Watched this fight live at the Royal Oaks in Youngstown. The place almost collapsed when Taylor went down. Greatest fight I have ever seen.

@kevinchamorro5357

Жыл бұрын

wooow, what an epic experience.

This was a golden era of boxing. So many great fighters across all weight classes.

@vince11harris

8 ай бұрын

True but this year has been good so far

Kenny Bayless would've stopped this fight in the second round. What a comeback.

@rubensantos8380

2 ай бұрын

You mean Tony Weeks or Richard Steele

What an amazing fight. Someone was leaving on their shield. 2 amazing warriors in their prime laying everything on the line. I miss hbo boxing

Me and a buddy played pool with Jermain Taylor at professor bowl in LR day after HBO fight night in 2001! I remember him appreciating us treating him like a regular person as exec's and ceoc's and fans continued to interrupt our 2 on 2 pool games.

One of the greatest middle weight champion fights of all time. I was truly inspired by Pavlik's rise and how he held on for dear life life when JT shook him. I still remember it until this day and I think some of yall feel the same way.

@Toesucker26

Жыл бұрын

Great fight I knew Taylor would lose so I bet on pavlik and won $50 bucks 😀😀😀😀😀👍🏽👍🏽

@hillardwoodcock8040

Жыл бұрын

This fight never gets old .

@kchi5551

Жыл бұрын

Same here brotha. Great MW fight

@keyzhagisel301

Жыл бұрын

Ok

@jugghead-1975

Жыл бұрын

@@jimnagel5611 For sure ..... never the same ! If he could’ve finished Pavlik when he had him hurt I think it would’ve put T on a completely different path . But who knows ? When you have a banger like P hurt dazed and confused you better finish him instead of gassing out! Great fight

will never forget watching this fight live, classic

I'm here for Dana White's 1 million bet loss... And wow, that was one of the greatest fights I've seen... Didn't hear about

The ref in this fight was amazing

I miss Emmanual Stewards effect on boxing. Legend. .

@MISTYEASLER

2 жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@kevinchamorro5357

Жыл бұрын

Epics instructions on this fight

All these years later still one of the greatest fights I've ever watched. I remember how tense this fight felt watching it live. Two warriors in their primes. Miss these days of boxing.

Man, being from the Youngstown area and knowing Kelly, this is great to watch again. He's a legend here... Wish he could've went on for longer than he did as a boxer. This fight was so good. Boxing isn't the same anymore, this was a great time for boxing.

@kdolo100

2 жыл бұрын

Is Youngstown a rough area?

@steveyoung9575

2 жыл бұрын

@@kdolo100 Yes. To put it mildly....

@davidhamlin7932

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from Michigan and I went down there to visit my girlfriend and he happened to be signing autographs at a Chevy dealership, and I got to meet him and he signed my ring magazine, it was the coolest random thing.

@zachmartin1458

2 жыл бұрын

My dad was an Ohio state trooper. He said the biggest guys that graduated from the academy always got sent to the Warren post, if that tells you anything.

@LKeet6

Жыл бұрын

I fucking loved pavlik based off this fight. Matching him with Hopkins was an AWFUL career move. And then I realised his corner man was absolutely terrible. His advice between rounds was often either basic, or actively bad advice. Those two things ruined him, imho.

That was a vicious battle. Two very hard punchers with hearts of lions but Pavlik looked as if he could stand up, brush off his pants and take a stroll about town if a freight train hit him...

@tholeahmad9734

3 жыл бұрын

Z

Had forgotten how great this fight was. Pavlik is one of my all time favorite fighters.

Ghost is a dope name tho

Wow! Until I heard Dana White lost a cool Milly on this fight, I never knew of it. One of the all time great fights & I've seen a bunch at 60 y.o.

Loved both Pavlik and Taylor. Great fight.

This was the first fight I attended live. So many great memories! I still have the bloodied towels I took from the ring with my best college buddy at the time.

I still look back on this fight with fond memories. Remember watching it with my older brother. Couldn’t believe Pavlik had won. It wasn’t just that Pavlik won, it was that he withstood the early barrage, and somehow had the strength the bounce back. Taylor a hell of a fighter, just wasn’t his night.

@TheIkaraCult

7 ай бұрын

love that memory, Taylor was a superb fighter, especially at 160. The fact he got stopped against Pavlik and Froch (168) shouldnt disguise how great he was.

These were two talented and hard hitting middleweights.

Amazing video quality

Absolutely brilliant fight. When Terence Crawford fights in Omaha the crowd there has always reminded me alot of the fans who got behind Pavlik - an unfashionable place with a top fighter, and when its a great fight like this they make it even better.

