Manager keeping refocused Kelly Pavlik away from Youngstown, out of the limelight - Boxing - Yahoo! Sports
"Cameron Dunkin saw in Kelly Pavlik a long, lean guy who did not appear all that athletic but was knocking opponents senseless. Nothing sells in boxing like a knockout puncher, and Dunkin knew almost immediately he was looking at a star in the making."
Kelly has been on a downhill slide including losing his tile and taking a humiliating beating at the hands of the old man, Bernard Hopkins. How much of his decline is due to alcohol? He spent time in rehabilitation for alcohol abuse and was the subject of many rumors about his drinking problem prior to that open admission of problems.
Comebacks are not easy in boxing and battling alcohol at the same time means Kelly has a difficult road ahead of him. Anyone brave enough to climb into a boxing ring should have plenty of heart to bring to bear on his drinking problem. He should take it easy and not be in too big a hurry to be back on top. Gain his strength back and erase the Hopkins fight from his mind with a few wins before seeking another title. It is up to his managers to take care of their fighter and to guard his health and not put him in too hard for a few fights.
Watching the amount of time needed to recover from concussions in professional hockey, it would be good for boxing officials to take a lessons and do what Teddy Atlas advocates for injured fighters - take better care of them! Just ask Freddy Roach about staying around too long in the hurting game of boxing. Should a body over seeing the sport create rules to protect fighters from themselves and their managers and take the license of a fighter who is seen to have taken too much punishment?
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"Cameron Dunkin saw in Kelly Pavlik a long, lean guy who did not appear all that athletic but was knocking opponents senseless. Nothing sells in boxing like a knockout puncher, and Dunkin knew almost immediately he was looking at a star in the making."
Kelly has been on a downhill slide including losing his tile and taking a humiliating beating at the hands of the old man, Bernard Hopkins. How much of his decline is due to alcohol? He spent time in rehabilitation for alcohol abuse and was the subject of many rumors about his drinking problem prior to that open admission of problems.
Comebacks are not easy in boxing and battling alcohol at the same time means Kelly has a difficult road ahead of him. Anyone brave enough to climb into a boxing ring should have plenty of heart to bring to bear on his drinking problem. He should take it easy and not be in too big a hurry to be back on top. Gain his strength back and erase the Hopkins fight from his mind with a few wins before seeking another title. It is up to his managers to take care of their fighter and to guard his health and not put him in too hard for a few fights.
Watching the amount of time needed to recover from concussions in professional hockey, it would be good for boxing officials to take a lessons and do what Teddy Atlas advocates for injured fighters - take better care of them! Just ask Freddy Roach about staying around too long in the hurting game of boxing. Should a body over seeing the sport create rules to protect fighters from themselves and their managers and take the license of a fighter who is seen to have taken too much punishment?
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