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Total Fights | 42 |
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Wins | 40 |
Losses | 2 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 4 |
KO Wins | 34 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 12 years, Kelly Pavlik fought 42 times with 40 wins and 2 losses.
Pavlik retired from professional boxing with a record of 40-2, which included three middleweight world-title wins and three successful title defense fights. He had a 81% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 34 of his total 42 fights being knockout wins, four of which were in title fights. Pavlik never lost via knockout.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Will Rosinsky on July 7, 2012.
Some of Pavlik's best fights and notable victories include wins over Jermain Taylor, Miguel Espino, Gary Lockett, Marco Antonio Rubio, Edison Miranda, Aaron Jaco, and Will Rosinsky.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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42 | Jul 7, 2012 | 30 | Will Rosinsky | Win | UD |
41 | Jun 8, 2012 | 30 | Scott Sigmon | Win | TKO7 |
40 | Mar 31, 2012 | 29 | Aaron Jaco | Win | TKO2 |
39 | May 7, 2011 | 29 | Alfonso López III | Win | MD |
38 | Apr 17, 2010 | 28 | Sergio Martínez | Loss * | UD |
37 | Dec 19, 2009 | 27 | Miguel Espino | Win * | TKO5 |
36 | Feb 21, 2009 | 26 | Marco Antonio Rubio | Win * | RTD9 |
35 | Oct 18, 2008 | 26 | Bernard Hopkins | Loss | UD |
34 | Jun 7, 2008 | 26 | Gary Lockett | Win * | TKO3 |
33 | Feb 16, 2008 | 25 | Jermain Taylor | Win | UD |
32 | Sep 29, 2007 | 25 | Jermain Taylor | Win * | TKO7 |
31 | May 19, 2007 | 25 | Edison Miranda | Win | TKO7 |
30 | Jan 27, 2007 | 24 | Jose Luis Zertuche | Win | KO8 |
29 | Nov 2, 2006 | 24 | Lenord Pierre | Win | TKO4 |
28 | Jul 27, 2006 | 24 | Bronco McKart | Win | TKO6 |
27 | Oct 7, 2005 | 23 | Fulgencio Zúñiga | Win | TKO9 |
26 | Aug 26, 2005 | 23 | Vincent Harris | Win | TKO2 |
25 | Jun 10, 2005 | 23 | Daniel Neal | Win | TKO1 |
24 | Mar 4, 2005 | 22 | Dorian Beaupierre | Win | TKO2 |
23 | Nov 27, 2004 | 22 | Ross Thompson | Win | UD |
22 | Sep 18, 2004 | 22 | Carlton Holland | Win | KO2 |
21 | Jul 2, 2004 | 22 | Pedro Ortega | Win | TKO6 |
20 | Mar 26, 2004 | 21 | Roberto Baro | Win | KO2 |
19 | Jan 23, 2004 | 21 | Anthony Ivory | Win | UD |
18 | Jul 1, 2003 | 21 | Rico Cason | Win | KO2 |
17 | Mar 22, 2003 | 20 | Cesar Avila | Win | TKO6 |
16 | Feb 8, 2003 | 20 | Eduardo Gutierrez | Win | TKO2 |
15 | Sep 14, 2002 | 20 | Edson Madrid | Win | UD |
14 | Jul 30, 2002 | 20 | Abel Hernandez | Win | TKO1 |
13 | Jun 21, 2002 | 20 | Eric Olds | Win | KO1 |
12 | Feb 23, 2002 | 19 | Robert Dasoyan | Win | KO2 |
11 | Nov 21, 2001 | 19 | Rob Bleakley | Win | KO2 |
10 | Aug 4, 2001 | 19 | Mario Lopez | Win | TKO2 |
9 | Jun 8, 2001 | 19 | Grady Brewer | Win | TKO2 |
8 | Mar 23, 2001 | 18 | Tommy Walker | Win | TKO1 |
7 | Feb 4, 2001 | 18 | Mathias Bedburdick | Win | TKO3 |
6 | Dec 15, 2000 | 18 | Cedric Johnson | Win | TKO2 |
5 | Nov 17, 2000 | 18 | Lafayette Randolph | Win | TKO2 |
4 | Oct 15, 2000 | 18 | Anthony Collier | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Sep 15, 2000 | 18 | Frankie Sanchez | Win | TKO1 |
2 | Aug 5, 2000 | 18 | Nelson Hernandez | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Jun 16, 2000 | 18 | Eric Benito Tzand | Win | TKO3 |
* World-title fight
Kelly Pavlik (The Ghost) is a 42-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. on April 5, 1982. He is a former middleweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 12 years — from 2000 to 2012.
Pavlik made his professional boxing debut against Eric Benito Tzand at the age of 18 on June 16, 2000, defeating Tzand via 3rd round TKO. He went on to win 33 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 29 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on September 29, 2007 after 31 professional fights, against Jermain Taylor for the middleweight WBC, WBO, and The Ring titles. He defeated Taylor via 7th round TKO to become the middleweight champion of the world.
Kelly Pavlik was a one-time unified middleweight world champion, and has won three world titles at middleweight. For all the details about Pavlik's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Pavlik had a total of two losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Will Rosinsky on July 7, 2012. Pavlik won the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 11 years, 9 months, and 12 days since this fight.
Pavlik had a total of five world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and three successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost one.
Kelly Pavlik fought for middleweight world titles once, which he won via TKO. In total, he won three middleweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Sep 29, 2007^ | Jermain Taylor | Middleweight | WBC, WBO, The Ring | TKO |
Kelly Pavlik had four middleweight world-title defense fights. He won three of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Dec 19, 2009 | Miguel Espino | Middleweight | WBC, WBO, The Ring | TKO |
Feb 21, 2009 | Marco Antonio Rubio | Middleweight | WBC, WBO, The Ring | RTD |
Jun 7, 2008 | Gary Lockett | Middleweight | WBC, WBO, The Ring | TKO |
Kelly Pavlik lost one world-title defense fight, and lost three titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Apr 17, 2010 | Sergio Martínez | Middleweight | WBC, WBO, The Ring | UD |
Pavlik fought a total of 42 times during his professional career, which includes 5 world-title fights at the middleweight division. He put on some great performances in these fights. These six fights are the highlight of his career.
May 19, 2007: Kelly Pavlik puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Edison Miranda via 7th round TKO.
September 29, 2007: Pavlik becomes a unified middleweight world champion by beating Jermain Taylor via 7th round TKO, in his first world-title fight. He now holds the WBC, WBO, and The Ring middleweight world-champion belts.
February 16, 2008: Kelly Pavlik beats Jermain Taylor via 12th round unanimous decision.
June 7, 2008: Pavlik successfully defends the WBC, WBO, and The Ring middleweight titles against Gary Lockett, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.
February 21, 2009: Pavlik successfully defends the WBC, WBO, and The Ring middleweight titles against Marco Antonio Rubio, winning the fight via 9th round RTD.
December 19, 2009: Pavlik successfully defends the WBC, WBO, and The Ring middleweight titles against Miguel Espino, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.
Pavlik knocked out 34 of his 42 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 81%. Of his total 40 wins, 34 of them were via KO (85%).
Pavlik's first world-title win were the WBC, WBO, and The Ring belts at middleweight. He defeated Jermain Taylor via 7 round TKO to win the titles.
Pavlik won three world titles at middleweight.
Pavlik had a total of four title defense fights. He was successful three times and lost one time.