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By Jake Donovan - Just because it’s an anniversary, it doesn’t make it cause for celebration.
Tuesday marked two years to the day that Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31KO) claimed the middleweight crown, peeling himself off of the canvas to drop and stop Jermain Taylor in seven rounds at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The very same arena hosts Pavlik’s next fight, as a press conference was held Tuesday afternoon to confirm his December 5 showdown with multi-division challenger Paul Williams.
In many ways, the press conference also announced Pavlik’s long overdue arrival as a world champion willing to defend against all comers.
To say that his reign has been a disappointment would be the understatement of the year. Prior to the announcement of Williams (37-1, 27KO) as his next challenger, Pavlik has made just two defenses of the World middleweight crown.
Nobody gave Gary Lockett or Marco Antonio Rubio much of a chance to be competitive in their separate title challenges, never mind threaten to pull off an upset. Both fights went according to script: Lockett was blown out in three rounds, while Rubio went nine rounds deep before his corner pulled the plug. [details]
Tuesday marked two years to the day that Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31KO) claimed the middleweight crown, peeling himself off of the canvas to drop and stop Jermain Taylor in seven rounds at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The very same arena hosts Pavlik’s next fight, as a press conference was held Tuesday afternoon to confirm his December 5 showdown with multi-division challenger Paul Williams.
In many ways, the press conference also announced Pavlik’s long overdue arrival as a world champion willing to defend against all comers.
To say that his reign has been a disappointment would be the understatement of the year. Prior to the announcement of Williams (37-1, 27KO) as his next challenger, Pavlik has made just two defenses of the World middleweight crown.
Nobody gave Gary Lockett or Marco Antonio Rubio much of a chance to be competitive in their separate title challenges, never mind threaten to pull off an upset. Both fights went according to script: Lockett was blown out in three rounds, while Rubio went nine rounds deep before his corner pulled the plug. [details]
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