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Easy Pickings, Kelly Pavlik to Destroy Gary Lockett

I had to go to Wikipedia to check out Gary Lockett’s (30-1, 21 KOs) "boxing resume" to see if he was a worthy opponent for Kelly Pavlik (33-0, 29 KOs). I felt like a headhunter using MySpace as a job recruiting site. I saw a lot of interesting names like Kai Kauramaki (13-13), Ayitey Powers (11-4-1) and Victor Kpadenue (6-4), but very little substance.

By comparison, Kelly Pavlik is coming off two exciting wins over former middleweight chamption Jermain Taylor (27-2-1) in his last two fights. Pointing out that he also owns a knockout victory over Edison Miranda (30-2) is unnecessary. It’s obvious: Pavlik is the better fighter and has fought the better competition.

What do Kai Kauamaki (Lockett’s most recent opponent) and Jermain Taylor (Pavlik’s most recent opponent) have in common? Nothing. Therein lies the problem for Lockett. As a result, expect him to be counted out within three rounds this Saturday.

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  1. PinoyVid said on June 6th, 2008

    I was uploading 5 fights of gary lockett in youtube, but it seems that there is problem with their system.

    his record is deceiving. although he showed some power on the fights i have, those opponents are next to nothing

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  2. Ja Dawson said on June 6th, 2008

    Yes, I am not convinced that this fight is going to be competitive Pinoyvid. I will say that I hope we at least get to see a devastating knockout by Kelly Pavlik; haven’t seen a good KO in awhile.

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  3. Joe said on June 7th, 2008

    Hey it could go to over 6.5 rounds, sometimes a man is just overawed by the size of the event and doesn’t want to look bad.
    Locket could hang in there a bit!

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  4. Ja Dawson said on June 7th, 2008

    Joe, what’s the over-and-under on Pavlik-Lockett going over 6? I seriously doubt it will; if it does, I’ll cop to it later. You do make a good pt. about him surviving, but I think 6+ rounds is quite a bit of time to survive.

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