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Pavlik needs to be told that his relevance has been pretty much gone for a while now.
I love how he's talking HBO...the same HBO that refused to pick up his last fight and is lowballing this one. I never liked Pavlik and I didn't understand why. Now I have a legit reason.Comment
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Kelly Pavlik, what a Prick!
Also he so self-owned himself in that article. He says about how the SMW's are fighting for peanuts on Showtime, which according to him, is no HBO and then reveals how for his next fight, and a Middleweight Unification bout at that, against Felix Sturm he's been offered... by HBO..... less than peanuts. Guess what Kelly? Every fighter in every fight in this tournament is going to make more than you were offered, by your beloved HBO, to fight in a Middleweight Title Unification Bout.
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pavlik is delusionalComment
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Good going there Kelly. Not only are you demeaning the tourney, the division and boxing itself, you've just closed some healthy doors there.
Good going son, good going...Comment
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Thank you for setting him straight on that. That was already near the end for both Holmes and Joppy as far as being championship level fighters and I don't think Keith Holmes at his best was better than anybody in the tourney. He was like a middleweight john ruiz with all that hugging and holding.Comment
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Yeah, you fight bums at middleweight while others fight the best of the best at SMW.Completely classless comments from Kelly about the best thing to happen for boxing all year:
Pavlik wants to fight on HBO
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Champ has second thoughts on Showtime’s tourney; says “big-time” boxers fight on HBO.
By Joe Scalzo
YOUNGSTOWN — When Showtime announced its lineup last week for its upcoming super middleweight tournament, some boxing fans wondered, “Why wasn’t Kelly Pavlik involved?”
Initially, Pavlik said he would have been interested, but after researching the tournament over the past week, he’s changed his mind.
“Why would I be in that tournament when I’m a middleweight?” he said. “They never asked me and I never wanted to join.
“Let them beat each other up. Let them ruin their careers for peanuts.”
The round-robin tournament will include some of the biggest names in the division — Carl Froch, Mikkel Kessler, Jermain Taylor, Andre Ward, Andre Dirrell — and IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham, who will relinquish his belt and move up.
Each fighter is guaranteed three bouts, with points awarded based on the results. (Three points for a knockout, two for a decision, one for a draw.) The top four advance to the single-elimination finals.
It’s a big career risk for what Pavlik considers a small payoff — about $3 million or $4 million for the winner, he said.
“Those guys are fighting for peanuts,” said Pavlik. “They’re going to burn their whole career and for what? Nobody watches Showtime.
“Trust me, when the winner of that tournament fights his next fight, it’ll be on HBO.”
HBO is the biggest network for boxing and most of Pavlik’s biggest fights have been on that network in recent years, including his two bouts against Taylor and his knockout of Edison Miranda.
Although Pavlik’s latest bout, a 10th-round knockout of Marco Antonio Rubio in Youngstown in February, was broadcast on independent pay-per-view, Pavlik made it clear he wants to fight for HBO.
“I like HBO,” he said. “I will fight for HBO. All the big-time fighters like Floyd Mayweather, [Manny] Pacquiao, [Miguel] Cotto, Shane Mosley, the Klitschkos — they all fight on HBO.”
Although Pavlik has been out of the spotlight in recent months, he still considers himself one of the five biggest names in boxing.
Some have argued that he needs to do a better job promoting himself on a national level, particularly if he wants to earn bigger paydays, but Pavlik disagrees.
“I’ve got enough going on right now,” he said. “There’s not much more that I can do just by me making an appearance with the camera shining on my face.”
Although several middleweights are eager to fight Pavlik, he has set his sights on WBA champion Felix Sturm. (Pavlik holds the WBC and WBO belts, while Abraham’s IBF belt is up for grabs.)
Problem is, HBO recently offered just $2 million for a Pavlik-Sturm bout and Pavlik said he’s not willing to fight for such a low figure.
Although that statement may not sit well with some fans, Pavlik would likely clear about $300,000 from that fight after taxes and other deductions. That’s not enough for a title fight, he said, and said it’s no different from LeBron James wanting a maximum contract from the Cleveland Cavaliers.
He wants to be paid what he’s worth, he said.
“I fought my way up for seven years, I’ve fought for $3 million and $2.5 million a fight, why decline that much?” he said. “Yeah, the economy is bad, but there’s still more money out there.
“That’s like [Browns quarterback] Brady Quinn playing for $300 a week. It’s bull[crap].”
Pavlik said he’s content to stay at 160 pounds for a few years before moving up in weight to fight the winner of the Showtime tournament.
“Whoever the winner is,” he said, “I’ll kick his [butt].”Comment
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not sure where this is coming from... pavlik must be frustrated about something.
blame it on the a a a a a alcohol.Comment
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someones's woke up on the wrong side of the bed......jeez kelly come across one nasty pice of work!Comment
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pavliks a p***y-and too think once upon a time not too long ago people were saying calzaghe was ducking this guy,what a jokeComment
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