He could have been the "All american" boy that Arum was hyping him up to be before he fought Taylor but somewhere along the line Top rank mess him up promoting-wise.
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The glorious reign of middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik
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Originally posted by dans01234 View PostMartinez is his first legit challenge he's defended his title against in about 2 and a half years.
Taylor 2 = not for the title
Hopkins loss = not for the title, above 160
The rest
Lockett
Rubio
Espino
Compared to Jermain Taylor's title reign, which consisted of 3 wins in a little under 2 years.
Ouma
Spinks
Hopkins
and a draw with Wink
Pavlik's defenses, KO, KO, KO.
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Originally posted by Kball15 View PostHis reign has been an enormous dissapointment.
However, there is still PLENTY of time to put the pieces back together, and fighting Martinez and then likely BUTE is definitely a great step in the right direction
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Originally posted by Rosseboi View PostSadly - 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 was thinking the same thing for weeks about Martinez getting robbed.And if Kelly Pavlik was black alot of people would be talking about how he does`nt fight anybody and that he cherry pick his opponents.
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