This content is protected Shot of the Day! Photo: Ed Mulholland This content is protected The September 29th clash between WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain "Bad Intentions" Taylor (27-0-1, 17 KOs and top-rated challenger Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik (31-0, 28 KOs) was officially announced today by promoters Lou DiBella and Bob Arum in New York City. The bout will take place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, and be televised on HBO World Championship Boxing. Tuesday, July 31 2007 Couldn't even find a good old thread on this fight to post this news, so I'll make a new one...what the heck.
Damn I'm tempted to go to this. Supposedly ticket prices are reasonable. Berto -Estradda should be interesting as well. I think I might have to make the trip.......
Wish I could make it to this fight. Still don't know who to pick though...Pavlik takes a great shot and Miranda landed often and never seemed to come close to wobbling him so IMHO, I don't think Taylor can hurt him either. Even though Taylor hasn't looked great the past couple of years you have to look at who he fought: Hopkins, Wright, Spinks...these are the kind of fighters that make you look bad. When he fought Ouma he looked decent, he just caught hell because he didn't knock him out. Pavlik won't be hard to hit so Jermaine has a wonderful opportunity to look good, but both seem to be pretty easy to hit so if I had to make a prediction I would pick Pavlik just because of the better chin. Remember Hopkins hurt Jermaine in their first fight and Pavlik hits a hell of a lot harder than Hopkins does.
No place to go & if he tried to pull any ducking crap, he would have been laughed right into retirement. He's doing the right thing by giving Pavlik his well deserved title shot.
Man, you KNOW I would. But that Sat., 9-29-07 we will be on our way back from vacationing in Maine. We always go the last week in September & I can't freakin' believe this fight was scheduled for that weekend. :|
I guess by looking to fight the easier fight vs Calzaghe. But Joe C. & Kessler are a go, so Jermain was left basically with one fight...Pavlik.
I'm going....tix in the neighborhood of $300 $200 $100 and $50. Staying Fri and Sat night in A.C. Then going to Mosley - Cotto at the Garden if that gets finalized. What a year!!!
Stylistically for Jermain, Pavlik may turn out to be tougher. It's not like Calzaghe would be much, much more difficult. We shall see.