WTF, Why Is Arum Letting Pavlik Fight Bute?

[Perfect Plex]

Pavlik looked terrible his last fight against the unheard Lopez. He was getting hit far to much and seemed extremly slow. Bute would pick him apart, to quick, to accurate, and to prime for Kelly.

This is a pure style nightmare for Pavlik imo. A slick southpaw with hand speed who can pop.

I dout he beats Bute in his prime, but now he's expected to past prime?

Kelly never really deals with speed well, even when in his prime. Can't belive Arum is letting Pavlik take this fight.

Pavlik needs to target fights with the likes of Arthur Abraham, Glen Johnson, Librado Andrade, Sakio Bika.

NOT Lucian Bute!

[jri9d0]

With all due respect for the same reason he is matching up Cotto/Margarito, besides the obvious money in the rematch he knows neither will ever be elite again thus cash out!

[Boxingtech718v2]

One last pay day for Pavlick I guess.

[niceguy45]

wao pavlik is done for sure

[El Jesus]

Pavlik was hardly bankable when he was popular and at this point he doesnt have a leg to stand on career wise, that paul williams fight did his career in along with the hopkins fight.

[*Boss*]

Lucian Bute destroys Pavlik.

[Bushbaby]

IMO Pavlik's resume is better than Bute's.Not saying he'll win but lets not act like he shouldn't be able to share the ring with Bute.

[THe TRiNiTY]

Simple reasons, really.

1. Pavlik's time is almost up. Why not let Arum and Pavlik make as much money as possible before someone who brings less to the table sends Pavlik off into the sunset? In truth, I think both Pavlik AND Arum have an understanding of this.

2. Bute has been hit and didn't look GREAT in his last fight either. Fine performance, but nothing special. Bute was hittable. Pavlik can hit. There's always that chance.

3. Pavlik was BARELY getting a name for himself when he was beaten by Hopkins. Then, when Martinez beat him, it all but erupted his star. Now, he needs to either be shot right back into the scene with a big win or essentially fade out completely and seem like a washed-up has-been. Whether or he's already there is to be seen, I suppose.

[Stromprophet]

People on this forum kill me.

I remember back when Pavlik was coming up and then De-throned Jermaine Taylor. This place, Boxingscene....*LOVED* Pavlik.

Hard worker, Journeyman really, from a blue collar town, throwback, and Great White Hope.

Here is what Atlas had to say about Pavlik during last night’s Friday Night Fights telecast: “I was impressed a lot more than a lot of people thought. All I heard was how bad Pavlik looked. I even heard that he was a shot fighter. He had his alcohol problems and came back. I thought he looked great. He moved his head a little bit more, he developed a counter left hook. He had a guy in front of him [Lopez] that wasn’t a world beater but was awkward, a guy that was coming forward. He countered. He didn’t walk into punches. I saw improvement in Pavlik. I really liked what I saw. I think he needs to continue improving. He has a long left hand. He needs to educate it more, hook off it, uppercut off it; let it talk a little bit more. Sometimes when goes defensively, moves his head better, like that but sometimes he handcuffs himself going defensive too long. He needs to go defensive, turn the offense on right away so guys don’t put punches together on him. He can still fit in there. A little bit more development. Let him get one or two more fights under his belt. I like him the other night.”

I trust Atlas technical commentary probably more than any other analyst. If you've ever seen his ESPN prefight, he shows the keys to technical boxing for the fighters before the matches. And it's excellent.

The other thing is the love affair with Sergio has left a "re-written" history on this forum. Seriously, people here are as bad the people trying to "re-write" Bush W legacy......

*Pavlik was winning the fight against Sergio late until his cut completely opened up*. Period. If people here don't see that, they are blind. (Besides the fact that it was on all the scores that way)

People love to talk about how slow Pavlik looked in that fight, etc, etc. What they failed to see was while Sergio won the opening rounds, Sergio got outboxed for about 5 rounds after that until the cut opened up late.

Pavlik adapted to Sergio, kept him on the outside, in his reach, and controlled the fight.

The guy is 29 years old. If Sergio is doing this well at 36, there's no reason to count someone out if they can get it going well.

[Steven Adams]

arum doesnt need the ghost anymore