Kelly Pavlik is a machine!

He has a fantastic defense, but it's his deceiving power that perplexes me. From watching him land punches, you get the impression as the punch connects that it doesn't appear to be doing heavy damage, but by the time 2 rounds have passed, Lockett's face looks like it had just lost a battle with a meat grinder.

As you said before, Pavlik also has amazing accuracy; I loved his well-placed body shots whenever Lockett left an opening. It's going to take someone really special to beat Pavlik.

 

One quality that Pavlik has, that is somewhat rare among punchers, is that he is VERY calm.

He saw everything that was coming at him (which was little), and was able to effectively counter in accurate fashion.

I want Pavlik vs. the winner of Abraham-Miranda II!!!!

 

Didn't you have the machine Pavlik losing to the cyborg Jermain Taylor?

Assuming Calzaghe doesn't deteriorate further than he had against Hopkins, he should win at least 9 rounds against Kelly at 168 imo.

I didn't watch him tonight, but I've seen a bit of him and what I'll say for him is that he has some great strengths in punching technique and power, and has great will power and mental strength as well, but encountered with a good boxer that can take his shots, I think he's dinner.

 

If Miranda wins, then a rematch between Pavlik and Miranda is pointless because even if Miranda cut off a leg to make the middleweight limit, Pavlik would knock him out silly. Abraham/Miranda II is just going to let the American public see for themselves whether Abraham is a legit contender in the middleweight division or not.

I hear that Pavlik already has a fight lined up against Rubio, but I would rather him face Calzaghe or at least someone like Wright.

 

It's rare to see a guy as tough as Lockett go down because they can't take the pain. I don't think he was close to being knocked out cold, but the sheer power much have been agonising to get such a gritty opponent to submit three times. Incredible.

What I like about Pavlik is that he doesn't look great. He seems slow, can often plod forward sticking to the one-two, but he is great at doing what he does. It isn't flawless but it's damn hard to beat someone who has perfected that style. People will underrate him massively, mark my words. In the same way people overlook Monzon, Pavlik won't get the appreciation he deserves. He's a wrecking machine.

 

Pavlik is no joke by any means. It's a shame he doesn't have a lot of alluring options.

Or you could be Bernard Hopkins and get the right decision.

 

Reminds me of Lennox. I haven't seen a middleweight in some time be as nasty as Pavlik.

 

I think Pavlik is bigger than Hopkins is, too.

Not just in height, but weight.

 

I understand that emotions run high just after the event but this is ridiculous. I watched Lockett get completely outclassed by Yuri Tsarenko (12-7) - he got smashed up over the course of 12 painful 3 minute rounds:

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Lockett needed about 40 stitches.

Lockett never believed in himself and is nowhere near world class. He got managed into the WBO no1 position by Frank Warren so I feel people are reading too much into tonight's fight.

Basically what he have is a good young boxer [Pavlik] who is easy to hit and has tasted the canvas 4 times so far - and he's only been working at world title level for a year or so.

The amount of over-rating is staggering. I can understand being excited by him but seriously, he has massive.. obvious flaws which a high skilled opponent with a brain would have a field day with.

 

Pavlik WKO9 Calzaghe