BOXING

BOXING
KELLY PAVLIK FANUPSET AT COVERAGE
FANFARE:
I'M ANNOYED AT THE PRESS YOU GIVE KELLY PAVLIK.
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING HIS CAREER WITH SOME DIFFICULTY BECAUSE HIS FIGHTS ARE NOT WELL COVERED BY THIS PAPER, LOCAL RADIO OR TV. HE'S DEVELOPED INTO A WORLD CLASS BOXER WHO REFLECTS WELL ON YOUNGSTOWN, AND YOU SHOULD BE TELLING YOUR READERS ABOUT IT.
ABOUT A YEAR AGO HE MADE AN APPEARANCE AT A LOCAL BOXING TOURNAMENT THE DAY AFTER WINNING A BIG FIGHT IN TEXAS. HE WAS A BIG HIT WITH THE FANS, AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT HE SPENT MUCH TIME TALKING WITH THE YOUNGSTERS. HE CAME ACROSS AS A TRULY NICE, HUMBLE KID. HIS FIGHT IN TEXAS WAS BARELY MENTIONED IN THE BACK OF YOUR SPORTS SECTION.
HIS LAST FIGHT IN LAS VEGAS, WHICH WAS TELEVISED, WAS ONE OF THE BEST FIGHTS I'VE EVER SEEN. HE GOT KNOCKED DOWN IN THE FIRST ROUND, THEN GOT UP, KEPT HIS COMPOSURE AND WENT ON TO WIN A VERY DIFFICULT FIGHT. BOTH FIGHTERS WERE COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED AT THE END. HE SHOWED THE WORLD THAT HE NOT ONLY WAS A HEAVY HITTER, BUT THAT HE COULD TAKE A PUNCH, AND HAS THE HEART OF A CHAMPION. IN AN INTERVIEW AFTER THE FIGHT HE SAID HELLO TO HIS GRANDMOTHER AND HIS FANS IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.
BUT WHEN HE GOT INTO A LITTLE TROUBLE AT A NIGHTCLUB HIS PICTURE WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE VINDICATOR. WHY DON'T YOU PUT HIS PICTURE ON THE FRONT PAGE WHEN HE FIGHTS AND DOWNPLAY HIS SLIP-UPS?
I'M NOT RELATED TO KELLY; I DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM PERSONALLY. BUT I DO KNOW HE HAS THOUSANDS OF FANS IN YOUNGSTOWN WHO WOULD APPRECIATE BETTER COVERAGE OF HIS FIGHTS. I'M ALSO WILLING TO BET THAT HE'S A GOOD KID. HE DESERVES MUCH BETTER TREATMENT FROM THE LOCAL PRESS.
DAN COYNE
BOARDMAN