Jermain Taylor vs Kelly Pavlik II

On February 16, 2008 Kelly Pavlik and Jermain Taylor meet once more, this time at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight will be broadcast by HBO Pay-Per-View

The first fight, a stunner in Atlantic City, featured a battle of undefeateds. Only Pavlik (32-0, 29 KOs) has a blemish free record now, as he shook off a second round knockdown and Taylor’s furious finishing attempt to roar back with a TKO 7 victory.

Boxing's two best middleweights - undefeated world champion KELLY "THE GHOST" PAVLIK and once-defeated former world champion Jermain "BAD INTENTIONS" Taylor - will resume their ring-war hostilities, this time at 166 pounds, when they face-off in a battle of epic proportions. Boasting a combined record of 59-1-1 (46 KOs) a sterling
winning percentage approaching 97% and victory by knockout ratio of 78% the Pavlik vs. Taylor collision explodes Saturday, February 16, at MGM Grand. Promoted by Top Rank and DiBella Entertainment, the 12-round Pavlik vs.Taylor rumble will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. EST
/ 6 p.m. PST.

This is a rematch of Kelly Pavlik's scintillating win over Jermain Taylor where he violently ripped the title off off of Taylor's head. This fight will be at a heavier catch weight. Will Taylor get the revenge he so badly covets or will Pavlik turn him back for a second time. Betting line: Pavlik -200 Taylor +170

Pavlik (32-0, 29 KOs), from Youngstown, Ohio, joins former lightweight champions Harry Arroyo and Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini as hometown world champions. He returns to the ring after a "Fighter of the Year" performance, knocking out Jose Luis Zertuche (19-3-2, 14 KOs) and Edison Miranda (28-1, 24 KOs), in world title elimination bouts, earning him the right to become Taylor's mandatory challenger. All told, Pavlik Ghost wrote a career year against three of the best, who boasted a combined record of 74-4-3 (55 KOs) when he faced them. Pavlik's stoppage of Taylor extended his two-year victory by knockout streak to nine bouts.

Taylor, (27-1-1, 17 KOs), from Little Rock, Arkansas, the 2000 U.S. Olympic Bronze Medalist, captured the undisputed middleweight title in 2005 when he dethroned Bernard Hopkins, ending the defending champion's record run of consecutive title defenses at 20 -- a run that left world champions Oscar de la Hoya, Felix Trinidad, and Glen Johnson in his wake, among others. Taylor ruled the division for nearly two years, successfully defending his title four times, all against former world champions, including Hopkins again, Winky Wright, Kassim Ouma and Cory Spinks.

WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik The judges called it 117-111, 115-113 and 116-112 for Pavlik. On two of the three judges' scorecards, the fight was even through six rounds, but Pavlik dominated the second half of the fight -- one judge gave him every single round from 7 through 12.

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