honestly think that a fighter or anyone in his camp is going to say, in a pre-fight interview, that he has a serious injury that could affect his performance in the ring? Really? Are you that foolish? It was a serious injury that affected not only Pavlik's training but also his performance of course it was downplayed going into the fight.

Nonsense. If he had a serious injury he would have postponed the fight!

Loew just couldn't admit Pavlik lost to a better fighter. He lies to cover up the more unpleasant truth - like his being afraid Kelly will be KOed by Abraham.

[millcitymauler]

It's possible that B-Hop did a bit more damage to Kelly, than previously thought.

[OnePost]

Nonsense. If he had a serious injury he would have postponed the fight!

Loew just couldn't admit Pavlik lost to a better fighter. He lies to cover up the more unpleasant truth - like his being afraid Kelly will be KOed by Abraham.

Serious enough to disrupt his training schedule, most notably his heavy sparring weeks. I would say that's a pretty serious injury. That's straight from inside the Pavlik camp pal, keep spouting off your assumptions though.