kelly pavlik is on the bum circuit

[Spacey1991]

In all fairness the Rubio fight was probably more of a tune up fight to gain a little bit more confidence after his recent loss to Hopkins (where he got demolished)... but yeah I do agree he needs to fight better opposition as in the likes of Arther Abraham and that.

[Xyei]

The same goes for Abraham and Strum. Who the fuck have they fought? The division is weak so all three of these clowns need to fight each other to see who the best is.

[Guest]

John Duddy is the match that needs to happen for Kelly. There is too much to lose by not fighting him next. Duddy has a bigger name than even Abraham. Duddy was able to box Vanda but he will have no other choice but to engage Kelly in a brutal battle for as long as it lasts. It is the guy with the biggest name, best style to make Kelly look good and it also the fight that is right up there at the top in terms of money to be made. All that with minimal risk.

Duddy fought on the same day, showed a new style that is improved even if it is not as exciting and he did not suffer a cut. If he lets Duddy drop to 154 and get beat there he lost out on a great opportunity.

For Duddy it also makes sense to take his shot against the best while still leaving him the option to drop down in weight. If he even makes a contest out of it he won't lose much luster on his name.

This is the fight for a rebuilding Kelly Pavlik in terms of hype. Some people even were saying it would be disasterous for him to be pushed by Rubio. Take the name, money and safe bet Kelly.

Duddy more popular worldwide than Abraham? I think I have heard it all now.

[Mighty Messer]

Duddy more popular worldwide than Abraham? I think I have heard it all now.

Much more well known in the USA Australia Canada and the UK. Abraham holds down Eastern Europe and the rest of the world is a wash. Kelly is not going to Germany to fight Abraham and he is not coming to the US. Everybody knows who Irish John Duddy is and if you disagree you don't know squat!

[Guest]

Much more well known in the USA Australia Canada and the UK. Abraham holds down Eastern Europe and the rest of the world is a wash. Kelly is not going to Germany to fight Abraham and he is not coming to the US. Everybody knows who Irish John Duddy is and if you disagree you don't know squat!

LOL. Wonder who makes more....

And with good reason.

[BrendanWoodside]

Locket=mandatory, rubio= mandatory. He has to fight these guys to retain his alphabet soup belts. The same goes for Abraham fighting Marquez and Sturm fighting Sylvester. There aren't many viable contenders at middlewight. I could live with a Duddy fight if it meant we were going to get a Pavlik vs AA, Sturm, or Pwill fight after.

[deanrw]

first 3 title defences

lockett... rubio... duddy..

wtf

The first two were mandatory defenses against #1 contenders. Pavlik worked his ass off for those straps so he is not going to give them away by default just because the WBO and WBC cannot get their act together.

[Low Blow Armo]

There protecting Pavlik like a fat girl protects a bag of chips. It sucks cuz we could be seeing Abraham/Pavlik but Pavlik's handlers know that he is kinda of a hype job.

[Great Afrikan]

Sturm was offered 2.5 million euros to fight AA, how much will Kelly Pavlik make for a fight with Duddy?

i mean 2.5 million euros is roughly $3million....