JERMAIN TAYLOR vs. KELLY PAVLIK 1 | FULL FIGHT | BOXING WORLD WEEKLY

[@rsggrindtime5x]

This hands down one of the best boxing fights in History 🔥🔥🔥

[@bigetcb9994]

@@rsggrindtime5x warrd and gotti

[@mikebo3412]

All these years later still one of the greatest fights I've ever watched. I remember how tense this fight felt watching it live. Two warriors in their primes. Miss these days of boxing.

[@mr.exxon2405]

Definitely a classic!! Was waiting for someone to whip Taylor after he got those decisions over my Favorite fighter in Hopkins!! Pavlik definitely came through after getting knocked down early!! Hopkins down the line defeated Pavlik flawlessly!! All GREAT Fights tho 4 sure!! 💯💯🔥🔥🔥

[@rsggrindtime5x]

Facts I watched this fight and tried to find a fight similar with the same action and went to Sugar Ray Vs Tommy Hearns, and it still didn’t top this Fight! 💯💯

[@BDJ4mTex]

I think this fight was free on HBO. Correct me if I’m wrong.

[@patienthands]

Kenny Bayless would've stopped this fight in the second round. What a comeback.

[@rubensantos8380]

You mean Tony Weeks or Richard Steele

[@skydust1269]

@@rubensantos8380 Especially Richard Steele. LOL

[@rubensantos8380]

@ yeah,but he also messed up lots of fights

[@richardbarga4310]

Watched this fight live at the Royal Oaks in Youngstown. The place almost collapsed when Taylor went down. Greatest fight I have ever seen.

[@kevinchamorro5357]

wooow, what an epic experience.

[@BDJ4mTex]

I saw this live and it was an amazing fight.

[@patriceaqa288]

​@@BDJ4mTexthis was the best fight i ever saw live. I was only 19 the world at my feet. I was pumped afterwards with emotion i took my labrador for an early run. Its sad to think Emmanuel steward is dead, pavlik is retired, Taylor facing legal problems and my health failing me badly. I can never forget this fight. My girlfriend thought i was crazy staying up and then saying ive got to run this emotion off lol

[@blazerandazzo1693]

One of the greatest middle weight champion fights of all time. I was truly inspired by Pavlik's rise and how he held on for dear life life when JT shook him. I still remember it until this day and I think some of yall feel the same way.

[@Toesucker26]

Great fight I knew Taylor would lose so I bet on pavlik and won $50 bucks 😀😀😀😀😀👍🏽👍🏽

[@hillardwoodcock8040]

This fight never gets old .

[@kchi5551]

Same here brotha. Great MW fight

[@keyzhagisel301]

Ok

[@jugghead-1975]

@@jimnagel5611 For sure ..... never the same ! If he could’ve finished Pavlik when he had him hurt I think it would’ve put T on a completely different path . But who knows ? When you have a banger like P hurt dazed and confused you better finish him instead of gassing out! Great fight

[@user-kinggreatalmost]

Amazing fight!!! Thank you so much.

[@Verbal-Kint]

What an amazing fight. Someone was leaving on their shield. 2 amazing warriors in their prime laying everything on the line. I miss hbo boxing

[@stevenpham1961]

Me and a buddy played pool with Jermain Taylor at professor bowl in LR day after HBO fight night in 2001! I remember him appreciating us treating him like a regular person as exec's and ceoc's and fans continued to interrupt our 2 on 2 pool games.

[@ih8suvs]

This was a golden era of boxing. So many great fighters across all weight classes.

[@vince11harris]

True but this year has been good so far

[@chanceburger3169]

​@@vince11harrisReally

[@Lemon-rk9hq]

@@vince11harris agreed I feel boxing is starting to peak out again it’s at its peak again

[@kakulaytv7681]

@@ih8suvs agree boxing now is boring!

[@MelFreeman-m3m]

Definitely.

[@BillyJackCaldwell]

"You wanted a modern Middleweight classic? You got it!" 🥊🥊

[@NoOne-hn6gs]

Had forgotten how great this fight was. Pavlik is one of my all time favorite fighters.

[@dankim6497]

I'm here for Dana White's 1 million bet loss... And wow, that was one of the greatest fights I've seen... Didn't hear about

[@theesweetscience2084]

I miss Emmanual Stewards effect on boxing. Legend. .

[@MISTYEASLER]

YES!!!

[@kevinchamorro5357]

Epics instructions on this fight

[@b_collins7846]

The ref in this fight was amazing

[@steveyoung9575]

Man, being from the Youngstown area and knowing Kelly, this is great to watch again. He's a legend here... Wish he could've went on for longer than he did as a boxer. This fight was so good. Boxing isn't the same anymore, this was a great time for boxing.

