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All Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik ever wanted was a shot. Saturday night he got it.
Looking every inch a champion in the making, Pavlik, all 6’2 1/2" of him, made the most of his shot. That shot was an appearance on HBO, which is the Holy Grail for any fighter, particularly a young contender. Compare it to the old days if you want to. A young, stand-up comedian knew he made it big when he would be invited to appear on the Johnny Carson Show to perform his routine. If he got a nod of the head from Carson it would be his stepping stone to the big time. Pavlik got the nod from HBO on Saturday night – now the big time is calling.
Hailing from the same championship streets of Youngstown, Ohio that former hometown heroes Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, Harry Arroyo and Jeff Lampkin used to do their roadwork on, the 24 year-old Pavlik is upholding the city’s great boxing tradition by making his mark on boxing’s world stage.
In front of 7,100 electrically-charged fans at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California Pavlik shocked the masses of this Disneyland city when he short-circuited rugged Mexican Jose Luis Zertuche with two right hands, forcing the referee to jump in and perform an emergency rescue on the helpless Zertuche halfway through the eighth round. [details]
Looking every inch a champion in the making, Pavlik, all 6’2 1/2" of him, made the most of his shot. That shot was an appearance on HBO, which is the Holy Grail for any fighter, particularly a young contender. Compare it to the old days if you want to. A young, stand-up comedian knew he made it big when he would be invited to appear on the Johnny Carson Show to perform his routine. If he got a nod of the head from Carson it would be his stepping stone to the big time. Pavlik got the nod from HBO on Saturday night – now the big time is calling.
Hailing from the same championship streets of Youngstown, Ohio that former hometown heroes Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, Harry Arroyo and Jeff Lampkin used to do their roadwork on, the 24 year-old Pavlik is upholding the city’s great boxing tradition by making his mark on boxing’s world stage.
In front of 7,100 electrically-charged fans at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California Pavlik shocked the masses of this Disneyland city when he short-circuited rugged Mexican Jose Luis Zertuche with two right hands, forcing the referee to jump in and perform an emergency rescue on the helpless Zertuche halfway through the eighth round. [details]
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