Does Kelly Pavlik have passionate fans?

**NakiFan** · 08-12-2009, 05:14 PM

I'm going to support him against williams, but its nothing to do with race or anything i just had to pick one of them to root for and i kinda see pavlik as the underdog so i went for him.

**BG_Knocc_Out** · 08-12-2009, 05:16 PM

The word "passionate" sounds abit to much like a stan term, but I'm a giant fan of Pavlik, but I'm also a realist. I don't argue against a likely situation, like Williams outworking him and recieving a UD. I also know that Williams has a great chin that could stand up to Pavliks power, so I'm not a fan that thinks, "PAVLIK KO RND1!!!11!1!!1".

**ny123** · 08-12-2009, 05:23 PM

Originally posted by dans01234

Although a lot of people say they like Pavlik, I'm not exactly sure how many true fans he has. It's obvious he can sell PPVs and sell a lot of tickets, but how much of that is the "Great White Hope" factor? You also don't see any of his fans arguing or standing up for him on NSB.

What do you think?

he has a loyal following who drive from ohio to ac so i would say that they are pretty passionate

**mellow_mood** · 08-12-2009, 05:40 PM

one friend of mine is from OHio and he tells me that kelly is the hometown hero.... since the hopkins loss his stocks went down a lil bit.. but as you said the guy sells ppvs... so.. he definately has some passionate fans....

**MELLY-MEL...** · 08-12-2009, 05:46 PM

big, big fan of kelly here. he is not the best skilled fighter in my top list, but the kid has heart, and a ton of respect for the sport. he is a great person to have in the sport. win or lose.....i will always be a huge fan of the kid. he personifies american professional athletics from the old school.....he shows that with hard work, and never quit attitude you can accomplish your goals. even without a huge ammount of hype, or fan fare in his amateur career. he came up, earned, and got his shot, than climbed off the deck and won the whole fuckin thing. that can never be erased, no matter what happens.

**Sir Tom Jones** · 08-12-2009, 05:50 PM

bernard frightened them away.

**MonsieurGeorges** · 08-12-2009, 05:54 PM

people are on the hopkins wagon around here

**Check** · 08-12-2009, 05:55 PM

Pavlik is like any other big American boxer. He has a fan base but its not that passionate, we just have to many sports and athletes here. We will never have an American fighter have a fan base like Pacquaio, Hatton, or Cotto no matter how great he is.

**villa04** · 08-12-2009, 06:10 PM

he has that one fan who they interviewed on hbo once. he had cancer i think and then survived it and somehow him and kelly connected

Does Kelly Pavlik have passionate fans?