Kelly Pavlik Tickets

Kelly Pavlik fighting at 170 lbs after being out of the ring for over a year beat previously undefeated 28 year old Alfonso Lopez (21-1-0, 16 KOs) of Cut and Shoot, Texas by 10-round majority decision in a super middleweight bout on the undercard of Pacquiao vs Mosley on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Needing a few rounds to rid himself of ring rust Pavlik found his rhythm in the later rounds hurting Lopez was in the 6th, 9th and 10th rounds. Pavlik's punch of the night was his left hook. Scores were 98-92, 99-91 and 95-95.

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Pavlik vs TBA      

Kelly "Ghost" Pavlik

(37-2-0, 32 KOs)

Kelly Pavlik, the white kid from the Midwest can punch. A good fighter, Pavlik has been compared to Thomas Hearns because of his height and wicked punch. A couple of Pavlik's notable fights recently include his 9th round TKO of Fulgencio Zuniga on October 7, 2005 and 6th round TKO of Bronco McKart July 27, 2006. Pavlik is one of Bob Arum's Top Rank fighters.

Kelly Pavlik in a one-sided fight in front of hometown fans on November 2, 2006 in Youngstown, Ohio knocked down Lenord Pierre in round one. Staggered him several times in rounds two and three. Then floored him in round four prompting the referee to stop the fight.

Pavlik KOs Zertuche

Kelly Pavlik beat Jose Luis Zertuche by a devastating 8th round KO winning the NABF super middleweight title on January 27, 2007 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Zertuche, also down in the 6th was out on his feet after Pavlik hit him behind the jaw with a straight right followed by a right uppercut prompting referee Raul Caiz to throw himself in front of Zertuche to stop the fight.

On the undercard of the Taylor-Spinks snoozer fight on May 19, 2007, Kelly Pavlik fought a spectacular bout knocking down Edison Miranda twice in the 6th round, once again in the 7th round with referee Steve Smoger stopping the fight at 1:54. Bob Arum, Pavlik's promoter compared the Pavlik vs Miranda bout to the great middleweight fights back in the 1980s. Starting from the opening bell Pavlik press the action and the two traded punches the entire 1st round. In 2nd round Pavlik and Miranda went toe to toe, both landing and taking major blows. Through the rest of the bout Pavlik continued to press the action backing Miranda up outworking him until downing him in the 6th and 7th rounds. Pavlik has now won two WBC middleweight elimination bouts in a row.

Taylor vs Pavlik

As Jack Dempsey said "A champion is someone who gets up when he can't."

Pavlik fought an unbelievable fight at Broadwalk Hall in Atlantic City becoming the new WBC & WBO middleweight champion on September 29, 2007 by knocking out and dethroning the reigning middleweight champion Jermain Taylor in the 7th round. Pavlik caught Taylor with a straight right hand that wobbled Taylor sending him back into the corner slumped against the ropes. A finisher, Pavlik rushed in attacking Taylor with uppercuts, lefts and rights as Taylor sank to the floor. Referee Steve Smoger jumped in at 2:14 of round seven to stop the fight without a count as semi-conscious Taylor folded in the corner on the canvas.

It was a sensational win for Kelly Pavlik who established himself as the best middleweight fighter in the world by coming back in round three after being downed and badly hurt in round two as if nothing had ever happened. Like Larry Merchant said Champions get up when they don't think they can and so do challengers. Youngstown, Ohio now has itself another champion to add to its list along with Ray "Boom Boom" Manchini.

Pavlik vs Taylor II

In Pavlik vs Taylor II on Saturday, February 16, 2008 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, Kelly Pavlik beat Jermain Taylor by 12-round unanimous decision. Pavlik staggered Taylor in the 11th round and closed strong. It was a tactical yet exciting fight won by points unlike their first fight which ended by KO with Taylor slumped in the corner.

Kelly Pavlik dominated and beat Gary Lockett (30-2, 21 KOs) from Wales by 3rd round TKO on Saturday, June 7, 2008 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Lockett, who was Pavlik's WBO mandatory challenger took a knee twice in the second round and once in the third which prompted his corner to throw in the towel at 1:40 of round three.

Pavlik lost by 12-round unanimous decision to Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KOs) on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City in New Jersey. The judges scores were 106-119, 108-118 and 109-117. Pavlik lost a point for hitting on the back of the head in round eight and Hopkins lost a point for excessive holding in round nine. Pavlik, who fights at middleweight moved up in weight to fight light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins for the money. It was not a good move for Pavlik who seemed slow and whose punches had no affect on Hopkins who entered the ring weighing 185 lbs. Pavlik lost his "O" but not his middleweight titles since it was a non-title catchweight fight.

Kelly Pavlik retained his WBC/WBO middleweight titles beating WBC mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (43-5-1, 37 KOs) by 9th round RTD on Saturday, February 21, 2009 in front of a record sold out crowd of 7,288 at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, Ohio which produced a live gate of $1.2 million. Pavlik dominated Rubio from the beginning although Rubio rallied in the 6th round but Pavlik hurt him in the 8th. Rubio's corner had seen enough by the end of the 9th round and retired their boxer on the stool. The Pavlik vs Rubio fight took place as part of a two site double header on the PPV card promoted by Bob Arum of Top Rank along with Cotto vs Jennings at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Pavlik beat challenger Miguel Angel Espino (20-3-1, 37 KOs) by 5th round RTD on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at Beeghly Center in Youngstown, Ohio. The two went toe-to-toe trading punches from the get go with Pavlik landing the bigger blows. Espino lost a point for hitting Pavlik after the bell in round one. Pavlik knocked Espino down twice with uppercuts in round four and once in round five which prompted Espino's corner to throw in the towel. Referee Steve Smoger stopped the fight at 1:44 of round five. Pavilk retained his WBC and WBO middleweight titles. The fight with Espino came about after Pavlik pulled out of two previous scheduled fight dates with Paul Williams due to a staph infection.

Kelly Pavlik lost to WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KOs) by 12th round unanimous decision on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Scores were 116-111, 115-111 and 115-112 all for Martinez. Pavlik was cut over both his right and left eyes which bled profusely throughout the bout causing him not to be able to see. In addition to his loss Pavlik also lost his WBC and WBO middleweight titles to Martinez. Pavlik vs Martinez was televised live on HBO as a two site double header along with Bute vs Miranda which took place in Canada.