Kelly Robert Pavlik was born on April 5,1982 and is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012.
41 Facts About Kelly Pavlik
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Kelly Pavlik won the unified WBC, WBO, Ring magazine and lineal middleweight titles by defeating Jermain Taylor in 2007, and made three successful defenses before losing them to Sergio Martinez in 2010.
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Kelly Pavlik graduated from Lowellville High School and Mahoning County Joint Vocational School in 2000.
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Kelly Pavlik has been trained by Jack Loew of Youngstown's South Side Boxing Gym for his entire career.
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Kelly Pavlik turned professional in 2000 and won his first 26 fights before stepping up in competition on October 7,2005, to face Fulgencio Zuniga for the vacant NABF Middleweight title.
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Zuniga scored a knockdown with a left hook in the first round, but Kelly Pavlik recovered quickly and dominated the rest of the fight.
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On July 7,2006, Kelly Pavlik defeated the former WBO Light Middleweight Champion Bronco McKart with sixth round technical knock out in his first defense of his NABF Middleweight title.
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McKart scored a knockdown when both of Kelly Pavlik's gloves touched the canvas in the fourth round.
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Kelly Pavlik knocked McKart down twice in the sixth round before the referee stopped the fight.
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Kelly Pavlik headlined in his hometown at the Covelli Centre on November 2,2006, and put on a dominant performance against Lenord Pierre.
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Kelly Pavlik scored a knockdown with a right hand late in the first round, and rocked Pierre repeatedly in the second and third rounds.
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Kelly Pavlik knocked down Pierre again with a left hook in the fourth round and the referee stopped the fight.
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On January 27,2007, in Anaheim, California, Kelly Pavlik defeated Jose Luis Zertuche with an eighth-round knockout in his second and final defense of his NABF Middleweight title.
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Kelly Pavlik defeated Edison Miranda on May 19,2007, with a technical knock out in the seventh round.
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Kelly Pavlik thus earned a chance for the middleweight title against Jermain Taylor, who had defeated Kelly Pavlik during their amateur careers in a bout that was part of the 2000 Olympic Team-USA Box-offs.
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However, using his reach advantage and ability to trap opponents in the corner, Kelly Pavlik slowly turned the tide on Taylor.
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HBO's unofficial scorer, Harold Lederman, even had Kelly Pavlik leading the fight at the halfway point.
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Kelly Pavlik was named The Boxing Times Fighter of the Year in 2007.
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Kelly Pavlik won the fight with a unanimous decision, handing Taylor his second defeat.
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Kelly Pavlik defeated Lockett with a third round technical knock out after Enzo Calzaghe, Lockett's trainer, threw in the towel when Lockett was down for the third time.
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On February 21,2009, his first bout after his defeat to Hopkins, Kelly Pavlik defeated Marco Antonio Rubio in his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio, at the Chevy Centre with a ninth-round technical knockout.
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Kelly Pavlik dominated the fight, forcing Rubio's corner to concede the bout before the start of the tenth round.
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Kelly Pavlik fought The Contender alumnus Miguel Espino on December 19,2009, at the Beeghly Center on the campus of Youngstown State University and won with a fifth-round technical knockout.
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However, due to a major staph infection and an allergic reaction to some antibiotics that nearly killed him, Kelly Pavlik was forced to drop out of the fight.
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Kelly Pavlik was eventually able to fight again against the Light Middleweight Champion Sergio Martinez.
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Kelly Pavlik was defeated by Martinez by a unanimous 12-round decision.
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Martinez managed to cut Kelly Pavlik's left eyebrow in the first round.
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Kelly Pavlik then started to mount a comeback in the middle rounds by blocking Martinez's punches more effectively.
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Kelly Pavlik spent most of his time headhunting trying to land a hard right, which did help Kelly Pavlik score a knock-down in the seventh round.
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Kelly Pavlik was set to move up the super middleweight division and fight Brian Vera, as the co-main event to Manny Pacquiao vs Antonio Margarito on November 13,2010.
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However, roughly two weeks before the fight, Kelly Pavlik suffered a rib injury and had to pull out of the fight.
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Kelly Pavlik checked himself into the Betty Ford Center for alcohol rehabilitation.
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Kelly Pavlik then fought Alfonso Lopez III in the main card of Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley.
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Three months later, on June 8,2012, Kelly Pavlik made his return to the national spotlight, defeating Scott Sigmon on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights.
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On July 7,2012, Kelly Pavlik fought the fairly-highly touted, up-and-coming prospect: Will Rosinsky.
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Kelly Pavlik defeated Rosinsky with a unanimous decision, to earn the fortieth win of his professional boxing career.
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Kelly Pavlik was scheduled to fight on HBO the lineal super middleweight, as well as WBA and WBC, champion Andre Ward for his title on January 26,2013 at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California.
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January 19,2013 Kelly Pavlik announced his retirement from boxing.
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Kelly Pavlik was charged with theft on September 18,2013 after he had refused to pay a cab fare.
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Kelly Pavlik was arrested on Saturday of April 2015 for assault at a Foo Fighters concert.
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On January 26,2016 Kelly Pavlik was charged with misdemeanor assault after shooting a worker with a pellet gun whilst he was digging a lake at Kelly Pavlik's home in August 2015.