Ive only got a few fights on the middleweight Mark Kaylor and from his bouts with Gumbs, Christie and Hagler beater Bobby Watts he seemed to be an exciting fighter with one punch power and a tremendous heart, the 80's Nigel Benn. However judging from his record he just couldnt compete at the very top level loosing by knockout to the wild swinging Drayton and outpointed by Graham and Sibson. How would Kaylor do in the 90's era or even today? Could he compete with the likes of Benn, Eubank or Watson?
He was a good fighter, albeit second-tier by the eighties standards. I'd compare him to a better skilled,quicker, more fluid Pavlik; fighting in a more typical stand-up boxer-puncher style rather than seek and destroy plodder. His main weakness seemed to be his chin, which wasn't really up to the often overly-aggressive way he fought.His defence was mediocre as well which didn't help.It did make him an extremely exciting fighter though, definitely one of the more entertaining '80s middleweights. I think he would have given Eubank and Watson good fight in losing efforts and been knocked out in a brawl against Benn.
i think he would outbox pavlik for maybe 6 rounds and probably drop him afew times but it hink pavlik would start hitting him and KO him around the 7th
if he had a better chin he would be a solid favourite for me. Very hard puncher with better skills and speed.IF he fights a disciplined bout, it's a fight he should win. However, with his tendency to go to war and chin, it might just come down to who can really hurt the other first.Kaylor would be all over him if he hurts him like the lethargic, tentative Taylor did. On the other hand you can point to the Drayton fight, but i do think Kaylor tightened things up a bit and improved after that.
Good anaylsis and I agree that Eubank, Watson and Benn would beat Kaylor. Though he would be competitve in each one. Though I think Kaylor over commited on offense and didnt think about defense which may of been his downfall at the elite level.
Kaylor was a good fighter for his time, he always gave you hope that he could make a step up in class, but never quite did. Ironically he gained fame for one of his lesser classy acts when him and Errol decided to fight for free in a pre fight press call. Kaylor was no where near as good as Pavlik though, and this comes from a former fan of his.
Meh, Pavlik is just a decent second-tier middleweight.It's the likes of Kaylor\ dewitt and co. that we should be comparing him to.That's his level. he's the kind of fighter that would make a so-so mover like Olajide look like the second coming.
Mark was a good domestic fighter, but Doug DeWitt was a level above that, and Pavlik slightly above DeWitt, IMO. I would totally agree with Olajide comment though, but hey, my judgement was so sound at the time, I fell for Olajide hype, and that he was the second coming, with or without Kaylor!
