Rumors are circulating the internet about Youngstown boxing great Kelly Pavlik checking into an alcohol rehabilitation program.
Pavlik and his team denied all rumors. The Ghost did recently see a sports psychologist and according to the middleweight champ that’s how the rumors started.
“None are true,” Pavlik said. “There’s like 500 stories. Which is it?” said Pavlik, who appeared at a book signing before Friday’s Mahoning Valley Thunder game at the Covelli Centre. “It’s ridiculous. It’s actually starting to become a joke.”
“I’m just waiting for the next phone call to find out what I’ve been up to.”
Those rumors, combined with the stresses of fame prompted him to visit a sports psychologist in Cleveland a few weeks ago. He said the session “definitely helped.”
So for the record Kelly Pavlik is not an alcoholic.