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Pavlik reports threat from man accused in beating
The world champion boxer said he filed the police report out of concern for his family.
Staff Report
BOARDMAN — Fearing for the safety of his fianc e and daughter, Kelly Pavlik told police Monday about alleged threats by a former associate.
The Mahoning Valley middleweight boxing champion filed a police report saying that some of his associates informed him that former co-manager Anthony Scandy of Poland had threatened that he would “get Kelly” before the man goes to jail.
“I basically did it because of my daughter,” Pavlik, 26, told The Vindicator of why he filed the report. “I could have filed a restraining order, but I haven’t done anything like that.”
Pavlik indicated that he filed the report so that people would be aware of the threats. He hasn’t heard any of the threats personally.
Pavlik told police that Scandy, who believes that Pavlik owes him more money from their contract, sued him.
“It’s all secondhand and hearsay,” Pavlik said. “I can’t say much more than that for legal reasons. He probably did it because he knows he ain’t got a chance” in his lawsuit.
The boxer indicated that he didn’t want a lot of attention regarding the issue. “I don’t want this to get too pumped up,” Pavlik said.
Scandy, 38, of Calla Road, Poland, couldn’t be reached.
Scandy was arraigned Tuesday in Campbell Municipal Court in the June 24 beating of Seth Leach, 32, of Austintown.
The boxer told police that Scandy told one man that he was going to shoot Pavlik in both of his hands so that he can’t fight anymore.
Pavlik said he is apprehensive and believes the suspect is capable of carrying out his threats.
Scandy, charged with kidnapping, aggravated burglary and felonious assault in the Campbell case, was freed on $2,500 cash bond. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 5.
He is one of seven men facing the same charges as a result of the episode, in which the victim was bound hand and feet with duct tape and beaten and kicked. The assault occurred at 342 Blossom Ave., Campbell.
Leach spent several days in St. Elizabeth Health Center recovering from injuries that include a jaw broken in two places, cuts on his face and around his eyes, and bruises on the rest of his body.
Last year, Pavlik filed a lawsuit in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court against Scandy. The suit is still pending with a trial date set for January.
Pavlik said Tuesday that he hasn’t spoken to Scandy since filing the lawsuit and has no idea why he would be making threats now.
In the 2007 civil suit, Pavlik asked the court to uphold the three-year contract among him, Scandy and another manager that expired May 12, 2007, and to prevent Scandy “from bringing any action against Pavlik for any claimed obligations” beyond that date.
No charges have been filed from Pavlik’s allegation of menacing, but police are investigating.
In 2005, Scandy stipulated to a probation violation in Mahoning County Court in Austintown and was ordered to spend 20 days under house arrest, court records show. That probation violation stemmed from a 2003 assault of which he was convicted and ordered to spend 10 days in the Mahoning County jail and given probation, according to court records.
Last year in Mahoning County Court in Boardman, Scandy pleaded guilty to and was convicted of domestic violence. He was ordered to pay $165 in fines and court costs.