Kelly at his best, when he knocked out Jermain Taylor and became champion of the world;
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Kelly was an awesome, P4P level fighter in his day, and like Carcharias, I will always remember him for his fight with Edison Miranda, as well as his fight with Jermain Taylor, those are the two fights I will remember of him. Kelly, along with the Klitschko Brothers, Joe Calzaghe, Dariusz Michalczewski, Sven Ottke, Mikkel Kessler, and Lucian Bute was one of the better white fighters in the 2000`s.
His win over Jermain Taylor was legendary and his KO`s over Zertuche and Miranda were also extremely impressive at that time.
I remember the first time I saw Pavlik fight was in 2006, when he viciously knocked out a Haitian Negro named Lenord Pierre. Pavlik was then invited to an HBO debut where he knocked out J.L. Zertuche in a savage fashion(probably one of the most brutal KO`s in the past ten years in boxing). Pavlik was then matched in a fight to lose against HBO `black hype` job Edison Miranda, who Pavlik engaged with and ultimately wore out down the stretch, beating the Negro up and forcing a stoppage.
People at the time found that unbelievable because HBO had been pushing Edison Miranda as a `strong Negro`, and Pavlik completely busted him up and stopped him dramatically. HBO then matched Pavlik in a 50-50 fight with Negro undisputed champion Jermain Taylor. Pavlik survived a 2nd round knockdown to comeback and brutally knock Taylor out unconsciously in round 7. Again, this KO is one of the most brutal and dramatic Ive seen in over 15 years watching boxing.
Pavlik became undisputed champion of the world and thoroughly upset HBO`s plans at pushing Negro superstars Miranda and Taylor. HBO was pushing these Negroes as the next stars and Pavlik just brutally knocked them both out. It was quite a sensation at the time, and many people found it unbelievable. Miranda was favoured to beat Pavlik, which didn`t happen, then Taylor was also a slight favourite over Pavlik.
Of course, in 2008, it all started going downhill, but thats boxing. Fighters don`t usually end their careers on high notes. Credit to Kelly, although he has 2 career losses, he`s never been stopped!
Kelly will be remembered as an undisputed champion and a White Man who destoyed HBO`s Negro hopefuls!