http://www.fightinsight.com/2007/05/20/taylor-solves-spinks-pavlik-steals-the-show/ Boxing Betting, Predictions and Tickets at FightInsight.com. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:03:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.fightinsight.com/2007/05/20/taylor-solves-spinks-pavlik-steals-the-show/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Pavlik Survives Early, Batters Taylor Late Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:23:34 +0000 http://www.fightinsight.com/?p=24#comment-264 [...] Over the next four rounds, both fighters had their moments, trading jabs, overhand rights, and the occasional left hook to the body. On my unofficial scorecard, Taylor was leading by a point or two, largely do to the knockdown in round two. But something eerily familiar happened in round seven, “the Ghost” shocked Taylor, just as he had Edison Miranda in his last fight. Out of nowhere, Pavlik softened Taylor up with a right hand bomb and beat him into submission in his own corner with minutes left in the round. Just like that, we have a new middleweight champion of the world was crowned, and his name is Kelly Pavlik. I was once a doubter, but I am no longer. [...] [...] Over the next four rounds, both fighters had their moments, trading jabs, overhand rights, and the occasional left hook to the body. On my unofficial scorecard, Taylor was leading by a point or two, largely do to the knockdown in round two. But something eerily familiar happened in round seven, “the Ghost” shocked Taylor, just as he had Edison Miranda in his last fight. Out of nowhere, Pavlik softened Taylor up with a right hand bomb and beat him into submission in his own corner with minutes left in the round. Just like that, we have a new middleweight champion of the world was crowned, and his name is Kelly Pavlik. I was once a doubter, but I am no longer. [...]

]]> http://www.fightinsight.com/2007/05/20/taylor-solves-spinks-pavlik-steals-the-show/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Fight Insight » Blog Archive » Excuse Me, It’s a Post-Fight Interview! Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:01:51 +0000 http://www.fightinsight.com/?p=24#comment-16 [...] “I came to fight, and all he did was run.” Translation: The losing fighter just lost a clear-cut decision to a faster opponent who beat them to the punch, while they failed to cut off the ring successfully. Of course, it’s the winner’s fault that they did not stand there to be hit. Most recently: Although he won, Jermain Taylor used this excuse after his tepid middleweight title defense against Cory Spinks. Jermain must have known something that the judges did not. For the record, I think Jermain won without controversy. [...] [...] “I came to fight, and all he did was run.” Translation: The losing fighter just lost a clear-cut decision to a faster opponent who beat them to the punch, while they failed to cut off the ring successfully. Of course, it’s the winner’s fault that they did not stand there to be hit. Most recently: Although he won, Jermain Taylor used this excuse after his tepid middleweight title defense against Cory Spinks. Jermain must have known something that the judges did not. For the record, I think Jermain won without controversy. [...]

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