Pavlik-Martinez

By Jim Dower: The news from HBO analyst Larry Merchant about former World Boxing Council/World Boxing Organization middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) deciding to not use his rematch clause with Sergio Martinez is false, according to Pavlik’s trainer Jack Loew. After Saturday night’s fight between Kermit Cintron and Paul Williams, Merchant said that [...]

By Jason Kim: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) will be passing on his rematch with Sergio Martinez, according to news from HBO Larry Merchant. Unfortunately, the 28-year-old Pavlik is having problems making the middleweight limit of 160, as evidenced by his coming into the Martinez fight weighing a hefty 178 on [...]

By Jim Dower: Former World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion (36-2, 32 KO’s) has only until May 17th to decide whether to utilize his rematch clause with Sergio Martinez. If Pavlik, 28, doesn’t make a decision by the 17th, he’ll lose his chance at fighting Martinez. This would give Martinez the chance to move forward for [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Only two weeks after losing his WBC/WBO middleweight titles to Sergio Martinez in Atlantic City, Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) still hasn’t decided whether to use his rematch clause in his contract with Martinez to try and regain his lost belts or move up in weight. But what is alarming is that [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Whether former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) likes it or not, he may very well have to fight a rematch with newly crowned WBC/WBO middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) to recapture credibility with boxing fans. Pavlik, 28, has lost a lot of status with his disappointing 12 [...]

By Dave Lahr: For boxing fans of former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) who think all he needs is a new manager to take back his titles, I think you’re kidding yourself. Pavlik can get Freddie Roach, Emanuel Steward or whoever, and I still see him getting out-boxed and badly schooled by [...]

By William Mackay: Former World Boxing Council/World Boxing Organization middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) wants a rematch with Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) to try and avenge his 12 round unanimous decision defeat Pavlik suffered last Saturday night and to try and recapture his lost titles. I think is a bad idea for [...]

By Dave Lahr: As trainer/HBO analyst Emanuel Steward pointed out last night after watching WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) lose a 12 round unanimous decision to Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s), Pavlik convince himself that he lost because of the cuts he sustained over both eyes in the fight and will want [...]

By Sam Gregory: On the April 17th edition of World Championship Boxing on HBO from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City Kelly Pavlik 36-1 with 32 KO’s defends his WBO, WBC and Ring magazine middleweight titles against Argentinean southpaw Sergio Martinez 44-2-2 with 24 KO’s in a scheduled 12 round bout in the middleweight division.

By Chris Williams: At today’s weigh-in, light middleweight Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) looked like a winner already, as he exuded confidence in front of the Atlantic City crowd. If there was ever a fighter that you would think was a winner ahead of time, it would be the 35-year-old Martinez. He came across as [...]

by Niko Tricarico: In 2007, the world witnessed the highest grossing fight in the history of Pay Per View boxing when Oscar De La Hoya faced off against Floyd Mayweather Jr., though even with that type of sporadic popularity you’d be hard pressed to find a group of people who actively follow the sport with [...]

Kelly Pavlik won the Cleveland Golden Gloves back in 1999 in an unforgettable match against an established nationally ranked senior division fighter, Henry White. Kelly had just come up from the juniors and had just reached the minimum age of 17. Henry, 22 years old, was a constant local champion and a national stand out. [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik seems to still be unable to come to terms with his lopsided 12 round unanimous decision against 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins in October 2008. In an interview with Greg Leon of Boxing Talk, Pavlik, 28, says “That wasn’t me in there that night. I think people know me [...]

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum will be looking to match WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) against either 38-year-old fellow Top Rank fighter Winky Wright or Paul Williams next, according to an interview by Greg Leon of Boxing Talk.. Although I wouldn’t mind seeing Pavlik fight Williams, I have absolutely [...]

Fight Notes by Noel Salwan: Only one division in professional boxing has a Champion with a direct unified lineage to all 4 of the World Championship Belts -The World Middleweight Title belonging to Kelly Pavlik. Some of the greatest Middleweight Champions spent most of their reigns fighting mandatory defenses against top contenders who weren’t big [...]

By Dave Lahr: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 21 KO’s) faces Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) next Saturday night in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sadly, this will be Pavlik’s toughest fight since he captured the middleweight titles three long years ago. Some people have their doubts about Pavlik having the needed boxing skills to [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) lost a lot of his stature in the middleweight division after being badly beaten by then 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins in 2008. Pavlik has since been trying to win back fans with fights against Marco Antonio Rubio and Miguel Espino. However, those opponents didn’t have [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) will be dealing with an altogether completely different fighter from what he’s grown accustomed to in the form of Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s), who the 28-year-old Pavlik will be fighting on April 17th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Martinez, [...]

By Chris Williams: On April 17th, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has a tough test in front of him against the elusive and intelligent Sergio Martinez. Pavlik hasn’t fought anyone close to as being as elusive and versatile as Martinez will likely be. In a match up skills vs. skills, Martinez wins this fight hands [...]

By Chris Williams: If Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has his way, WBC/World Boxing Organization middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik’s next fight will be at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Arum thinks that he can get at 40,000 fans that will want to come see Pavlik fight. According to Joe Scalzo of Vindy.com, Arum wants [...]

By Jim Dower: In an article at Vindy.com, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) says he thinks that he changed the career of former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (28-4-1, 17 KO’s) after stopping him in a brutal 7th round stoppage three years ago in September 2007. Since that loss, Taylor has been [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) doesn’t have the fastest hands or the best boxing skills in the division. There’s probably a ton of faster and better skilled fighters in the top 10 compared to Pavlik, but none of them have his power. It’s Pavlik’s power which enables him to [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) says he will be fighting two to three more times at middleweight and then moving up to the super middleweight division to compete at that weight class, according to Vindy.com. Pavlik points out that it’s harder and harder for him to make the middleweight [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) faces easily his best opponent since winning his middleweight titles three years ago when he steps in the ring against junior middleweight Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) on April 17th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This fight has a lot [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) and light middleweight Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) have come to terms for a fight on April 17th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. However, the contracts still have yet to be signed, but there isn’t anything expected to [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) will be facing light middleweight Sergio Martinez in middleweight action on April 17th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The fight will be shown by HBO as a doubleheader with a fight against International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Lucian Bute [...]

By William Mackay: Dan Rafael is reporting that WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) could be facing light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) on April 17th. If this fight happens, it would easily be the best opponent that Pavlik has faced since he was schooled by 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins in a [...]

By Dave Lahr: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) could be facing light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) in a fight that would be taking place on April 17th. HBO could possibly have International Boxing Federation super middleweight Lucian Bute fighting in a double header. [...]