My Pavlik - Taylor 2 Scorecard.

[Pugilistic]

Pavlik Taylor
10 R1 9

9 R2 10
9 R3 10
10 R4 9
10 R5 9
9 R6 10
10 R7 9
10 R8 9
9 R9 10
9 R10 10
10 R11 9
10 R12 9
115 TOT 113




It was a good fight, Taylor showed alot of improvement from the first fight, He kept his back off the ropes, showed much better defense and didn't waste his energy on unnessecary punches.

Taylor's really good jab came back in this fight and he was effective with his overhand right and threw good combos to the head, worked the body well when he did throw shots there but he lacked the consistency throughout the full 12 rounds to win where Pavlik was always consistent, used his 1-2 combo well and mixed up his punches better than i have ever seen him, especially when he worked the body( used a good right uppercut to the body throughout the fight). He backed Taylor up and tired Taylor out down the stretch.

Good performances from both fighters.

[ICB]

This was a post i made just after the fight.


1 Pavlik
2 Taylor
3 Taylor
4 Taylor
5 Pavlik
6 Taylor
7 Pavlik
8 Pavlik
9 Pavlik
10 Taylor
11 Pavlik
12 Pavlik

115-113 Pavlik

It was anybody's fight until the last 2 rounds when Pavlik dug deep, im sorry but i just can't see how anyone can see Taylor winning this fight, he was badly outworked in most of the rounds, and if you giving Taylor the close rounds you can have him probably ahead by 1 round after 10 rounds, anymore than that is slightly stretching it, but still Pavlik won the last 2 rounds and he for certain won atleast 4 out of the first 10 rounds, especially the 1st round and 7,8,9 when he outworked Taylor severly in these rounds IMO, Taylor had a good 10th round but after that it was all Kelly Pavlik, some people may call me biased or etc but i just can't see how anyone can have Taylor winning this fight, unless you like round stealing flurries, but Pavlik was fighting for entire 3 minutes. By the way i think Taylor slowed down in the last 2 rounds because in the 11th he was hit by a devastating shot to the body and he clinched after that, i think that shot to the body took a lot of him. Plus i think Pavlik sensed that and he went to the body more than he had done in the entire fight in the 12th round.

[Pugilistic]

This was a post i made just after the fight.


1 Pavlik
2 Taylor
3 Taylor
4 Taylor
5 Pavlik
6 Taylor
7 Pavlik
8 Pavlik
9 Pavlik
10 Taylor
11 Pavlik
12 Pavlik

115-113 Pavlik

It was anybody's fight until the last 2 rounds when Pavlik dug deep, im sorry but i just can't see how anyone can see Taylor winning this fight, he was badly outworked in most of the rounds, and if you giving Taylor the close rounds you can have him probably ahead by 1 round after 10 rounds, anymore than that is slightly stretching it, but still Pavlik won the last 2 rounds and he for certain won atleast 4 out of the first 10 rounds, especially the 1st round and 7,8,9 when he outworked Taylor severly in these rounds IMO, Taylor had a good 10th round but after that it was all Kelly Pavlik, some people may call me biased or etc but i just can't see how anyone can have Taylor winning this fight, unless you like round stealing flurries, but Pavlik was fighting for entire 3 minutes. By the way i think Taylor slowed down in the last 2 rounds because in the 11th he was hit by a devastating shot to the body and he clinched after that, i think that shot to the body took a lot of him. Plus i think Pavlik sensed that and he went to the body more than he had done in the entire fight in the 12th round.

I agree, Taylor just wasn't consistant enough to win the fight. The 11th round i felt was pretty even until Pavlik stepped up in the last minute. he took the last 2 rounds no doubt.

What i noticed that was quite funny that Merchant would point out later was when manny was talking about Jermain it was like he was in jermain's corner giving instructions.