WHO YOU LIKE?™ Floyd “Money” Mayweather vs “Vicious” Victor Ortiz + Amir Khan vs Zab Judah. Pre-fight coverage from NYC featuring Gotham boxing fans, Dan Goossen (Goossen Tutor Promotions), Erislandy Lara (W15 L1 D1), and Paul Williams.

Kelly Pavlik: The Worst-Managed Career In Boxing? » You may have read that the Oct. 3 Kelly Pavlik-Paul Williams middleweight championship fight has been postponed, but it’s very possible the fight won’t happen at all now. Why? Because Pavlik and/or his team have made a series of boneheaded mistakes, which follows a trail of goofiness that has marked his career since last summer…. Tim Starks, queensberry-rules.com

Gateway To Autumn Begins With Diaz-Malignaggi » A wonderful fall is almost upon us. We’ve been enduring the worst of the “new normal” for about a year now. The corporate cynicism — low sales, high layoffs and “met” earnings — the political instability, currencies that defy supply and demand, and an increasingly unemployed populace unmoored from reasonableness. Now boxing fans get a little compensation… Bart Barry, www.cbssports.com

Boxer Vs. Mixed Martial Artist: It Will Never Work » Boxing, the sweet science; a historic, moving, influential sport that has earned the love of generations of fight fans.  Boxing brought us the Greatest, Sugar Ray, Marciano, The Pac Man.  Boxing is an ageless gem, for which there is no equal. • Boxing fans have witnessed amazing history.  Those fans are highly knowledgeable and well seasoned. • While it may hold no equal, boxing does hold a modern day rival that has been forged in the spirit of what boxing is, meaning prize fighting… Todd Jackson, insidefights.com. 

Years Later, Rectifying Boxers’ Grave Injustices » BALA CYNWYD, Pa.— Hidden in a hilly corner of Merion Memorial Park, just outside the city limits of Philadelphia, are the gravestones of Beatrice Tate (born 3/14/20, died 5/6/99) and Nellie J. Garrett (1929-2001). • The cemetery is filled with mothers, fathers, sons and daughters – everyday people with names nobody knows except the family they left behind. • Between Beatrice Tate and Nellie Garrett, though, is a name whose mention will give pause to any boxing fan and bring a smile to any Philly fight fan. • “Gypsy Joe Harris – 1945-1990”… Thom Loverro, washingtontimes.com

Pavlik To Prepare For Tough Defense » YOUNGSTOWN — Kelly Pavlik’s first middleweight title defense was a mismatch. His latest one is expected to be a classic. • “But I don’t know how he’ll react when he’s in there against a legitimate, big-punching middleweight. He’s never fought that caliber of fighter, while we’ve fought much bigger people than Paul Williams.” —Pavlik’s trainer, Jack Loew… JOE SCALZO, www.vindy.com

How Would Calzaghe Fare Against The Super Six? » TYPICAL isn’t it? The super middleweight division has been arguably boxing’s weakest over the past decade, even when Joe Calzaghe was in his pomp. • For years, and even now, the Welshman was pilloried for not fighting the best guys out there. • But I say to you all. What guys?… Martin Williams, www.dailypost.co.uk

Photos: Harris by Jerry Lodriguss; Pavlik by Al Bello/Getty Images