The glorious reign of middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik

[dans]

3 title defenses in 2 and a 1/2 years as middleweight champion.

Opponents: The "immortal" Gary Lockett, the "never quite good enough" Marco Antonio Rubio, and "some guy who wasn't Paul Williams" Espino.

This has to be one of the worst title reigns we've seen in a long time.

Tim Bradley is forced to pick a belt right after he beats Kendall Holt, yet Pavlik has been middleweight champ for almost 3 years and has sat around.

I know he's had injuries, but the level of opposition has been terrible. I'll be rooting for Martinez to win.

[Rosseboi]

Sadly - and I openly admit this - because Pavlik is white he is 'protected' because of the money white american fans bring in. Sad but true. For this reason alone martinez will get robbed this weekend if the fight gores to points.

That said just for the record I see alot of black fans only support or give credit to black fighters while discrediting white fighters.

What a sad sad world we live in.

Anyway yeah Pavlik sucks ass. Needs to step up or step aside.

[The Beatles]

Martinez will tax that ass.......too much speed and movement

[heat27]

this is kelly's year
first he will KO Martinez and then he will do the same to williams

[Rosseboi]

Martinez will tax that ass.......too much speed and movement

I think he'll dominate too but he'll get a decision loss. I can smell it coming

[Rich.r]

Kelly has been an terrible champion.

[dans]

Sadly - and I openly admit this - because Pavlik is white he is 'protected' because of the money white american fans bring in. Sad but true. For this reason alone martinez will get robbed this weekend if the fight gores to points.

That said just for the record I see alot of black fans only support or give credit to black fighters while discrediting white fighters.

What a sad sad world we live in.

Anyway yeah Pavlik sucks ass. Needs to step up or step aside.

I hope you didn't misread me.

I'm white and American. I was very happy when Pavlik won the title. But this crap with him has gone on too long. I hope Sergio can pull it out.

[ny123]

this is kelly's year
first he will KO Martinez and then he will do the same to williams

i agree then these same guys picking martinez and williams to dominate pavlik will say that they were 154lbers and pavlik is a cherrypicker

[paulf]

Martinez has been given a great effort his past two fights and both have lead to disappointing decisions. Martinez is going to make sure that doesn't happen again.

Wide UD for Sergio.

[Snopkins]

It's not Pavlik's fault that Abraham and Calzaghe ducked him.An offer was also made to Winky Wright, but Winky being Winky turned it down.Paul Williams also turned down a career high purse to fight "The Ghost".


boxing fans hate the fact that there is a working class white kid as a world champion and as soon as he slipped,they jumped right on him and kicked him while he was down.


Pavlik was the one who did the number on Miranda and Taylor.Nobody wanted to fight Miranda after he beat Abraham to a bloody pulp in his own backyard.It was up to Pavlik to show Abraham and Ward how to beat him.


Pavlik is going to going to knock Martinez out.