Roy out to show he's still relevant

I must have considerable support on this. A poll on CBSSports.com indicated that 40 percent of respondents "absolutely" planned to order the fight and 18 percent "probably" would.

Of course if you are in the unfortunate position in which you don't know how you're going to pay the cable bill, let alone PPV, you must take a pass.

You do know that, right?

Notes

• Also available on Saturday is another PPV show, with "King" Arthur Abraham defending his IBF middleweight title against Raul Marquez in Bamberg, Germany. The broadcast begins at 3 p.m. ET/Noon PT. The fight was rescheduled from Oct. 4 after Abraham became ill on the day of the bout.

Marquez, 37, defeated previously unbeaten Giovanni Lorenzo in a June eliminator to get the shot. Abraham is the man who most fans want to see against Pavlik next.

A 10-round co-feature has Otis "Triple OG" Griffin facing Enad Licina, currently residing in Germany, for the vacant IBF Intercontinental cruiserweight belt. If you are one of the dozen or so faithful viewers of the now defunct The Next Great Champ, Griffin was the winner of that reality series.

The price is $24.95 and it's still too much. Save your money for Roy and Joe. I hate to discourage the broadcasting of major European fights in America, but in this case neither one is worth the investment.

• Hasim Rahman has been tabbed as the replacement for Russian Alexander Povetkin in the Dec. 13 IBF heavyweight title bout vs. Wladimir Klitschko in Mannheim, Germany.

Hasim was my first interview when I got into the business, so I guess I have a soft spot for him. Nevertheless, he has no shot, but neither did Povetkin.

• Heavyweight Joe Mesi lost in his bid for election to the New York Senate to Republican Michael Razenhofer. As embarrassing as it must be to lose to a Republican this year, let's hope he sticks to it or he might want to return to boxing.

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