By Peter Wells: I’m not going to turn obsessed with criticizing Kelly, I just want to make this one point, this is one of those fighters who is ruining boxing. After all the hand problems that Kelly Pavlik has had, he is suddenly ok to fight, in my view, a worthless fight against Miguel Angel Espino, instead of calling off his December 5th bout with the feared Paul Williams. Well he’s only fighting 2 weeks later, he needs to fight someone good, he beats Taylor twice, and he’s one of the best fighters in the world. If he’d versed Winky Wright last year he would have lost, because even Winky nearly beat Jermaine.

I wouldn’t be bothered if he’d arranged this fight next year but he’s fighting the same month he would have fought Williams. He could easily have got the fight back on with Paul, and I’m sure Sergio Martinez, Williams’ next opponent would have stepped aside. I don’t hate any boxer no matter where their from, but I can’t stand fighters that do this and expect to be respected. Bernard Hopkins could have knocked him out, and he looked poor against Marco Antonio Rubio. It could be like when David Haye pulled out of fighting Wladimir Klitschko, and then fought someone else a few weeks later. Now if David Haye did that he would have loads of complaints, (especially from Mr.Gilfoid).

Pavlik needs to fight Paul Williams next year, for sheer respect, he has to fight him no excuses, and then we would see how much of a waster Kelly Pavlik is.