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Post by Paul Magno on Oct 21, 2009 14:47:39 GMT -5
Pavlik still can't get his act together and wants to push back the date of the Williams fight again to late January in order to recover from his "hurt hand."
I bet Williams regrets the day he ever got involved with Pavlik.
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Post by smoothstyle1 on Oct 21, 2009 15:20:24 GMT -5
So, what's next for Williams?
Step into the Super 6 to replace Taylor?
If so, I'd make him the instant favorite, even though he's never fought a single fight at 168.
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Post by mecky1888 on Oct 21, 2009 17:39:19 GMT -5
smoothstyle1 is bang on get taylor out and put williams in as for pavlik wait till your healed before announcing fights its getting boring maybe hes still on the sause
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Post by ramrod666 on Oct 21, 2009 19:53:40 GMT -5
What the crap?! I think maybe he does have a drinking problem. Maybe he has had to put too much time into his restaraunt/bar. All I hear on the radio here is ,"Come to Kelly Pavlik's 13th Round with three floors of dining and drink. formerly The Cellar in Struthers OH". Kelly has really put his career in jeopardy with this long lay-off. I don't think that Paul Williams has the patience to wait until Jan 20th 2010.
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Post by ramrod666 on Oct 21, 2009 19:54:39 GMT -5
Is Taylor out of the super 6?
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Post by boriblaze1 on Oct 21, 2009 19:58:18 GMT -5
Pavlik should retire because from what I thought there was so cure for this flesh eating bacteria virus. Staff Infection has sidelined many football careers and has forced some into early retirement.
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Post by Damon on Oct 21, 2009 20:10:14 GMT -5
Is Taylor out of the super 6? I think that's still up in the air. Along with one of Taylor's eyebrows, having been blown off his face by that Abraham right hand. Maybe he has had to put too much time into his restaraunt/bar. All I hear on the radio here is ,"Come to Kelly Pavlik's 13th Round with three floors of dining and drink. formerly The Cellar in Struthers OH" Three floors of dining and drink? We should go over there some time.
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Post by Paul Magno on Oct 21, 2009 20:13:54 GMT -5
Three floors of dining and drink? We should go over there some time. I sure hope Kelly puts all his big, beautiful ladies on the lower floor...hate to see Pavlik out 'til 2011...
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Post by MackBundlez on Oct 21, 2009 20:38:38 GMT -5
Pavlik is killin his career by the minute...
I'm pretty sure The Punisher doesn't have the patience 2 wait... From what I remember, he's been tryna stay as busy as possible...
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Post by miles on Oct 21, 2009 21:37:53 GMT -5
pavlicks a local gut round heere he was at the opening of a kids funzone my boss was at and my boss had pics. pavlicks hand wasnt in a cast in the pictures but it was still wrapped up good- so its possible hes not a lush he just cant start training-possible(hiccup)
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Post by Paul Magno on Oct 22, 2009 3:20:26 GMT -5
Rumors are that Sergio Martinez will step in for Pavlik on December 5th...I'd rather see Kelly, but Martinez is a solid replacement...
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Post by daika on Oct 25, 2009 5:42:58 GMT -5
Just read how Kelly came close to death due to a bad reaction to medication for the infection. So lets give the guy a break
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Post by Paul Magno on Oct 25, 2009 11:43:21 GMT -5
Just read how Kelly came close to death due to a bad reaction to medication for the infection. So lets give the guy a break Reports are that, in the time Pavlik's had off, he's had several public appearances, opened a bar/nightclub and was digging the hole for his own pool...Incredible, for a dying man!
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Post by fullarmor613 on Oct 26, 2009 19:58:18 GMT -5
Staph infection postpones Dec. 5 Pavlik-Williams boutE-mailiPodPrintShareThisPublished: Thursday, October 22, 2009 The infection which has plagued the middleweight champ for eight months has left him unable to make a fist.
By RICK ROUAN
VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER
YOUNGSTOWN— When Jack Loew asked Kelly Pavlik to make a fist with his left hand Wednesday morning, the middleweight champion’s index finger didn’t bend to his palm.
Loew gave his fighter the bad news: his Dec. 5 title defense against Paul Williams in Atlantic City had to be canceled.
“He took it all in stride. He was a little upset, but I think he knows I’m making the best move for him,” said Loew, Pavlik’s trainer, during a Wednesday afternoon press conference at Southside Boxing Club, where Pavlik trains.
Recovery from the staph infection that has plagued the fighter for eight months has left him unable to make a fist. Pavlik had two surgeries on the hand this summer.
The fight was originally scheduled for October but had to be pushed back to Dec. 5 as Pavlik rehabilitated the left index finger where he developed the staph infection.
Top Rank Boxing, Pavlik’s promotion company, asked HBO to move the card back two weeks to Dec. 19 but “the date is unavailable,” said Lee Samuels, a Top Rank spokesman.
“We talked to Dan Goosen [Wednesday]. It looks like [Williams] will likely get that HBO date and fight another opponent. He’s not waiting,” Samuels said.
Samuels said the Pavlik-Williams fight is not rescheduled and that Top Rank does not have an HBO date for the rest of 2009.
“Before he goes back into the ring we’re going to get assurances from him and his family that he’s ready to fight,” Samuels said.
Loew said a Cleveland Clinic doctor attributed the slow recovery to an allergic reaction Pavlik had to antibiotics in September. The reaction put Pavlik in the hospital for five days.
“I’m not a doctor. I don’t know the medical reasons why it’s not bending,” he said.
The staph infection is gone from Pavlik’s hand, Loew said, and doctors have told Team Pavlik that the fighter could be able to make a fist at any moment.
Pavlik was at the Cleveland Clinic on Wednesday with HBO cameras, Loew said, and he did not attend the press conference. He said that Pavlik might have his own press conference on Friday. Pavlik did not return a phone call seeking comment.
“It wasn’t Kelly’s decision [to postpone the fight]. It was my decision,” he said.
Since he began training for the title defense, Pavlik has been running, lifting and hitting bags with only one hand, Loew said.
But hitting with one hand is not enough to prepare for Williams, he said.
By canceling the fight, Pavlik is missing out on a $3 million pay day, Loew said.
Samuels said that Pavlik can still rebound though, citing Vitali Klitschko, a heavyweight who retired from boxing in 2005 because of mounting injuries but returned in 2008 to regain his title and millions of dollars to boot.
“I’ve seen fighters off for a year, year and a half,” Samuels said. “It’s a patient business.”
Pavlik’s trainer has maintained that the middleweight champion will not fight until he’s healthy.
“I promised myself and I promised everybody I won’t put an unhealthy fighter in there,” Loew said.
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