Kelly pavlik

I might have missed another thread on this but his surprise retirement seems to have gone under the radar. How do you rate Kelly and what do you think of his retirement?

He announced it on postponement of the Ward fight. I think it was covered as it must be over a month ago. Good decision if he can stay off the beer. He was never effectual above middleweight and it killed him to get down there. If your heart is not in it, no point getting in the ring to get punched in the head by a top 3 P4P fighter.

I think during his time at Middle he would have beaten the German guys (Abraham, Sturm and Stieglitz). They had the style that suited him...

Great jab, good dig, good chin, the basics were there and he used them. But his defense was a little lacklusture and was alwasy going to be beat by someone who didn't fight in lines - he was a lateral movers dream to fight.

Like Jimdig has pointed out, his body let him down. Too big for Middle, not enough power or speed for Super Middle.

Not sure how much Hopkins took out of him, I honestly don't think his mind was there prior to the fight anyway. Wish him the best in retirement, got out when he wanted.

https://www.606v2.com/t39626-kelly-pavlik-retires?highlight=Kelly+Pavlik+retires

Was sure I'd posted this but with the amount of threads we have on here it was like 80 pages in

If he can stay off the booze then great, I'd like to see him going in to training personally. Would be a great way for him to stop getting bored.

Good time to retire. This is a health risk sport, and Pavlik was not a force at SM at all. All he would have got from a step up in class there was a beating from Ward, Kessler or Froch, so I am glad he retired with his facilties in tact and some $ in the bank. Always liked Kelly. And he has that great and dramatic 1st win over Taylor to think about. All the best to the Ghost!

You think Bute should retire???

I think during his time at Middle he would have beaten the German guys (Abraham, Sturm and Stieglitz). They had the style that suited him...

On the old 606, one of the first articles I wrote was about how good a possible Pavlik Abraham fight might be.

Got a dog's abuse for it

Kelly will be back