I loved watching Kelly Fight he was a gritty kid with tons of heart

I remember this fight. I just couldn't believe it when he KOd Jermain Taylor the way he did.

Great great great fight

One of Jermain Taylor's problems was not just stamina, but lack of defense as well. He lost this fight equally based off of poor defense as well poor stamina

@BRAAD2024

6 ай бұрын

UHH.. AND AN INCREDIBLE WARRIOR THAT BEAT HIS ASS ‼️☝️💯

Great fight!

this is the perfect fight to me. 2 undefeated guys, contrast of styles, back and forth war, lennox, larry and jim on the mic, manny stewart in the corner, smoger the 3rd man. lederman foreshadowing after the 3rd round "jermaine taylor doesnt stop straight right hands too well" was an amazing observation considering it was taylor who had dropped pavlik in the second. and larry merchant saying "taylor wanted a conventional fighter...he got one." pavlik does the basics so well. 1-2, 1-1-2, all day.

@mowabb

Жыл бұрын

Well said, great fight. I miss this era of boxing so much!!!

The previous fights before this fight of both their careers, Taylor vs Wright and Pavlik vs Miranda I watched. When Kelly beat Miranda I told my dad, either one of those 2 would beat Taylor. And wow, Kelly beat the brakes of a vehicle with no brakes. Unbelievable fight.

"You wanted a modern Middleweight classic? You got it!" 🥊🥊

Pavliks straight right punch was something else.

Watched it live from just outside of Youngstown. The roof blew off when Kelly won. Awesome bout.

This is great heavy punch confirm Nice ❤👌✊

Didn't know much about kelly I do now man got up being down in early round Damm good job I like him well done champion.well done.

This fight cost Dana White $1,000,000 🤣 revealed on the FULL SEND podcast. WOW! What a fight!

Prime Kelly was a problem

Love this fight 🥊

I think many refs stop this fight at the point when Kelly nearly goes down a second time. Pavlik had NO business getting past those three 100% clean punches landed in the replay (nor the other 15-20 punches landed in the volley) he had even LESS business winning round 3! Wish we could see more title fights like this: competitive. Competitive fights often break out into exciting fights. I hate to sound like most other old fart boxing fans but for the most part, things just ain't the same

@joelewertow5979

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, very true, but le me tell ya, the punches landed were bombs from both fighters. Its a brutal game. Long term damage is no joke

@ac21cody8

2 жыл бұрын

@@joelewertow5979 I think that’s why Pavlik retired so early. I believe he was only 29, he knew his style got himself hit a lot

@scp3799

Жыл бұрын

@@ac21cody8 And he’s doing well. He sounds like he’s got all his faculties.

Are we ever going to see a fight like this again!!!???

@brandonlamb9067

2 жыл бұрын

Golovkin-Canelo II?

great fight

PAVLIK ,GOT LITTLE TEX COBB IN HIM : TOUGH !!! HE MADE HIS FAMILY PROUD !

RIP Steward. Pavlik took it to Taylor

What a great fight!!

From your fans in Australia Kelly 🇦🇺 Thankyou ! Great fight ! ⭐️👏🏻❤️💯

My favorite referee Steve Smoger

Woow!!!! What'a fight!!!! How many jab from Kelly Pavlick!!!!??? Woow!!!!

I wrote jermaines fight song I'm proud to say..

Taylor looked like a young Michael Jordan

Pavlik can take a nuclear punch in taylor

Still fun and exciting to watch. Taylor for sure had his moments but to me it looked like he was running out of gas every time he attacked Pavlik with combinations. After that Pavlik had his momentum. Back and forth. But Taylor looked more sloppy and less careful in his defence. Pavlik never let him rest and collect himself. Great fight.

This was such a great crowd, holy shit. The energy.

Jermaine was my fav man. Was never the same after this loss. He had Kelly beat!!!!!

Damn Pavlik took that punishment and somehow came back

Very nice boxing style from Pavlik. I like this guy.

"This must be a good fight I've already got five dots of blood on my shirt" God I love boxing.

Jermain Taylor was my favorite boxer of this era Sad what happened to him

Wonderful fight. Whipple Drive went nuts

Definitely at round five I'd give edge for boxing ability to Pvlik and the edge for punching on the counter to Taylor.

@user-bx9fk7ww1o

3 жыл бұрын

P0à0pp0

ЖАЛ ,СУПЕР ТАЛАНТ БЫЛ КЭЛЛИ ПАВЛИК ....

