Pavlik vs Sturm in Doubt After HBO Lowballs The Fight

[Dave Rado]

I have a bad feeling Pav is going to be in a similar situation as BHop was throughout the 90s fighting whatever contenders there were in a division that was filled with good, but not great fighters.

There were no fighters of Abraham's or Sturm's quality that Hopkins could have fought during that period and didn't. Pavlik's record will not deserve to be compared with Hopkins' record during that period unless he step up and fights both Abraham and Sturm.

[Phirsole]

Questionable Decisions

I was not impressed by Ottke at all (1), and some very even fights were decided for the belt holder.

But I have to go with BattlingNelson here. Unfair decisions are made wordwide.

We had an uproar here when Axel Schulz lost to George Foreman by points. Guess why.

(1) He was fast, I have to admit.

[gingeralbino]

AA and Sturm should fight in Germany for about 5M each, then at the end stand side by side and both give Pavlik and Arum the finger and say **** u we dont need u or HBO money. the world knows who's the best MW (whoever wins), u want to prove yourself after getting embarresed by a middleaged man, get a passport *****.

[Phirsole]

AA and Sturm should fight in Germany for about 5M each, then at the end stand side by side and both give Pavlik and Arum the finger and say **** u we dont need u or HBO money. the world knows who's the best MW (whoever wins), u want to prove yourself after getting embarresed by a middleaged man, get a passport *****.

YESSS.... exactly.

[warp1432]

Why not go to showtime???

[Xcusemymood]

HBO's dumb budgetary habits have nothing to do with Floyd mayweather or his PPVs. This has been going on for years, yet you still come to the same dumbfounded conclusion. Sean Hannity does this exact same thing. Baseless argument sidetracking into something unrelated to further a deeper agenda aimed at using an easy scapegoat.

good post. That guy obviously had an alterior motive.

[Xcusemymood]

What happened the last time Sturm went to the US to fight one of their stars?

Hahha damn good point.

[ragingvic]

serves that pusy sturm right, he turned down over 3 mil to himself for fight AA so have fun splitting 2 mil with THE champ of the division.

[geraldmcgrew]

Blame HBO

Correct me if I'm wrong Rick, but according to my forty-seven-year-old memory, it was HBO's exclusive contracts, starting with Marvin Hagler, in the mid-80s that started taking boxing off network TV. Other pay channels followed suit, and now HBO and Showtime are the only options for fighters who want decent $. By all rights we should be able to watch Pavlik-Sturm on ABC's W.W. of Sprots, the CBS Sports Spectacular or whatever NBC's show was called. Screw HBO and what their monopoly has done to the sport!
And by the way, Lamply sucks. He's supposed to do the blow-by-blow, but all he does is analyze. You don't need three analysts for a sport with two participants. Give me Don Dunphy, Bob Sheridan, or even Cosell anytime over that company hack.

[money4life]

what a bs fight pavlik ki sducking everyone