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Originally Posted by Diomedes
I don't know if I'd go that far, although I'm sure it plays a part in the amount of media exposure he gets.
People believe he's a great fighter because he KO'd Edision Miranda and Jermain Taylor and is now the middleweight champ.
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Pavlik got absolutely no national media exposure until he had what, 30 fights or so? Plenty of non white fighters have been on HBO getting title shots in the limelight much before that.
Knocking out Miranda and beating Taylor 2x is a good start, but to answer the threadstarters question, I don't think he'll ever be the top P4P fighter. He's just not talented enough IMO. I think he can crack the top 5, maybe.
And if beating Calzaghe will place him near the top in people's minds, I absolutely think it's an attainable goal.