Pavlik looking to get back in the ring
September 27th, 2011
By Jason Kim: 29-year-old former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) has reportedly contacted his manager Cameron Dunkin telling him that he wants to get back in the ring as soon as possible to try and restart his stalled boxing career. Pavlik, who recently went through alcohol rehab, hasn’t fought since struggling to a 10 round majority decision win over little known Alfonso Lopez last May.
Pavlik lost his titles last year in a 12 round decision loss to Sergio Martinez in April 2010. He’s talked about moving up to super middleweight (168 lbs) due to his struggles to make the 160 lb limit. However, Pavlik is much better off at middleweight than he is at super middleweight, because there are too many fine athletes at that weight and Pavlik, with his plodding style of fighting, will likely have a ton of problems against the faster fighters.
Pavlik blew a perfect opportunity a couple of months ago when he turned down $50,000 to fight 2nd tier fighter Darryl Cunningham in Pavlik’s home city of Youngstown, Ohio. This was a fight setup for Pavlik’s proposed match-up with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, which would have taken place in November 2011 and payed Pavlik $1.35 million. Pavlik felt that wasn’t enough money for him, so he walked away from both fights.
Pavlik has now had a change of tune, saying this to his manager Dunkin “I will fight for $10,000. It’s not about money. I really want to do this.”
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I’m hopen’ “The Ghost,” gets back to SCAREN’ the hell out of guys in HIS way!!
loose lowe and you’ll be a winner
Pavlik is a wste of a man a disgrace to himself and to boxing. Pavlik deserves nothing but hatred and scorn. drink to that!!
cameron Drunk says Pavlik is back into drink.
what happend to pavlic? was on track to get to the top if i can remember, then hopkins schooled him it was embarrasing, then nothing?
keep walking …. johnnie walker
Tough crowd. C’mon on folks… Pavlik has given us some memorable moments. Give him a break. I do think he needs to first knock some rust off and get a couple wins under his belt, but I’d love to see him fight Bute. That would/should be a great match.
give him another drink!!
mexi- can retard hater.rubio got knocked out.get over it.bute wont last 12 rounds with pavlik.it is a good match up for him.
Let him come back, “fight for peanuts”, and knocked out so boxing can be done with him!
I used to like the Ghost Pav alot! but now any comeback fight wouldnt really have any relevance unless he just looked so so so good in it that he could fight Bute or Ward froch winner immediately after….Peace..
what a joke Pavlik is. cancels a fight gets a few more tattoos to make himself more disgusting and now wants to fight again. pavlik is a disgrace to himself and to boxing. this drunk will never fight again or be meaningful his career is over. good bye drunk.