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Pavlik vs. Williams: TKO’d By "Staph Infection"

October 22, 2009 by Paul Magno Leave a Comment

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The oft-postponed Kelly Pavlik-Paul Williams Middleweight title bout on December 5th is now officially off…probably for good.

The official story is that Pavlik’s staph infection in a finger on his left hand continues to be an issue and is stopping him from being able to train properly.

With Pavlik out, Top Rank is also likely to pull Joshua Clottey from the HBO undercard bout where he was set to face Carlos Quintana.

Unless an unlikely Williams-Clottey bout can be pieced together on short notice, HBO will have to scramble for a suitable opponent for Williams and a solid preliminary bout.

When Pavlik finally does return, he will find himself with literally nobody to fight in his division and will be treated as a toxic property by most management teams for his recent problems.

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Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.

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