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One simple question why miss doctor appointments if he has a staph infection? Why postponed twice? His docs couldnt cure it the first time? Have boxers fought with worse injuries than a staph infection? if injury is so bad why still fight in december? Maybe it is because its easier to fight a bum than PW?
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All of you are making the same rediculous claim that he ever claimed he was better. Even in the Espino press conference, a few weeks after the fight was signed, he was saying his hand was "starting to get back to normal". He never said even a few weeks after the Williams-Martinez signing that it was fine. None of you are making legit points whatsoever.Comment
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1. He isn't the brightest guy, he shoulda stayed on top of things.
2. He postponed because his hand wasn't healed, i think we covered that.
3. Boxers, to my knowledge, do not fight when they knowingly have a staph infection. If you can show me a guy who fought with a staff infection in HIS HAND, I will be bamboozled.
4. He's fighting in December because he is being forced to face a mandatory, as opposed to loosing his belts.Comment
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So basically he's fine to fight, just not Paul Williams. Or anyone else decent. Or with a pulse. Or in the top 100.Comment
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If losing his belts is his only concern, that is not good. His health, your primary argument, should have come first. His health was the reason why he got out of the fight with Williams and should also be the reason why he should have not taken the mandatory. **** the belts, he should still be the lineal champion ( IMO, better than the alphabets ). I'm a big Pavlik fan before and supported him even when he lost to Bhop. I cannot reconcile his decision not to fight Pwill then get a fight 1-2 weeks later after Pwill signed another fight. I'm not saying he is scared of Pwill but IMO that is bad decision making and a huge PR hit. That is not the Pavlik that I was a fan of. Willing to take risk and trying his best to give us a good fight. If the staph infection is really bad, he could lose to Espino. It is better to lose to Pwill than lose to Espino IMO.Comment
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Well if he isnt the smartest guy than i guess he heed his doctor advise and not miss doctor appointments. Afterall, dosent he want to get in treated? Staph Infections usually are not serious unless the bacteria move from a break in the skin into the bloodstream. This can lead to infections in other parts of the body, such as the lungs, bones, joints, heart, blood, and central nervous system. I dont think Pavlik has that issue and he has access to top notch healthcare.
He postponed not once but twiced, and after missing doctor appointments. Fighters have fought with worse injuries suffered while trainning, most prevalent being cuts that re open at fight day. Fighters have fought with broken bones and ligaments and shoulder injuries.
I understand postponing once but a second time shows incompetence by him or his doctors. He claimed he had a reaction after surgery but we never saw such evidence. People in his hometown even suspected he was on drugs or had alcohol problems. Funny, now he is recovered and will fight one week after the scheduled PW fight. It just seems odd and i think his fans by not buying tickets or paying for the PPV will vote with their wallets.Comment
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Here's a good post I did on this:
You're right, he did something worse. Personally I believe the exagration of the hand injury was a lot worse, then how the hand actually was. The photo was from about a month ago, we have no idea what the hand looks like now. First they said it was healing up great, but then magically it became a lot worse again. Now it's suddenly a lot better.
Plus Pavlik pulled out on October 21, 2009. Here was a quote about the hand:
Here is Bob Arum saying that it's going a little slow and how he can't even make a fist. Poor Kelly. And now November 10, 4 weeks later there is this quote:"It's the same finger giving him problems. They told me he can't make a fist," Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said. "It's getting better and better but it's going a little slow. So, we'll see."
Oh so now after 4 weeks, Pavlik is getting a lot better and how convient he has a worse opponent. Not only that, but Pavlik was still running and ****, the december 5th fight was still 3 weeks away. Are you telling me he couldn't fight 2 weeks earlier from December 19th? He needed those two extra weeks?"We're fighting," said Cameron Dunkin, Pavlik's co-manager. "I have the contract here. The hand is good. He did therapy today and he ran today. The therapy, after three sessions, the hand has gotten much better. [The first] is still not closed all the way, but it's so much better. It's really good news. He just can't wait to fight. He really misses this.
Well if he needed another weeks, here's another idea, why didn't they move the Diaz-Maliganggi fight to December 5th and then move Pavlik Williams to December 12th? But oh no, of course Pavlik had to fight on December 19th because that's the date he'll get magically better by and HBO doesn't have a TV date for the 19th.Comment
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Everyone can say that Williams should shoulder some of the blame for the fight not happening by saying he wasn't willing to have the fight re-scheduled two weeks later. But what you don't realize is, HBO wasn't gonna televise it on December 19. So how could the fight be marketable in that case. Pavlik needs to do something noteworthy to get his cred back if he wants Williams to give him a another chance. He should go after Martinez or Bute. Williams can fight Dzinziruk, Angulo, or Kirkland if he gets out of jail.Comment
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