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Pavlik not letting success cloud the big picture

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

Thursday, February 14, 2008

LAS VEGAS -- Kelly Pavlik has achieved fame and fortune. He won the middleweight world championship in dramatic comeback fashion. Eight years into his pro career, and he is making seven-figure purses now. Yet success does not seem to have gone to his head. "What you see with Kelly is what you get," said Jack Loew, the only trainer Pavlik has ever known. Pavlik is still the same approachable, friendly and down-to-earth guy from hardscrabble Youngstown, Ohio, as he was before rocketing to stardo ...

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