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Taylor vs. Pavlik: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Jermain Taylor (Bad Intentions) defends his WBC, WBO, and The Ring middleweight titles against Kelly Pavlik (The Ghost). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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29
Jan 27, 2001
27-0-1
5
17 (60.7%)
185 cm
198 cm
13 cm
Orthodox
May 19, 2007
4m, 10d
2
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Jun 16, 2000
31-0
0
28 (90.3%)
189 cm
191 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
May 19, 2007
4m, 10d
31
WBAWBCIBFWBOTheRing
MD
w1
d1
MD
w1
d4
MD
w1
MD
w1
d4
MD
w1
d4
middleweight
Saturday, 29 Sep 2007
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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Jermain Taylor vs. Kelly Pavlik I

Date

This fight between Jermain Taylor and Kelly Pavlik took place on at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 189 cm, Kelly Pavlik is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Jermain Taylor is 185 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Taylor has a nice longer reach of 198 cm, which is 7 cms longer than Pavlik's 191 cm. Taylor also has a 11 cm ape index advantage over Pavlik.

Taylor is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 27-0-1 (17 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 10 days ago against Cory Spinks, which he won via 12 round split decision.

Cory Spinks' boxing career

Pavlik also comes in with an undefeated record of 31-0 (28 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 10 days ago against Edison Miranda, which he won via 7th round TKO.

Edison Miranda's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Taylor will be 29 years and 1 month old. Pavlik will be 25 years and 5 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of Jermain Taylor. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Taylor vs Pavlik.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Jermain Taylor may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Pavlik stops Taylor early.

Result

Kelly Pavlik defeated Jermain Taylor via 7th round TKO. Taylor's undefeated record comes to an end, and Pavlik advances his win streak to 32. Pavlik is now 32-0, and Taylor 27-1-1.

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