Kelly Pavlik vs Jermain Taylor I official on-site programme, 29th September 2007, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

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Pavlik W TKO 7

Both fighters came out and traded bombs in a tremendous first round. Taylor dropped Pavlik in the second round with a hard right hand followed by left hooks and a right hand when Pavlik dropped his hands. Pavlik was on unsteady legs briefly after that, but he still pursued the champion. The rounds that preceeded showed brutal exchanges with Pavlik beginning to get to the champion. Pavlik hurt Taylor in round seven with a hard right hand that staggered Taylor into a corner. Pavlik then followed up with a left uppercut, then a right uppercut and finished it with a left hook and a grazing right hand. Taylor fell down hard, slumped in a corner. Referee Steve Smoger jumped in almost immediately after Taylor was dropped, and stopped the fight

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Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik vs Jermain Taylor I

“If they told me I had to fight Godzilla I’d go home and [complain] but I’d do it”
Kelly Pavlik, The Undefeated World Middleweight Champion

Kelly Pavlik is the Undefeated Universally Recognized World Middleweight Champion. Growing up on the Southside of Youngstown Kelly began boxing in 1991 at the age of 9. After graduating from high school in 2000, at the age of 18, he became a professional boxer.

Although his professional debut was on ESPN Kelly’s career did not register on the radar of sports media and news. He amassed a record of 29-0 with 26 knock outs by the time he landed on an internationally televised HBO broadcast in January 2007.

In 2007 Kelly defeated top ranked Jose Luis Zertuche, Edison Miranda, and the World Champion Jermain Taylor. None of these opponents had been knocked out. All of them got knocked out by Kelly.

6 of Kelly’s last 7 opponents had never been knocked out. All of them got knocked out by Kelly. He is the greatest KO artist in the history of the Middleweight Championship and one of the greatest KO artists of all time.

Kelly Pavlik is the Reigning World Middleweight Champion, Undefeated, 34-0 with 30 Knock Outs.