[@kdolo100]

Is Youngstown a rough area?

[@steveyoung9575]

@@kdolo100 Yes. To put it mildly....

[@davidhamlin7932]

I'm from Michigan and I went down there to visit my girlfriend and he happened to be signing autographs at a Chevy dealership, and I got to meet him and he signed my ring magazine, it was the coolest random thing.

[@zachmartin1458]

My dad was an Ohio state trooper. He said the biggest guys that graduated from the academy always got sent to the Warren post, if that tells you anything.

[@LKeet6]

I fucking loved pavlik based off this fight. Matching him with Hopkins was an AWFUL career move. And then I realised his corner man was absolutely terrible. His advice between rounds was often either basic, or actively bad advice. Those two things ruined him, imho.

[@khaledabd888]

will never forget watching this fight live, classic

[@markmessi9020]

I saw a short about this and HAD to see the match. This sounded too good not to check out. Now lemme get my popcorn rq

[@knockknock1246]

That was a vicious battle. Two very hard punchers with hearts of lions but Pavlik looked as if he could stand up, brush off his pants and take a stroll about town if a freight train hit him...

[@tholeahmad9734]

Z

[@scp3799]

Loved both Pavlik and Taylor. Great fight.

[@colinarmstrong7775]

One of the best fights ever!

[@joelewertow5979]

Wow! Until I heard Dana White lost a cool Milly on this fight, I never knew of it. One of the all time great fights & I've seen a bunch at 60 y.o.

[@jasongillow6847]

I still look back on this fight with fond memories. Remember watching it with my older brother. Couldn’t believe Pavlik had won. It wasn’t just that Pavlik won, it was that he withstood the early barrage, and somehow had the strength the bounce back. Taylor a hell of a fighter, just wasn’t his night.

[@TheIkaraCult]

love that memory, Taylor was a superb fighter, especially at 160. The fact he got stopped against Pavlik and Froch (168) shouldnt disguise how great he was.

[@ccrowder]

These were two talented and hard hitting middleweights.

[@richardgriffin8517]

I loved watching Kelly Fight he was a gritty kid with tons of heart

[@TheAbnormal]

One of Jermain Taylor's problems was not just stamina, but lack of defense as well. He lost this fight equally based off of poor defense as well poor stamina

[@BRAAD2024]

UHH.. AND AN INCREDIBLE WARRIOR THAT BEAT HIS ASS ‼️☝️💯

[@timcai9420]

Got a chance to meet Pavllik in verona when he was attending conceicao foster ii. Very kind and nice person.

[@TheIkaraCult]

Absolutely brilliant fight. When Terence Crawford fights in Omaha the crowd there has always reminded me alot of the fans who got behind Pavlik - an unfashionable place with a top fighter, and when its a great fight like this they make it even better.

[@OPTIONALWATCH]

I remember this fight. I just couldn't believe it when he KOd Jermain Taylor the way he did.

[@movieandtheatrelover5587]

@@OPTIONALWATCH taylor was never the same again either after this fight

[@Unrealma348]

@@OPTIONALWATCH man I was so happy Taylor got his ass whooped. He hurt me when he beat Bernard 😂

[@bmaychangeyourlife3542]

Watched it live from just outside of Youngstown. The roof blew off when Kelly won. Awesome bout.

[@sittingforgetting9907]

this is the perfect fight to me. 2 undefeated guys, contrast of styles, back and forth war, lennox, larry and jim on the mic, manny stewart in the corner, smoger the 3rd man. lederman foreshadowing after the 3rd round "jermaine taylor doesnt stop straight right hands too well" was an amazing observation considering it was taylor who had dropped pavlik in the second. and larry merchant saying "taylor wanted a conventional fighter...he got one." pavlik does the basics so well. 1-2, 1-1-2, all day.

[@mowabb]

Well said, great fight. I miss this era of boxing so much!!!

[@Kddoggx2002]

Pavliks straight right punch was something else.

[@stephenfranco964]

The previous fights before this fight of both their careers, Taylor vs Wright and Pavlik vs Miranda I watched. When Kelly beat Miranda I told my dad, either one of those 2 would beat Taylor. And wow, Kelly beat the brakes of a vehicle with no brakes. Unbelievable fight.

[@ScorpionF1RE_USA]

Ghost is a dope name tho

[@MelFreeman-m3m]

I watched this live on HBO years ago.. One of the best fights I've ever seen.!

[@dlmqsd]

Great fight!

