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02/17/2008 Archived Entry: "Pavlik beats Taylor in an Intense 12 rounder"
Pavlik Beats Taylor in an Intense 12 Rounder
By Ted Sares
Courtesy of Eastsideboxing.com
As some, but not nearly as many as one might expect, predicted, “The Ghost” did it again by withstanding Jemaine Taylor’s sporadic explosions and good start to win a solid unanimous decision. My thinking before the fight was that the first icing had gotten into Taylor’s head, and this would be déjà vu all over again. I was wrong.
As Teddy Atlas said on Friday, it helps to get a new mechanic and take one lap around the track before getting back in there with the tough Youngstown KO artist so soon. While he did get a new mechanic in Ozell Nelson (who first introduced Taylor to boxing at his gym in Little Rock), he did not take a warm up fight (read: lap around the track). But he still fought one hell of a fight landing a number of clean rights and doing some good body work..
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