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Kelly Pavlik Record

40-2
Total Fights42
Wins40
Losses2
Draws0
No-Contests0
Title Wins3
Title Defenses3
Title-Fight KOs4
KO Wins34
KO Losses0
Kelly Pavlik Record & Stats
Kelly Pavlik's Record
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      What is Kelly Pavlik's boxing record?

      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.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      42Jul 7, 201230Will RosinskyWinUD
      41Jun 8, 201230Scott SigmonWinTKO7
      40Mar 31, 201229Aaron JacoWinTKO2
      39May 7, 201129Alfonso López IIIWinMD
      38Apr 17, 201028Sergio MartínezLoss *UD
      37Dec 19, 200927Miguel EspinoWin *TKO5
      36Feb 21, 200926Marco Antonio RubioWin *RTD9
      35Oct 18, 200826Bernard HopkinsLossUD
      34Jun 7, 200826Gary LockettWin *TKO3
      33Feb 16, 200825Jermain TaylorWinUD
      32Sep 29, 200725Jermain TaylorWin *TKO7
      31May 19, 200725Edison MirandaWinTKO7
      30Jan 27, 200724Jose Luis ZertucheWinKO8
      29Nov 2, 200624Lenord PierreWinTKO4
      28Jul 27, 200624Bronco McKartWinTKO6
      27Oct 7, 200523Fulgencio ZúñigaWinTKO9
      26Aug 26, 200523Vincent HarrisWinTKO2
      25Jun 10, 200523Daniel NealWinTKO1
      24Mar 4, 200522Dorian BeaupierreWinTKO2
      23Nov 27, 200422Ross ThompsonWinUD
      22Sep 18, 200422Carlton HollandWinKO2
      21Jul 2, 200422Pedro OrtegaWinTKO6
      20Mar 26, 200421Roberto BaroWinKO2
      19Jan 23, 200421Anthony IvoryWinUD
      18Jul 1, 200321Rico CasonWinKO2
      17Mar 22, 200320Cesar AvilaWinTKO6
      16Feb 8, 200320Eduardo GutierrezWinTKO2
      15Sep 14, 200220Edson MadridWinUD
      14Jul 30, 200220Abel HernandezWinTKO1
      13Jun 21, 200220Eric OldsWinKO1
      12Feb 23, 200219Robert DasoyanWinKO2
      11Nov 21, 200119Rob BleakleyWinKO2
      10Aug 4, 200119Mario LopezWinTKO2
      9Jun 8, 200119Grady BrewerWinTKO2
      8Mar 23, 200118Tommy WalkerWinTKO1
      7Feb 4, 200118Mathias BedburdickWinTKO3
      6Dec 15, 200018Cedric JohnsonWinTKO2
      5Nov 17, 200018Lafayette RandolphWinTKO2
      4Oct 15, 200018Anthony CollierWinTKO1
      3Sep 15, 200018Frankie SanchezWinTKO1
      2Aug 5, 200018Nelson HernandezWinTKO1
      1Jun 16, 200018Eric Benito TzandWinTKO3

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      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.

      Championships

      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.

      Title Wins

      Kelly Pavlik fought for middleweight world titles once, which he won via TKO. In total, he won three middleweight belts.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Sep 29, 2007^Jermain TaylorMiddleweightWBC, WBO, The RingTKO
      ^ Became unified world champion

      Title Defenses

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Dec 19, 2009Miguel EspinoMiddleweightWBC, WBO, The RingTKO
      Feb 21, 2009Marco Antonio RubioMiddleweightWBC, WBO, The RingRTD
      Jun 7, 2008Gary LockettMiddleweightWBC, WBO, The RingTKO

      Title Losses

      Kelly Pavlik lost one world-title defense fight, and lost three titles in the fight.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Apr 17, 2010Sergio MartínezMiddleweightWBC, WBO, The RingUD

      Highlights

      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.

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