Pavlik to fight Gary Lockett?

Huh, I don't even know if I've ever seen the guy fight.

I had heard that he was one of four candidates along with Duddy (not possible), Giovanni Lorenzo, and somebody else so this is a definite possibility.

I don't care personally, I don't have a problem with him taking a softer fight after the last three as long as he steps back up again. After looking at boxrec it definitely seems like a gimme but I can't really say much about him.

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He is from Wales, maybe some of our UK friends in here can provide more information. I never heard of him either.

Enzo apparently trains him.

I'd put Lockett on a par with Duddy.. so NO chance against Pavlik.

Having said that, Lockett does have a decent whack on him.. but NO chance against Pavlik.

He can't half bang. Am never under-estimating an Enzo trained fighter again so i have to say that it could be a toughy for Pavlik. Don't think Lockett will win but you can never rule someone out when they carry his one punch power.

This would be a one-sided beating, a total mismatch. I'm surprised Warren would let this happen.

A one side beating? No I dont think it will be like that, hes got Enzo Calzaghe behind him and the fact that he will know this is his only shot at the world title. I dont think he would beat Pavlik but I see him giving himself a good account for himself, good luck to him!

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Originally Posted by Tam Seddon

A one side beating? No I dont think it will be like that, hes got Enzo Calzaghe behind him and the fact that he will know this is his only shot at the world title. I dont think he would beat Pavlik but I see him giving himself a good account for himself, good luck to him!

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I just see him getting badly overpowered and if you look at Lockett's resume :-\

I just hope they have a Paramedic team at ringside for the guy.

I mean I like Enzo but a trainer can be overrated at times, if he's not good enough he's just not good enough.

Not saying he is or isn't since I haven't seen him but that seems like the general consensus for the most part.

Lockett is a strong lad whos faught at the weight his whole life he will be alright. Hes had one set back in his career and needs a good test and I believe we will see the best out of him against the best.

So the feelings are mixed. Some feel he will give a good account of himself and others believe Gary "Rocket Man" Lockett will get blasted into Orbit!hehe

I find the relative unknown fighters can be the most dangerous. They have nothing to lose and really get motivated. The Champs who fight them also may not train quite as hard thinking easy fight.

That is when upsets happen.

Gary is a good guy, but this could be to much for locket.

PAvlik has proven he is the best and can beat very skilled fighters. who nows though, locket hasn;t really been tested, they must think he can have a good go to put him in, enzo and frank wouldn;t put a fighter in whom they thought would get a complete beat down.

Lockett looked exciting overpowering Howard Clarke and the like (which seems like aeons ago now) but once he suffered the setback seems like he lost confidence in himself.. and probably more so his people lost confidence in him.. that's why he's been in no mans land throughout what should have been his prime.

Dont really know much about Garry Locket other than I think he used to be a light middle and got beat by a short ass russian called yuri tsarenko a few years ago

If he is with Calzaghe at least he is getting consistantly good sparring, that makes all the difference

Pavlik will destroy Lockett. I seen a couple of Lockett's fights. I see nothing that makes me think he can even be competitive against The Ghost.

No match for Pavlik, took a right beating from Yuri Tsarenko back in 2004 noy lost since including win over Yuri not fought in the same class as Pavlik. holds WBU middleweight title for what it's worth

Lockett is a good guy but not world class. He has a big punch but Pavlik would stop him midway into the fight.

Lockett is good ................................thats it , hes not even european top fighter , he has a joke world title , and is a good puncher at domestic level , thats all he brings to the table .
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Saint Johns ambulance men in Locketts corner.

Thankyou Mr Warren for once again pissing in the eyes of real boxing fans by calling a guy like Lockett a WORLD champ , rot in hell Warren you cock sucker.

He's going against pavlik in what ?? Boxing ??

This has been in the pipeline for quite a while, and Lockett is Pavlik's mandatory for one of the belts I believe, so its not too much of a surprise to see that happen.

Lockett will get his arse spanked by Pavlik, although both of them can bang a bit. Lockett has looked a bit up and down in his fights, didn't even look that impressive against reasonable British competition like Ryan Rhodes, so I fully expect him to get beat. Fair play though, if he puts up a brave performance against Pavlik it'll do his career the world of good both in terms of profile and reputation.

its a rare occasion when i don't go for my home town boy, but yeah of course pavlik should win this. honestly tho i dont think gary will shame him self, i think he will do a decent job, its hard for anyone to go 12 with pavlik who hits hard as fuck and throws like a muthfucka, it will be a task, but i think lockets name will improve a fair bit after this fight.

he does throew great straight rights, if he can work them into his game with pavlik he can trouble him a bit and goa good few rounds.

i don;t see kelly slamming him early tho, i think locket can do better than miranda.

Lockett has decent power at domestic level, never been in world level. First half of his career was at LM where he looked impressive but went off the boil a bit after his loss. He also had a very close fight in his first Middle fight against a journeyman when his power didn't seem to carry.

It seems he could make the fight with Pavlik if accepted lower money than the other contenders, which he should do as it is the only opportunity he'll get.