Bob Arum quote on Winky Wright ducking Kelly Pavlik

[xzibit]

"I like Kelly," said Arum from his offices in Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon. "I think Kelly, with a little fine tuning and training, can take any middleweight in the world. We're going to start moving him next year."

But that doesn't necessarily mean taking on the winner of the Jermain Taylor-Bernard Hopkins rematch in early December.

"The titles are going to be fragmented," said Arum.

And he's correct, since the IBF title was abdicated by Taylor just recently.

"Kelly is right up there so he'll fight for one of the titles. I would put him in tomorrow with a Kingsley Ikeke or Sam Soliman. And we offered to fight Winky Wright, which was turned down."


Very, Very Interesting. Like I said Kelly is too dangerous and the top middleweights want nothing to do with him.

[oldgringo]

Pavlik has a lot to offer and he has a pretty well rounded offensive arsenal. From what I've seen and read on him he's a very solid fighter who would be dangerous to any fighter in the middleweight division.

High risk/low reward though.

[ShowStopper]

Pavlik has a lot to offer and he has a pretty well rounded offensive arsenal. From what I've seen and read on him he's a very solid fighter who would be dangerous to any fighter in the middleweight division.

High risk/low reward though.

You are right on that one.
And I see why Wright turned down Pavlik fight.
Winky is looking for big fights now, something he well deserved.

[oldgringo]

You are right on that one.
And I see why Wright turned down Pavlik fight.
Winky is looking for big fights now, something he well deserved.

I'm still trying to get my hands on the Zuniga fight, seeing as how that was really Kelly's first big step up in opponents.

I read that it was a damned good fight.

[ShowStopper]

I'm still trying to get my hands on the Zuniga fight, seeing as how that was really Kelly's first big step up in opponents.

I read that it was a damned good fight.

Me too. Heard Kelly got viciously kd'ed but survived and won that fight. Everybody who saw that acclaimed it was very good.

[xzibit]

ShowStopper, Pavlik was not viciously knocked down, it was a clean shot but Pavlik amiled and got up immediately. So if I understand your comments, it is OK for Winky to duck Pavlik because it is High Rosk/Low Reward?? Winky claims to be the best but is ducking another fighter?? That makes no sense to me. If you feel you are the best then fight any comers, you can not be the best and duck anyone.

The Pavlik/Zuniga fight was great, Zuniga is a game fighter with an unbelievable heart. He took some nasty shots from Pavlik that would have put most other middleweights down. Again I say this is why the top middleweights are staying far away from Pavlik and his defense is pretty solid. He took some punches from Zuniga but he is a very unorthodox boxer that came from weird angles.