I said two days before the fight on the Kelly Pavlik thread.
"In boxing anything can happen, lucky punch, low blows, etc. That being said, I see Pavlik winning this fight in the later rounds. Taylor has a tendency to tire. I have seen most of his high profile fights and Taylor is always sucking wind by the 6th, 7th round. I am not saying Taylor gets completely gassed, but winded none the less. Pavlik will not give him room to breathe. I see a KO coming and a new Middleweight king GO PAVLIK!"
JD1968 said
"Kelly Pavlik showed he has the heart of a lion with this amazing comeback win. In the second round my heart sank, but I had the feeling if he survived the round he would win. Pavlik seems to get stronger around the sixth and seventh rounds, as the accumulation of his punches begins to wear his opponents down".
I, like you JD1968 was positive that if Pavlik was able to survive the early onslaught that he would knock Taylor out. I thought that the knockout would come anywhere between the 6th, and the tenth. Taylor does not have the stamina or the heart to bang with Kelly for 12 rounds. No way in hell was he going to survive the pace that Kelly set. God I am so happy to see Kelly win. Seems to be just a great guy all around.