Official Taylor Vs Pavlik Poll (New Pavlik Training Vid Old School Style!Pg 14!)

[CutMeMick]

This has been officially stick-icky-icked.

[El Gamo]

Wo,nice to see hype around this fight"!! This thread is huge!

[Gandalf]

Im really looking forward to this fight. A HUGE fight for both men.

Pavlik is exciting and hopefully Taylor will come out of his shell.

Pavlik has every chance of pulling this off. Taylor has underwhelmed all too often and hasnt performed since BHop (if you can call that a performance). Pavlik isnt shy and will force a fight.

Pavlik is the hungry man, he will win.

[CountryBoy]

TAYLOR-PAVLIK: THE PRE PRE-FIGHT FEATURE... by Jim Amato
September 29th, 2007...Will this be the day that puts Youngstown, Ohio back on the fistic map? Undefeated knockout artist Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik of Youngstown meets world's middleweight champion Jermain Taylor who is also unbeaten. This is the fight at 160 pounds that the fans wanted to see. Kudos to the management of the fighters and the promoters for putting this together. It reminds me of the old days where a true champion meets the real #1 challenger.


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TAYLOR, PAVLIK PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES...
Pavlik: Emanuel, I can’t get mad at your prediction, you’re supposed to say that. I will take no chances, there is no playing around in this fight. I always put my best into it and I can’t wait until September 29th, and there will be many more after that.

I’m 25, I’ve got the experience also. If he wants to come to fight, that is better for me. This is a great fight for boxing. Styles make fights. I predict a win. I predict pain.

Taylor: All of the talk motivates me. It motivates me when I get up early in the morning to run. That’s all I think about. I am going to train for 12-rounds and I am going to win this fight. When all is said and done, I am going to win. Then after I whip this boy, we’ll see what happens.


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SEPTEMBER 29: KELLY PAVLIK TO FACE JERMAIN TAYLOR FOR HIS MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
Jermain Taylor and Kelly Pavlik have closed a deal to put their undefeated records on the line in a fight for Taylor's middleweight championship.
Lou DiBella, Taylor's promoter, said the fight will happen Sept. 29 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Wednesday.

Tickets, priced at $400, $300, $200, $100 and $50, will go on sale on Wednesday, July 25th and can be purchased at the Boardwalk Hall box office, by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-736-1420 or by visiting

www.ticketmaster.com

[CountryBoy]

Jermain Taylor "I'm expecting a lot of fireworks in the ring with Kelly Pavlik. This is my kind of fight."

SCOTRUN, Pennsylvania, September 4 - With just a little over 3 weeks remaining World Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor has been enjoying the peace and quiet he's finding in the mountains of Pennsylvania, where he's training for his September 29th title defense against Kelly Pavlik at Borardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. But what has Taylor (27-0-1, 17 KO's) most excited is the prospect of a slugfest with hard-hitting Kelly Pavlik. Taylor relishes the opportunity to swap power shots with the top-ranked contender in his showdown..

The bout which is being billed as "Throwback" is being promoted by DiBella Entertainment, in association with Top Rank Inc. "From a style standpoint, my last couple of fights were wrong for me, but they were fighters who stepped up to the plate," Taylor said.

"Kelly Pavlik is a fighter , just like me. He comes to fight, no running, no holding. It's about time. People are going to be surprised by what they see on September 29th. I'm expecting a lot of fireworks in the ring with Kelly Pavlik. This is my kind of fight."

Taylor has been training in the Pocono Mountain resort that trainer Emanuel Steward has used to prepare so many fighters. Taylor has trained for many of his fights in Miami, Florida and recently Memphis, Tennessee which is only a few hours from his home in Little Rock, Arkansas. It's quiet and peaceful in the Poconos and that's to Taylor's liking.

"Miami and Memphis were OK, but this is the kind of place where you can really train, focus and prepare yourself," Taylor said. "I like this atmosphere for training. There is nothing to do here but train, think boxing, go fishing and train some more. That's it. And that's good."

