Pavlik on the outside looking in
Mark E. Ortega
Leave-it-in-the-ring.com
April 1, 2011
It was the middle of July of 2009 and
Kelly Pavlik, despite two fights previously where he was battered by
Bernard Hopkins, was sitting pretty atop the middleweight division as
the unified champion and his sights set on a possible fight with
fellow pound-for-pound ranked fighter Paul Williams.
Around the same time, Showtime
announced their groundbreaking Super Six World Boxing Classic for the
super middleweight division, a shortened round robin style tournament
featuring six of the best 168 pounders in the world.