Jermain Taylor vs Cory Spinks also featuring Kelly Pavlik vs Edison Miranda official on-site programme, 19th May 2007, Fedex Forum, Memphis.

Condition mint

Taylor W split decision

Pavlik W TKO 7

In an entertaining slugfest, Miranda was down twice in the sixth and was stopped with a barrage of blows in the seventh. Pavlik came out early with a strict gameplan of putting Miranda on his heels and backing him up. Pavlik continually landed short, vicious power punches as compared to Miranda's wild looping punches. As the fight wore on, it became increasingly one-sided and Miranda started to feel the effects of the power punches in the sixth. Pavlik landed a vicious right hand followed by two or three more power punches in the sixth and Miranda went down. He got up on very unsteady legs, and spat out his mouthpiece. The referee asked his cornerman to put the mouthpiece back in his mouth and then the fight continued. Miranda took quite a few more power punches before being dropped again. He got up again on unsteady legs and was saved by the bell. When Miranda came out for the seventh round, it was clear that he was finished as he took another barrage of punches from Pavlik before referee Steve Smoger jumped in to stop the carnage.

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Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik vs Edison Miranda

“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.