[@JuSuisJacques]

Jermain was a banger. I used to love his style. I miss this time in boxing…. Great match up and Amazing fight!

[@imadeyoureadthis1500]

Amazing video quality

[@punhub986]

Great great great fight

[@HectorLopez-dl2hi]

One of the best fights ever.

[@jakesorbel5801]

This fight cost Dana White $1,000,000 🤣 revealed on the FULL SEND podcast. WOW! What a fight!

[@dannomack6783]

hey Tony if you see this, you're gonna crush whatever it is you're getting fired up for

[@andrewgibbs7279]

Pavlik had incredible recuperative powers, the beating his took in the second round would have knocked most fighters unconscious. Great fight.

[@mariosanchez8236]

I think many refs stop this fight at the point when Kelly nearly goes down a second time. Pavlik had NO business getting past those three 100% clean punches landed in the replay (nor the other 15-20 punches landed in the volley) he had even LESS business winning round 3! Wish we could see more title fights like this: competitive. Competitive fights often break out into exciting fights. I hate to sound like most other old fart boxing fans but for the most part, things just ain't the same

[@joelewertow5979]

Yes, very true, but le me tell ya, the punches landed were bombs from both fighters. Its a brutal game. Long term damage is no joke

[@ac21cody8]

@@joelewertow5979 I think that’s why Pavlik retired so early. I believe he was only 29, he knew his style got himself hit a lot

[@scp3799]

@@ac21cody8 And he’s doing well. He sounds like he’s got all his faculties.

[@joshsidebottom3811]

HBO was the king of boxing. Never knew I had it so good. Watched anything and everything boxing on HBO my entire childhood up to a young adult

[@billjones1662]

THE BEST FIGHT❤❤❤❤

[@TerrenceBowden-i4k]

Now this was a fight. Pavlik took Taylor's soul.

[@theesweetscience2084]

Exact.

[@dixonbidenzmouth4115]

Damn Pavlik took that punishment and somehow came back

[@stevenmarshall1856]

Lennox Lewis should have never been calling fights he sucks on the mic

[@stevenbreon7480]

Didn't know much about kelly I do now man got up being down in early round Damm good job I like him well done champion.well done.

[@aimelunio4337]

Pavlik can take a nuclear punch in taylor

[@alexseward9874]

I wrote jermaines fight song I'm proud to say..

[@amenentuet]

PAVLIK ,GOT LITTLE TEX COBB IN HIM : TOUGH !!! HE MADE HIS FAMILY PROUD !

[@coolhand6656]

Kelly has thr heart of a lion

[@Onedayatatime50]

Taylor looked like a young Michael Jordan

[@lefthook4878]

RIP Steward. Pavlik took it to Taylor

[@maksiu9393]

Very nice boxing style from Pavlik. I like this guy.

[@DylanBurke-f5w]

What a great fight!!

[@pwokaren]

From your fans in Australia Kelly 🇦🇺 Thankyou ! Great fight ! ⭐️👏🏻❤️💯

[@zockerbit1030]

Still fun and exciting to watch. Taylor for sure had his moments but to me it looked like he was running out of gas every time he attacked Pavlik with combinations. After that Pavlik had his momentum. Back and forth. But Taylor looked more sloppy and less careful in his defence. Pavlik never let him rest and collect himself. Great fight.

[@Anselem-g2m]

This is great heavy punch confirm Nice ❤👌✊

[@vinceyoung5912]

Kelly has a huge frame like Tommy Hearns

[@ЮрийШиман-х1ь]

Woow!!!! What'a fight!!!! How many jab from Kelly Pavlick!!!!??? Woow!!!!

[@ryanclark9386]

Jermain Taylor was my favorite boxer of this era Sad what happened to him

[@slickbricknick123]

Thank god the ref let them fight for as long as they did.

[@barrybadrinath2453]

Prime Kelly was a problem

[@petehayes8779]

Some fans think that the Hagler/ Hearns fight was the best round in boxing history. I respectfully disagree in that this fight was like the Hagler/Hearne fight for EVERY round!

[@ddinoboy]

This was such a great crowd, holy shit. The energy.

[@kevinchamorro5357]

imagine you go to a world shampion ship fight, two undefeated, oposite styles, both knowing that they go every round to an epic war, knock down, comeback, broken nose, kockout of the year contender, the screeming of the people, and yo go home with a blood stained shirt; what an epic story.

[@rubensantos8380]

My favorite referee Steve Smoger

[@NooBarzzWorld]

Jermaine was my fav man. Was never the same after this loss. He had Kelly beat!!!!!