This was some Hagler-Hearns level fighting!

I went to this fight with my dad. Great energy at Boardwalk Hall. We also went to the Pavlik v Hopkins fight. Thought Kelly would win that one but BHop put on a clinic that night. I’m from Philadelphia area but I remember Youngstown representing very well on both of those nights.

Now this was a fight. Pavlik took Taylor's soul.

@theesweetscience2084

3 жыл бұрын

Exact.

Al Haymon very much enjoying the fight. Pretty close to center screen during the hard camera* shots *I think that's what the main camera is called in wrastlin'

To bad we never got to see Pavlik against Abraham or Froch.

Ghost got a excellent chin

Sip 👍

hey Tony if you see this, you're gonna crush whatever it is you're getting fired up for

For the love of God can someone please fix Pavliks shorts..... Thre almost on backwards!! 🤣🤣🤣

Some fans think that the Hagler/ Hearns fight was the best round in boxing history. I respectfully disagree in that this fight was like the Hagler/Hearne fight for EVERY round!

Defend it well skill power.heart.make a great name for your self impressive young man.

imagine you go to a world shampion ship fight, two undefeated, oposite styles, both knowing that they go every round to an epic war, knock down, comeback, broken nose, kockout of the year contender, the screeming of the people, and yo go home with a blood stained shirt; what an epic story.

you can even see uncle al in the crowd!

@alfonsojacobo5639

3 жыл бұрын

I'll w***hkkkkkjkkkkkkkkkkkkkklkkkklklll"

@mariosanchez8236

3 жыл бұрын

Beat me to it!

Sean Strickland's win over Adesanya recently made me think of this fight. White guy a massive underdog and wins the world title. They look and fight alike too.

Wow yes wow 👍

At love where the lady In white sits down @ 33:50 like there was a pause in action nobody could see 😄

Both great middleweights

One of the things I love about boxing is when the champ brings his belt into the ring, and the other guy walks out of the ring with it.

@kevinchamorro5357

Жыл бұрын

What an epic feeling bro.

Thank god the ref let them fight for as long as they did.

Boy, you talk about a fight that you thought the winner and loser could change and turn on a Dime. Great effort boys.

i fkn love this sport

👍🙏🥊❤️

i remember watching this fight thinking, theyre gonna kill each other! that Pavlik right hand is like a ball and chain!

Al Haymon in the audience.

I just like that gentleman who is announcing the boxer

Youngstown stand up!!!

Genial Pavlik, un genio ..hasta que le.tocó medirse con nuestro 'maravilla' Martinez..chau Pavlik..quevaser..a todos nos toca

Nice to see the beaten fighter give respect to the winner

A wild Al Haymon has appeared

Kelly is one of my best friends time into his podcast the punchline with kelly pavlik and James Dominguez or go to punchline.live

Taylor refused to do the voluntary knockdown after that 2nd right straight from Pavlik, if he did that maybe the outcome of this fight might be different.

Yay Kelly

That's how you beat anybody in boxing basic 112

@theesweetscience2084

3 жыл бұрын

Also love that pavliks corner kept stressing to use the double jab to make him keep the hands in place then follow it with the body shot. Took Taylor's conditioning and that awesome 1-1-2 to land the big right that landed over n over

You’ll never see boxing 🥊 like this again! Nowadays u got a bunch of soft boxers.

Ini baru petinju sportif yg luar biasa jep itu yg membuat petinju jadi indah

Pavlik est un véritable puncheur bravo à lui

No count...wtf? Ref didn’t even give him 1 second. Pavlik was dropped by a similar combo in the 2nd round and given a full count.

@cecilsays9451

2 жыл бұрын

He was unconscious.

@b_collins7846

Жыл бұрын

Can’t give a count to someone snoring

@jaayeee24

Жыл бұрын

@@b_collins7846 yes you can if they wake up before 10 seconds. Tyson Fury was snoring for 3 seconds and then he got up and won the fight.

@TimelessKnowledge

9 ай бұрын

Bro you sound silly he was slummed over half dead!!! White dude was knocked down but never a KO you don’t know much about boxing do you?

@MrMikeyj81

8 ай бұрын

@@jaayeee24 He wasn't waking up....end of discussion LOL 😆😆

Kelly has a huge frame like Tommy Hearns

Idk if Bruce Buffer drinks but he seems buzzed or really tired in this bout.

@35:15 TEAM WHITE

Somebody's O didn't have to go because it could have ended in a draw!Then nobody's O would have gone!