I ran into Kelly Pavlik at the YMCA in Youngstown earlier this week. Seeing Pavlik is nothing rare. Though this is only the 2nd time I've personally seen him. The 1st time was at a club in Austintown called The Wedge, now named Club Gossip. Anyway.........so I go over and ask his opinion on a few boxing matters. First on the upcoming Mayweather/Mosley fight. He said that Shane punches way harder than Floyd and his aggression should present problems for him. But he favored Floyd to win based on his defense and unmatched(Pavlik own words) ring intelligence.
Then I asked him what his opinion was on Manny and PED's. He said that he won't go as far as to say he's on any PED's. But he said it's the equivalent of Valero (Edwin I'm assuming, though he didn't clarify) moving up, dominating and knocking out Joe Calzaghe when he was super middleweight champ. Said as much as he'd love to see that happen, it would raise some serious questions. So Manny's stretch run raises some doubts with him. Then he joked about maybe getting that special blend of vitamins and supplements so he could take on Samuel Peter. That was actually fairly funny. I always thought Pavlik was over rated. But he was likable and totally down to earth. Crazy thing is, if you didn't know him and got in a fight with him. From his physique you would think you'd beat the **** out of him. Lol
Then I asked him what his opinion was on Manny and PED's. He said that he won't go as far as to say he's on any PED's. But he said it's the equivalent of Valero (Edwin I'm assuming, though he didn't clarify) moving up, dominating and knocking out Joe Calzaghe when he was super middleweight champ. Said as much as he'd love to see that happen, it would raise some serious questions. So Manny's stretch run raises some doubts with him. Then he joked about maybe getting that special blend of vitamins and supplements so he could take on Samuel Peter. That was actually fairly funny. I always thought Pavlik was over rated. But he was likable and totally down to earth. Crazy thing is, if you didn't know him and got in a fight with him. From his physique you would think you'd beat the **** out of him. Lol
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