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World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik returns to his old haunt, Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, on Saturday, April 17, to defend his titles against WBC super welterweight champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with DiBella Entertainment and Caesars Atlantic City, Pavlik vs. Martinez will be …

Unbeaten Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, takes on Hector “The Hurricane” Munoz, of Albuquerque, NM, in the fifth defense of his NABA welterweight title in a scheduled 10-round contest on Saturday evening, April 17, at in the 10,000-seat Boardwalk Hall. In the scheduled 12-round main event, to be televised by …

WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik returns to Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall on Saturday, April 17 to defend his titles against WBC super welterweight champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez. Pavlik (36-1, 32 KOs), who over two years ago, in a near sold-out Boardwalk Hall which included thousands making the trek …

By Per Ake Persson WBA middleweight champ Felix Sturm has been to Berlin and visited the headquartes of Bild Zeitung. Sturm told Bild he´s at the moment about 15 kilos (around 33 lbs) overweight after some time off following the birth of his son but will begin a strict diet …

Middleweight king Kelly Pavlik retained his WBC and WBO crowns last night at the Beeghly Center in his home of Youngstown, OH. Pavlik staved off the challenge posed by Los Angeles native Miguel Espino, who brought an 11 bout wins streak to the bout. Espino had previously suffered close losses …

Top middleweight Kelly Pavlik defends his WBC and WBO titles tonight in his native Youngstown, OH as he meets Miguel Espino at the Beeghly Center. Pavlik, 35-1 (31), is making the third defense of his dual belts but is coming off a nagging hand injury that nullified two clashes with …

The Honorable Ted Strickland, Governor of Ohio, will officiate the Official Weigh-in of WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik, of Youngstown, Ohio, and his opponent, WBC No. 3-rated contender Miguel Espino of Los Angeles, at the Beeghly Center at Youngstown State University, on Friday, December 18 at 1 p.m. …

© Chris Farina / Top Rank T-minus three days and counting until WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion Kelly“The Ghost” Pavlik (35-1, 31 KOs), of Youngstown, Ohio, defends his title against the WBC’s No. 3-rated contender Miguel Espino (20-2-1, 9 KOs), of North Hollywood, Calif., at Youngstown State University’s Beeghly Center.

A few months ago I did a commentary on my boxing channel (also seen on this website) that lambasted the mainstream media for poor coverage of boxing. In that commentary I pointed out that boxing’s product was back to being as good as anytime in it’s history. What boxing really …

World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik returns home, to Youngstown State University’s Beeghly Center, on Saturday, December 19, to defend his titles against top-rated contender Miguel Espino. Promoted by Top Rank, the Pavlik vs. Espino world title tilt will headline an all-action two-country world championship doubleheader, produced and distributed …

According to the infectious disease specialist that treated Kelly Pavlik, the middleweight champion was very close to dying after an extreme allergic reaction to his medication. Pavlik`s temperature rose past 104 degrees and his heart rate accelerated to 150 beats a minute. The 27 year old fighter was admitted to …

“This morning we were advised that Kelly Pavlik’s recovery of his left hand has not progressed as projected by Dr. Peter J. Evans, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Upper Extremity Center,” said Todd duBoef, president of Top Tank, Pavlik’s promoter. “As a result of this, Kelly is unable to close …