Reports from the AP Dave Skretta shows that the champion Kelly Pavlik heart rate skyrocketed to 150 beats per minute as his temperature went over 104.

 

An allergic reaction to medication nearly KO'd the champ for good as he tried to fight off what began as a staph infection after a bout with Marco Antonio Rubio.  Click for More.

“I’m not a medical man but he was really close to the edge that day,” Mike Pavlik said.

He says the infection began in his knuckle as it split open where bacteria formed, “I was ready to say right there, chop the hand off,” Pavlik said.

Many fight fans have wondered how could a fight be off two times?  The multiple surgeries in the hand of Pavlik was so bad, he ultimately was not able to close his hand and make a fist.  The fight in December with Paul Williams was declared off. 

Many wondered if this meant he was scared of Williams or holding out for more money.  On the contrary, Pavlik said this is definitely not the case.  “There’s nothing you can do about it.  I’ll sleep, eat well at night. I know the truth. But my dad, the guys in camp who now what’s going on, it’s hard on them. 

"I want to fight, and people question because I’ve been inactive, but there’s goals I want to accomplish.  It does feel like wasted time, where I could be out accomplishing a lot. And one big fight could sum up that big accomplishment.”

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