Pavlik vs. Mora is postponed. JuanMa new main event. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4153157 Updated: May 8, 2009, 7:41 PM ET Pavlik's stap infection postpones fight By Dan Rafael ESPN.com Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has a nagging staph infection on one of his hands, which forced his June 27 title defense against former junior middleweight titlist Sergio Mora to be postponed on Friday. The bout, which has been set since March, was originally scheduled to be announced Saturday in Las Vegas on the morning of the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton bout but moved back until Tuesday in New York to allow Pavlik time to see his doctor. Pavlik made that visit Friday and was told he shouldn't fight, Top Rank president Todd duBoef told ESPN.com. "He had an infection and it hasn't healed yet," duBoef said. "He went in today. [Manager] Cameron [Dunkin] called Bob [Arum] and said Kelly wouldn't be ready to fight and that was it." The bout was supposed to take place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., and headline a Top Rank pay-per-view show. Although Pavlik, who had stitches in his hand, is out of the fight, the show will go on, duBoef said. Top Rank's plan is to move the card out of the cavernous Boardwalk Hall, where Pavlik has drawn big crowds, into the smaller 4,000-seat arena upstairs at Boardwalk Hall or move the show to the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Junior featherweight titlist Juan Manuel Lopez (25-0, 23 KOs), coming off a ninth-round destruction of Gerry Penalosa two weeks ago, will move into the main event and defend his title against an opponent to be named. "We'll try to reschedule the Pavlik fight, maybe for September," duBoef said. "But we're still going June 27. We'll keep the show together and keep it on the East Coast. We'll lower the price of the pay-per-view to $39.95 and go with 'Juanma' in the main event. We'll make it one of our 'Latin Fury' cards." The other bouts slated for the card remain intact. Fernando Montiel will defend his bantamweight title against former flyweight titlist Eric Morel and junior welterweight rising prospect is expected to meet former titleholder Paulie Malignaggi. Junior middleweight prospect Vanes Martirosyan, a 2004 U.S. Olympian, may also appear on the card against Andrey Tsurkan as well as featherweight contender Mario Santiago. "We were booked to go to New York on Monday for the Tuesday press conference, so this is a surprise to us," said Tournament of Contenders promoter Jeff Wald, who promotes Mora. "Sergio is taking it hard. We're all disappointed." Wald said he'd like to get Mora a stay-busy fight this summer before rescheduling the bout. "We're going to talk about it Monday or Tuesday," Wald said. "I'd love for him to have an interim fight just to stay busy. He's already been in training for two weeks." Pavlik (35-1, 31 KOs) is coming off a dominant ninth-round knockout of Marco Antonio Rubio in his second title defense on Feb. 21. Mora (21-1-1, 5 KOs), who won the first season of "The Contender" reality series, hasn't fought since September, when he lost a unanimous decision and his junior middleweight title to Vernon Forrest in their rematch.
GREAT News... This Particular Fight Should've NEVER Been ON N the 1st Place & Hopefully it DOESN'T Get Rescheduled...Pavlik's REALLY Gotta Step it UP...Just Make the Fuckin' Abraham Fight Already.... REED:hammert:
You can thank him more...if Mora has an interim fight in between and ends up losing...ray:...this shit could end up being like Tarver vs. Dawson II postponed...
Rumours have it Abraham will not make his IBF mandatory against Lorenzo. He´ll drop his IBF belt, take an interim fight at 168 before coming to America in November, hopefully to fight Pavlik.
We shall see, folks. Do not look for Kelly-Abraham anytime soon in 2009 is all I can say, and you can take that to the bank. Kelly will defeat Mora, and he will fight next vs. someone that will be a surprise to many in the fight racket, but I am not telling whom. Karl
Chris Henry? Juan Diaz? Ray Mancini? Hector Camacho Sr.? Hector Camacho Jr.? Ike Ibeabuchi? Mickey Rourke? Tony Danza? Stinger Karl?
You are not even close, bro. COLD.....FREEZING AS A MATTER OF FACT! If posters behave themselves and not act like assholes here and act like grown men on a message board, I can tell you later yes, no problem. On the other hand: if there appear to be a few shit typing cowards that come up with what they think are cute remarks..you and everyone else here (save for a few insiders) are going to be left in the dark. KH
apparently Smegman the All knowing plans to use his insider information as leverage to blackmail fightbeat into sipping the act right potion
