I have some humble pie to eat .... I thought Taylor would be too slick, too sharp and know too much for Pavlik. I thought he'd outbox him, commit to throwing much more punches that usual and stop pavlik late on.

I was feeling pretty smug until BOOM. Fair play to Pavlik for weathering the stoorm in the second. I didn't think he's see the round out. He was really well conditioned, and I still think taylor is tight at the weight as he seemed to run out of gas a bit after he couldn't put Pavlik away.

I was also mightily impressed with Pavlik's power, because taylor has a good chin.

What a great advert for boxing that fight was.