Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bernard Hopkins vs. Kelly Pavlik


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The result was   no consensus. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:39, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Bernard Hopkins vs. Kelly Pavlik

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This event fails WP:NOT and WP:EVENT as there is no demonstration or indication that the event has any enduring notability. The single source is from directly after the fight and there has been no follow up as to why this event is significant in any way. BearMan998 (talk) 04:21, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. A bit iffy (talk) 05:35, 22 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Hue  Sat  Lum  21:30, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

 
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  →TSU tp* 01:39, 10 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete as non-notable event. Cyan  Gardevoir  (used EDIT!) 03:11, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep as this appear to meet WP:GNG (If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article or stand-alone list.) As article states was Ring Magazine Upset of the Year in 2008, as well as Upset of the Year from Sports Illustrated (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0812/boxing.awards/content.6.html).  Clearly Ring Magazine and Sports Illustrated are reliable and independent sources and coverage of the year-end awards is typically significant.  In addition, after the fight occurred many articles were written that goes above routine coverage.  For example, the NY Times covered the fight (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/sports/othersports/19boxing.html) and ESPN profiled the fight in the Fight Credential - something they only do in major fights, about 3 fights a year (http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/fightcred/index?page=pavlik_hopkins).  Also, the facts of this fight stand out for the fight being notable: undisputed lineal middleweight champion fighting the former undisputed middleweight champion at the new weight class of the former champion on HBO PPV.  To me, this is a keep, but tags should be placed on the article for it to be improved.RonSigPi (talk) 03:41, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
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