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Kelly Pavlik (official thread)

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The Irish Times - Thursday, October 28, 2010
Pavlik now fighting to reclaim his future
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GEORGE KIMBALL

AMERICA AT LARGE : To prepare for the November 13th fight, Pavlik did what a few years ago would not only have seemed unnecessary, but unthinkable. He got out of Youngstown.

JUST TWO years ago Kelly Pavlik seemed to embody the future of boxing.

Now, at 28, he finds himself struggling to prove he doesn?t represent its past.

The history of boxing is so cyclical in nature you can almost take some things on faith. Among these constants is that the guy who seemed a breath of fresh air when he burst onto the scene will, often as not, quickly become stale. Boxers are, after all, groomed to win in the ring, but few of them are equipped to handle the trappings of fame accruing to overnight success.

When Pavlik emerged from comparative obscurity to capture the world middleweight title, administering back-to-back wins over previously undefeated Jermain Taylor, he seemed more cognisant than most of the potential pitfalls awaiting him.

?I?m not going to let it go to my head,? he promised.

?I?m going to be the same guy I?ve always been.?
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awesome article that talks about Pavlik's recent trips to rehab and what got him there...also plans to fight on the Paquio-Mosley undercard on May 7th...i for one dont think Pavlik is done...hes still young and has alot of talent...i just think he had a problem with alcohol and like his trainer said, it was effecting his boxing...i hope he can get his shit together outside of the ring because its effecting his shit in the ring

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...02/16/kelly.pavlik.rehab/index.html?eref=sihp
Pavlik reflects on battles with alcoholism, looks ahead to future


YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Are you an alcoholic?
The question lingers with Kelly Pavlik. And then lingers some more. Am I? Pavlik knew he liked beer. Beer with football. Beer with darts. Beer with his buddies who were just looking to blow off some steam. But an alcoholic?
"Well ..." Pavlik said, his voice trailing off.
Liking beer wasn't a disease, was it? The 28-year-old knew hundreds of people who liked beer as much as he did. Hell, if he was an alcoholic, so were most of the people in Youngstown. They drank just as much as he did.
Or did they? Maybe Pavlik didn't realize just how much beer he was drinking, didn't notice how three or four beers was suddenly becoming 10 or 12. Maybe he didn't realize the full effect his drinking was having on his family. Didn't realize how hard it was on his wife, Samantha, to not know if or when her husband was coming home at night. Or that his father, Mike, would unplug the phone before he went to bed so he could sleep without fear of getting that middle-of-the-night phone call telling him something happened to his son.
Maybe he didn't realize any of that then. But he does now. After two emotional, gut wrenching interventions and two stints in rehab, Pavlik has accepted certain truths.
"If you go by the program's definition, then yes," Pavlik said. "I am an alcoholic."
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The big-screen monitor here at work is showing the college world series on ESPN, and a graphic just flashed that a match betwenn Pavlik and a boxer whose name I didn't see in time is coming up after the game.
 
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ESPN

Kelly Pavlik announces retirement


Updated: January 19, 2013, 3:42 PM ET
By Dan Rafael | ESPN.com



NEW YORK -- Former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, saying that he is concerned about the long-term medical impact of continuing to fight and no longer motivated, told ESPN.com on Saturday that he is retiring from boxing.
"When you stay in the sport too long you have health problems. That's a big, big thing for me," Pavlik said. "I'm not talking about now. I'm talking about in the future. I'm talking about when I'm 55 or 60. What's gonna happen to me then? Why take any more chances, especially in that sport. It's a brutal sport and you never know what can happen.
"I won the world title, I defended my title, I was champ for three years and I made good money. Why take the chance of medical problems? That's a big part of it. I also don't think the drive is there anymore. I'm moving on to a new chapter in my life."
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Congrats to KP on a great career. I'm glad he was able to retire on his own terms. Can't say I'm surprised much by his decision, mainly because Kelly has always seemed grounded and sensible in a sports world full of prima donnas. Too many times, in a sport like Boxing, you know the fighter is looking to just get paid one last time and really has no business stepping in the ring. Kudos to your decision, Champ.
 
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