Kelly Pavlik who was in a brutal slugfest with Edison Miranda on May 19th in Memphis, has earned a shot at Jermain's title. It's the type of fight Taylor hopes he'll get when the two face off in Atlantic City on September 29th.

"I hope he chooses to fight me that way, but whatever he does, I know I'm going to win," Taylor said. "Slug, box. It don't make no difference. The outcome will be the same. Miranda didn't have all the talent people thought he had. I knew he was just all mouth. I know Pavlik is strong, but I know I am stronger than him."

Tickets, priced at $400, $300, $200, $100 and $50, are now on sale and can be purchased at the Boardwalk Hall box office, by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-736-1420 or by visiting
www.ticketmaster.com .

[donnydarkoIRL]

Goin for taylor by stoppage.
Undoubtedly Pavlik is more powerful, but he is also a great deal slower than JT (and all of his previous opponents.)
I think this will provide him with the opportunity he needs to stiffly box Pavlik with a strong jab hook right straight system, take him into deep water and stop him between 8 and 10

[CountryBoy]

[El Gamo]

Yo Duke,CC for the pics. Have you seen the poster for the fight? I think it's so cool!!
Well done Duke for keeping this thread going,good work man.

[RozzySean]

Pavilki is about a foot taller than JT's last two opponents. I'm very curious to see how Taylor reacts to being the smaller man for a change.

[CountryBoy]

[quote=El Gamo ]
Yo Duke,CC for the pics. Have you seen the poster for the fight? I think it's so cool!!
Well done Duke for keeping this thread going,good work man.
[/quote} The Thanks goes to Mick for the sticky, Yea, I'm pretty pumped about this one.

[MikeTysonKnockOut]

I think a lot of people here are jumping in the Pavlik wagon just too fast! JT is the more experienced one and the btter boxer, a big fight like this is going to motivate JT. I think Pavlik is good fighter but he come's forward and that will make JT look great! Spinks made JT look bad because JT didn't use his size because he was afraid of looking bad.
I say JT by a surprisingly wide UD. But I admit he might have som truble if he trys to trade with Pavlik.

[Bomp]

JT's more experienced, but then again he's been in against nothing that's like Pavlik. That's what makes this fight so good, we're goin to find out so much about both fighters.

I see it as being close and competitive for the first few rounds before Pavlik starts finding his range and wear JT down. Going for Pavlik bby late KO or close decision, though close decision's do tend to go Taylor's way.

[MikeTysonKnockOut]

JT's more experienced, but then again he's been in against nothing that's like Pavlik. That's what makes this fight so good, we're goin to find out so much about both fighters.

I see it as being close and competitive for the first few rounds before Pavlik starts finding his range and wear JT down. Going for Pavlik bby late KO or close decision, though close decision's do tend to go Taylor's way.

Good Point! cc
But almost everytime someone says "he's been in against nothing that's like him" they tend to be wrong.
Just watch ODLH vs PBF, Pavlik vs Miranda, Lacy vs Calzaghe and so on..

[bzkfn]

I was torn here. For me it's either Taylor by decision, because if we go to the cards, Taylor will likely get it no matter what happens in the fight. In fact, I think if he got knocked down in every round but lasted the distance, the judges would still find a way to gift him a decision...or Pavlik by KO/TKO.

I think Taylor is worried about the outcome of this fight, with rematch clause being at Super-Middle etc. Taylor is a tough man to break down, but I think his lazy attitude will catch up with him, Pavlik will keep coming at him and will wear him down with bombs around the 9th.

Pavlik by TKO in round 9

[Punisher136]

I'm still going with taylor. I will continue to pick taylor unless i'm proven wrong by somebody that faces him. Taylor has fought bernard hopkins, who the hell has pavlik fought for this to be a no question pick for him?