Pavlik vs. Espino

By David Lahr: I don’t if it was me or what, but WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik looked like he’s lost some hand speed in the year that he’s been out of boxing. Seriously, Pavlik looked like he was punching underwater for most of the fight. I thought there was something wrong with my television [...]

By Dave Lahr: I bet Paul Williams is licking his chops right about now after seeing WBC/WBO Kelly Pavlik’s (36-1, 32 KO’s) sloppy fight against Miguel Espino (20-3-1, 9 KO’s) on Saturday night in Youngstown, Ohio. Pavlk stopped Espino in the 5th round, but man did Pavlik take a lot of head shots in winning [...]

By Sam Gregory: While those of us living on the eastern seaboard are shoveling out from over two feet of snow that got dumped on us yesterday, World Boxing Council/World Boxing Organization middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) is celebrating his fourth title defense win over Miguel Angel Espino (20-3-1, 9 KO’s). So congratulations [...]

By Richard McNamara: I don’t know about everyone else but I feel 2009 has been a damn good year for boxing, with some excellent match ups, some surprise outcomes and lets face it some dubious and shocking decisions, both domestically and internationally across the globe. However I think there is one fighter who could not [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) was far too strong for his over-matched opponent Miguel Espino tonight, taking him out in the 5th round with huge power shots tonight at the Beeghly Center in Youngstown, Ohio. Espino made a tactical mistake of trying to slug with Pavlik and [...]

By Chris Williams: At today’s weigh-in, World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KO’s) weighed in at 160 for tomorrow night’s bout against number #3 ranked WBC contender Migue Angel Espino (20-2-1, 9 KO’s) at the Beeghly Center, in Youngstown, Ohio. Most people assume that the fight will be a gross mismatch, pointing [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has a fight coming up against little known Miguel Angel Espino this Saturday night in Youngstown, Ohio. This is a fight that hardly any one wants to see, other than die hard Pavlik and Espino fans. Pavlik is only two fights removed from his one-sided [...]

By Peter Wells: This weekend the main fight is a pointless PPV fight between WBC and WBO Middleweight champion and unknown contender Miguel Espino 20-2-1. Unfortunately the fight we were all looking forward to between Paul Williams and Kelly Pavlik was called off due to a serious infection on Kelly’s hand, which magically vanished once [...]

By Dave Lahr: If you’re like a lot of people, you’re probably finding it hard to get all that excited about WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik’s bout against challenger Miguel Espino this Saturday in Youngstown, Ohio. Pavlik is a great figther, with excellent power and an exciting crowd pleasing style of fighting, but his opponents, [...]

By Chris Williams: For the third time in the past year, boxing fans will be seeing World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KO’s) facing what appears to be a badly overmatched opponent in Miguel Angel Espino (20-2-1, 9 KO’s). Pavlik will be facing Espino on Saturday night in a pay-per-view bout at [...]

By Richie Doyle: looking towards next weekend’s fight cards I notice that kelly Pavlik is quite overpriced and his fight with Miguel Angel Espino is being seen as easy ko victory but I believe Espino could be a tougher task then that, he has great amateur pedigree and his pro record seems to have gone [...]

By Eric Thomas: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik is ready to go for his December 19th title defense against his number # rated World Boxing Council challenger Miguel Espino (20-2-1, 9 KO’s) at the Beeghly Center, in Youngstown, Ohio. Pavlik, 27, is reportedly fully recovered by his staph infection that has plagued his left hand [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (36-2, 22 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his WBO crown on January 9th against the hard hitting slugger Edison Miranda (33-4, 29 KO’s) at the Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhat, Germany. Stieglitz, 28, recently captured the WBO title with an 11th round stoppage [...]

By Peter Wells: I’m not going to turn obsessed with criticizing Kelly, I just want to make this one point, this is one of those fighters who is ruining boxing. After all the hand problems that Kelly Pavlik has had, he is suddenly ok to fight, in my view, a worthless fight against Miguel Angel [...]