Pavlik Espn chat from today

Buzzmaster: We'll be getting Kelly soon, everyone! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Withers (Oceanside CA): What round will you knock Jermain out? Kelly Pavlik: I don't really predict a particular round. When the knockout comes it comes. We've just been training for that. We'll see if it happens again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris (Appleton, WI): How has your training routine changed for this fight compared to the first fight? Kelly Pavlik: It hasn't really. We've started a little bit earlier, but we trained like crazy in the first fight. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff (New Orleans): Harder Puncher, Miranda or Taylor? Kelly Pavlik: Miranda. Taylor is strong, but Miranda has more power with his punches. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David (Old Bridge, NJ): Mr. Pavlik, Do you think the move up in weight for this fight helps you or Jermain more ? Kelly Pavlik: I think it benefits me more, definitely. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave: Youngstown, OH.: Kelly, how important do you think it will be to try to change the tempo of this fight compared to the last meeting? Will the plan of attack be a significant change or will it be similar? Kelly Pavlik: I think it'll be similar. We'll try to back him up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Jackson: After you beat taylor, would you be interested in fighting the winner of hopkins calzage? Kelly Pavlik: Definitely. Calzaghe and Hopkins are both great fighters, so it would be something that I would look forward to. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JR (Chicago, IL): Were you surprised by the wide disparity in the scorecards in the previous fight? I thought the fight was really close-- only because of the 10-8 or 10-7 second round--but the judges seemed to think Taylor was in control. Kelly Pavlik: I was. I'm a picky fighter and if I go back and watch a round, I'll give it to the other guy if it's close, but I don't see how the judges scored it as they did. I gave him the second and fifth rounds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerardo, Chicago, IL: Saw pictures of you training and your hands seem ok. Any problems with them after your accident at home? Kelly Pavlik: No, no problems at all. There was only a week in which I was out, and that was over two months ago. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason (DE): What's your biggest weakness as a fighter? In your opinion? Kelly Pavlik: I tend to lower my left hand, so I have to work harder on keeping it up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zo (AZ): how long do you plan to stay in the middleweight division before moving up to Super Middleweight? Also, do you see yourself ever going up to light heavy? Kelly Pavlik: I've fought a couple of fights at middleweight, and it's harder and harder to make weight. Hopkins and Calzaghe are up there, so it could be a stop at the end of my career. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt (portland, OR): Hey Kelly huge fan, how much did the crowd support during the last fight help you? It seemed like 3/4 of the crowd was from Ohio. Good luck on the 16th! Kelly Pavlik: It was huge. To get that support makes a big difference. It was a big help. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zo (AZ): A lot of fighters tend to watch much film, but rather leave it to their trainer. It seems that you on the other hand, do watch a lot of film. Do you see that as an advantage? Kelly Pavlik: I do watch, but I usually just watch parts of the beginning, end, and middle, for mistakes. Most of it, I leave to the trainer so we can pick it apart in training. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris (Appleton, WI): Which boxer (past or present) do you admire the most? Kelly Pavlik: There aren't many that I sat there and admired specifically. You have to give Sugar Ray Leonard credit for what he accomplished. Rocky Marciano was a bull. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JR (Chicago, IL): How important is it for you to establish your jab again, especially since Taylor hardly ever keeps his hands up? Kelly Pavlik: It's very important. You keep the jabs coming, and the right hand behind it all day long, and he becomes a target for it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian (Anaheim, CA): Other than yourself, who do you consider the top P4P guys? Kelly Pavlik: Definitely have to go with Mayweather. Cotto is walking through guys out there. That'd be my top-2 that are solid. Kelly Pavlik: Thanks everyone!