[@martytdd1606]

Love this fight 🥊

[@cairons74]

I went to this fight with my dad. Great energy at Boardwalk Hall. We also went to the Pavlik v Hopkins fight. Thought Kelly would win that one but BHop put on a clinic that night. I’m from Philadelphia area but I remember Youngstown representing very well on both of those nights.

[@DonutIgnoramus]

This was the first fight I attended live. So many great memories! I still have the bloodied towels I took from the ring with my best college buddy at the time.

[@erroneousbatch]

I really knew nothing about these two warriors, but that might just be up there with the greatest fights of all time. Just magnificent! The finish was so brutally clinical with those carefully chosen uppercuts and I loved Taylor's left hand; such speed in those left leads and hooks. The fella almost looked the perfect boxer/fighter and yet Pavlik eventually dominated in all technical aspects - weird.

[@murraykelm5691]

To bad we never got to see Pavlik against Abraham or Froch.

[@bobsilver3983]

That was one hell of a fight!

[@brandonelkins2957]

"This must be a good fight I've already got five dots of blood on my shirt" God I love boxing.

[@EyeMixMusic]

33:37: Commentary slept on the finish. Hard right from Pavlik at 1:05 that rocked Taylor, Larry Merchant is talking over the fight instead of calling it and no one interjects.

[@docjuanmd7397]

watching this fight after what I found on facebook reels. :D

[@markprater1]

One of the things I love about boxing is when the champ brings his belt into the ring, and the other guy walks out of the ring with it.

[@kevinchamorro5357]

What an epic feeling bro.

[@creoleDJ]

This was some Hagler-Hearns level fighting!

[@mariosanchez8236]

Al Haymon very much enjoying the fight. Pretty close to center screen during the hard camera* shots *I think that's what the main camera is called in wrastlin'

[@jayjayhensley5792]

great fight

[@enosmoaning9481]

That's how you beat anybody in boxing basic 112

[@theesweetscience2084]

Also love that pavliks corner kept stressing to use the double jab to make him keep the hands in place then follow it with the body shot. Took Taylor's conditioning and that awesome 1-1-2 to land the big right that landed over n over

[@akaufmanbmrly1]

Wonderful fight. Whipple Drive went nuts

[@jaayeee24]

No count...wtf? Ref didn’t even give him 1 second. Pavlik was dropped by a similar combo in the 2nd round and given a full count.

[@cecilsays9451]

He was unconscious.

[@b_collins7846]

Can’t give a count to someone snoring

[@jaayeee24]

@@b_collins7846 yes you can if they wake up before 10 seconds. Tyson Fury was snoring for 3 seconds and then he got up and won the fight.

[@TimelessKnowledge]

Bro you sound silly he was slummed over half dead!!! White dude was knocked down but never a KO you don’t know much about boxing do you?

[@MrMikeyj81]

@@jaayeee24 He wasn't waking up....end of discussion LOL 😆😆

[@enoelberrocales5929]

Are we ever going to see a fight like this again!!!???

[@brandonlamb9067]

Golovkin-Canelo II?

[@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin]

There are fights like this every week.

[@chanceburger3169]

Brutal finish

[@khaledabd888]

you can even see uncle al in the crowd!

[@alfonsojacobo5639]

I'll w***hkkkkkjkkkkkkkkkkkkkklkkkklklll"

[@mariosanchez8236]

Beat me to it!

[@osbaldowrizar2575]

Jermaine walked out theme song , does anyone knows the name of the song ? Thanks

[@izzatabduxamidov1545]

ЖАЛ ,СУПЕР ТАЛАНТ БЫЛ КЭЛЛИ ПАВЛИК ....

[@JUNGLEGYMWARRIOR]

i remember watching this fight thinking, theyre gonna kill each other! that Pavlik right hand is like a ball and chain!

[@WhyAreTheyOverHere]

Boy, you talk about a fight that you thought the winner and loser could change and turn on a Dime. Great effort boys.

[@Johnny90something]

At love where the lady In white sits down @ 33:50 like there was a pause in action nobody could see 😄

[@kylergaming2336]

Taylor refused to do the voluntary knockdown after that 2nd right straight from Pavlik, if he did that maybe the outcome of this fight might be different.

[@steve210sa]

For the love of God can someone please fix Pavliks shorts..... Thre almost on backwards!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnlocking993]

Nice to see the beaten fighter give respect to the winner

[@charlescharlemagne4907]

Sean Strickland's win over Adesanya recently made me think of this fight. White guy a massive underdog and wins the world title. They look and fight alike too.

[@johannesaushona394]

I just like that gentleman who is announcing the boxer

[@siciliapalermo1864]

Ghost got a excellent chin