My FINAL PREDICTION: Put yours in here

[Derranged_]

Amadinejad?

Yeah, Iran...That avi's a dead ringer for him.

[The Fix]

taylor via tko, round 9 or so...

[STEELHEAD]

hope pavlik wins.

taylor by decision.

[nvme]

How long till the main event????

[Dorian]

Jermain Taylor UD (115 - 113, 114 - 114, 116 - 112)

[The Fix]

Jermain Taylor UD (115 - 113, 114 - 114, 116 - 112)

hate to burst your bubble or anything but the scores you have listed represent a majority decision, not a ud...

[vB Martin]

HBO by KO.

regardless of who wins, as long as it's by KO, HBO has what it's wanted since Hopkins-Taylor I (actually, since long before that since Hopkins was so boring in his effectiveness) which is a MW champ they can sell on PPV.

I think Taylor by UD. Pavlik is tough and hard, but really inexperienced. I don't think he will be owned, but he will most likely lose.

[vB Martin]

HBO by KO.

regardless of who wins, as long as it's by KO, HBO has what it's wanted since Hopkins-Taylor I (actually, since long before that since Hopkins was so boring in his effectiveness) which is a MW champ they can sell on PPV.

I think Taylor by UD. Pavlik is tough and hard, but really inexperienced. I don't think he will be owned, but he will most likely lose.

ooooooooooops...

Though I do have to say that Smoger was really quick to jump in and stop it without giving Taylor the same chance to recover he gave Pavlik. Good fight, though.

Edit: Looking at it again, Smoger let Taylor get hit repeatedly when he was sitting on the ropes. Correct me if I'm wrong, but once the ropes are holding him up, shouldn't Smoger have ruled it a knockdown, given an 8 count and then decided whether Taylor could have continued? I don't know that he could have, but we'll never know. There were at least 5 flush punches landed when the corner was holding him up.

[Derranged_]

After going back and forth for a week now and leaning towards Taylor, I've got to go with my 'gut' instinct here...

I'm picking Pavlik to win via mid to late round TKO. After rewatching Pavlik-Miranda, I realized that Kelly's remarkable composure, his granite chin, combined with his high workrate and his punching power will prove too much for the smaller and lighter hitting Taylor. I think Kelly has a sound game plan and will adjust to any of Taylor's tactics to get the KO.

And that's another point here; you guys all know that Pavliks going to gunning for the knockout rather than the decision and this will be a big factor in the fight...

Yeah, I got this one right; it's a first...

[SkillspayBills]

Kball made a ****load of points on this fight. Cong**** to Pavlik for getting in there and taking the title.