Comments Thread For: Still Plenty of Time For Kelly Pavlik To Get Things Right

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By Thomas Gerbasi - “It was my fault.” Despite all the calls for former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik to dump his team after his April loss to Sergio Martinez, to revamp everything that seemed to be working just fine for his first 34 pro fights, “The Ghost” didn’t make anybody disappear when his record fell to 36-2. He turned the finger on the man in the mirror.

“We got to this point, won the world title, beat (Jermain) Taylor twice, defended it for three years, and there were other things to worry about in that fight, and it wasn’t so much the camp or anybody doing anything wrong,” said Pavlik. “I came into camp heavy at 195 and it was hard to lose that weight. That’s what really made a big difference in that fight.”

When he talks about his 12 round decision loss, one punctuated by a strong attack in the middle rounds that was bookended by early and late surges by Martinez, there are no sour g****s, no what ifs, just a matter of fact acceptance that he lost and that it didn’t help that his training camp was focused more on losing weight than gaining the knowledge to beat the Argentinean. And once he got on site in Atlantic City, things didn’t get any better, as he made the exhausting last ditch effort to make the 160 pound limit. [Click Here To Read More]

[Darkstar]

I believe he can do it but it wont be easy. Everyone acts like Martinez beat him down, it was a very close fight untill he got cut bad. Right by his eye. That would throw anybody off. If he KOs Vera like I think he will, then one more run at a legit title. Bute keeps fighting his left overs, I think Pavlik could TKO him late.

[DARKSEID]

The fact that Pavlik passed up the rematch clause he had against Martinez makes me wonder about him.

A true champion would have come back harder than ever to take back the belt he just lost.

[PRBOXINGCOTTO]

pavlik will be bacck but i dont see him beating martinez hes on top of the world its his time to shine pavlik should win nov 13 then he can fight dawson or pascal or maybe beat bhop this time in a rematch pavlik is a big name n can draw fans he still has time to put his career on the right track

[MARKBNLV]

I believe he can do it but it wont be easy. Everyone acts like Martinez beat him down, it was a very close fight untill he got cut bad. Right by his eye. That would throw anybody off. If he KOs Vera like I think he will, then one more run at a legit title. Bute keeps fighting his left overs, I think Pavlik could TKO him late.

Nice post i totally agree,Kelly was very live in that fight and i had him ahead by a point when he got cut.

[jwrboxer]

Kelly

If Kelly dosent stop drinking its over. Funny but he never says anything about all the booze he drinks. His trainer is also in way over his head. Time to get real Kelly???

[Pin Galarga]

It's ok to be faithful to the ones who 'GOT YOU THERE" but for God's sake, you have to spend a little to make the money. Keep your team, but ADD A NUTRICIONIST to help you with weight issues.
It's not like they are not out there.
There's no excuse for not thinking.

[Silencers]

I think Pavlik's in a tough spot, he might have found it harder to make weight in his last fight because of how much he weighed going into training camp but he was already having trouble making weight when he didn't weigh 190 before camp and your body doesn't get smaller at his age so I think it'll only get tougher for him to make 160, which would force him to move up to 168 and I think he'll be pretty ineffective there, size and strength makes up a big part of his arsenal, those advantages will be gone at 168.

[The Hammer]

I have a feeling Kelly will bounce back and have a very good 2011.

[Cotto 54/10]

Go for it Pavlik.