Comments Thread For: Plans For Kelly Pavlik's Return are in Motion

[Crazylegs77]

Thanks.The point I was making was that,Pavlik was coming up the ranks and earning his paydays.He was hungry for world recognition to the point that he would have fought "the man" in Taylor for his belts and a much smaller percentage than what Williams currently wants.I loathe business,it has been over-emphasized in sports creating "champions" who are content with settling for big money fights,not big competition,yet still wanting to claim legacy-it's a joke.Keep in mind most of these fighters only want to put in the work 2 times a year,whereas the older fighters fought for much less,and fought much more....todays primmadonnas would suffer in earlier eras...

I understand your point,
Pavlik was pretty anonymous coming up and no one was really hyping him until his 2 performances leading up to the title shot. Which he earned the old fashioned way, at the time Miranda was seen as a very dangerous fight, which it was. Funny how no one was "ducking" Pavlik with his KO percentage..

I was curious so did some digging..turns out after the fight in all the excitement Pavlik forgot his check in his hotel room and it was reported how much he made..

Turns out Pavlik earned a gross of 1.05 million for the first taylor fight, HBO put up about 5 million for the fight.

I always felt Williams should be in a title eliminator for a shot at Kelly. Since he has been jumping around different weight classes and not really defining his spot clearly in MW. So youd think hed jump at the chance, seeing as how confident his team is in a victory. Why people refer to him as a throwback puzzles me.

[ShoulderRoll]

Pavlik made Williams waste almost all of last year just waiting on him. For that alone P-Will should get 50/50.

[The Hammer]

Hopeully Pavlik will fight more often this year. Champions should fight three times a year, in my opinion.

Williams should be willing to accept 40-60, since Kelly has two world titles and is the linear champion at middleweight. Hopefully this fight will be made soon.