Former middleweight champion Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik has announced his retirement. The announcement comes as a suprise considering Pavlik was scheduled to fight January 26th against super middleweight champion Andre Ward. The reason for Pavlik's retirement is that he is worried about his long-term health and is no longer motivated to fight. Pavlik has had trouble with alcohol in the past and had been working the past few years to get back to the elite fighting level. He was training with Robert Garcia and looking better each fight. But with what we know now about head trauma, and with Pavlik having been in so many brutal fights over the years, it seems like the smart decision. But with big money offers sure to come his way we still might see Kelly Pavlik in the ring again.
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