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By Patrick Kehoe - The difference separating world middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik and former champion Jermain Taylor might be thought of as the divide between confidence and trust. Jermain Taylor has worked hard at his Las Vegas training camp, under the paternalistic tutelage of Ozell Nelson, to reinvest his boxing with sharpened fundamentals, elite level fitness upgrades, and most preciously an affirming trust in his adaptive boxing skills. For Jermain Taylor trusts in his boxing ability. He has no other choice moving forward into the breach.
Back in Youngstown, Ohio, Kelly Pavlik continues on with the mission of dominance stamped on Taylor during their seven rounds of middleweight championship struggle September 29, 2007, at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Where Pavlik keeps to the internal logic of what produced his best boxing, under the duress of leaping from contender to champion, Taylor has had to discover a personal renaissance – rebirth – in his own excellence. The pride of Little Rock Arkansas shadowboxes, peering into mirrors and the eyes of Nelson, listening for the reassuring echoes of his earlier glories, reframing the images and imaginings of his ultimate dream of a champion’s return. [details]
Back in Youngstown, Ohio, Kelly Pavlik continues on with the mission of dominance stamped on Taylor during their seven rounds of middleweight championship struggle September 29, 2007, at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Where Pavlik keeps to the internal logic of what produced his best boxing, under the duress of leaping from contender to champion, Taylor has had to discover a personal renaissance – rebirth – in his own excellence. The pride of Little Rock Arkansas shadowboxes, peering into mirrors and the eyes of Nelson, listening for the reassuring echoes of his earlier glories, reframing the images and imaginings of his ultimate dream of a champion’s return. [details]
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