Comments Thread For: Kelly Pavlik Sounds Off: “I’m Tired of Being a Puppet!”

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

I dont blame him after hearing his side, I disagree with some of his points like him being bigger than Kessler and stuff.
But if they are really doing that 20 hours sign the contract or the fight is off I would had donde the same, Arum is a crook and people knows it, so dont blame it on Pavlik only!!

The contracts are sent to his manager. The promoter deals with the manager, not the fighter. It's manager's job to take of all this.

[skillswin]

damn 20 hours sign the contract or the fight is off??

[richardt]

It's clear this has nothing to do with money. Read between the lines. The guy does NOT have a fighting heart anymore and he even said he does not need the money. He doesn't like the system. The hunger is gone! Stick a fork in him. You don't burn a network on a few days notice....that is career suicide.

[Ray*]

They paid him $2.5 to fight Locket? No wonder is was content on fighting low name fighters.

[odogg8121]

I dont not agree with the way Kelly handled his fight for this weekend, and I dont buy the fact that its all TOP RANK...that being said im sure Top Rank have their shady stuff going on; but lets be real Kelly should have a team in place to make sure everything is handled before he even get into camp...Pac is gettin new people to make sure his stuff is right, while i dont like the way kelly did things, to him he's doing the right thing and i cant fault him for that..

[Ray*]

Imagine getting paid $2.5M to fight the likes of rubio or lockett, I would cherrypick those fights till thy kingdom comes lol...

[marzblkman]

I was ready to slam Pavlik but I totally agree with him save for him thinking that this fight is worth MORE than the $50K. Knowing TOP RANK and their tactics, this doesn't surprise me ONE BIT!!

I agree with him cancelling but don't agree with him and his preparation. You mean they couldn't actually get southpaw sparring partners,lol?? A "righty" turning lefty,lol Now thats BUSH league'esque no doubt.

[ChopperRead]

Boxing is a dirty business, and when a fighter takes matters into his own hands like Pavlik did, the powers that be will do their best to make him look bad. But I have some admiration for his stand here, even if he's a bit delusional. He's saying he's not going to play ball, and that always brings trouble in life. I hope he can handle it.

[Clegg]

His point seems to be 'I was paid a lot in the past, I should be paid a lot now'.

But he's not the fighter he once was in most people's eyes, and he's not the 'name' he was either.

[Medved]

Kelly Pavlik is a big big ******, he thinks people still want to see him fight and that he should make millions.

Oh and those 20,000 people in Montreal will be there to see Bute, not you. You only sold 1000 tickets in your own home town.

It shows that neither you, Bhop and the other dudes you fought arent draws.

You lost your chance you moron, this will be last time you get a HBO/Showtime offer you silly twat. You think theres more than 15 boxers making over 1million to fight? You aint worth 200k a round, you worth 10k a round.

Get real you whitetrash ungratefull POS.

Just because you have a girls name doesnt mean you have to act like a total BIATCH