Kelly Pavlik vs Edison Miranda HD

[@TheIkaraCult]

without question one of the best fights of this century. God bless Edison and Kelly for giving us this.

[@daniellobo1680]

Pavlik was a great fighter. Todays fighters would've been in trouble if he was around in his prime

[@Cristian-vm1bg]

absolutely one of the best middleweight fights of my time. both sluggers, both ducked, so said fuck it, lets fight each other. both came right at the other guy, fought hard. classic middleweight fight.

[@MrGBLACKS]

Every time I see this fight it reminds me why I love boxing....Classic

[@OhioRunsBoxing]

The reason why this was one of my favorite fights was because at the time of this fight everybody in the middle weight division was ducking Edison. Kelly not only took this fight but he came into this fight knowing this win would put him in position for a title shot. Kelly not only won this fight but He knocked him out. (Youngstown Ohio) babe!!

[@OhioRunsBoxing]

+Don Johnson yeah he was..

[@lefthook4878]

Akron / Cleveland native here.

[@maristoldboys5466]

Pavlik had TNT in his hands

[@llamov]

Coming from Kent here. Met dude at B dubs in streetsboro. He was drunk...very foretelling. Mirandas cocky ass didn't want that smoke after the firt round...kelly knocked the dog shit outta this fool

[@martytdd1606]

Dude, me and my buddy had just hooked up sky TV in a new apartment. We were still catching up to who was who in the division. What a treat we got, couldn't believe these guys made middleweight, and poor Cory Spinks and Taylor having to try and match that lol. ( Not Taylor's fault I know)

[@nichelehubbs5892]

Thats when boxers actually had to prove they were about it. Great fight

[@zackfinn3914]

Pavlik’s walkout song is so bad ass. ‘Here to Stay-Korn’ Classic fight, classic fighter. Miss watching Pavlik!

[@jnestor481]

This and the Taylor fight are classics. Great fighter

[@boxingdialogue4676]

Damn Pavlik was heavy handed he was like a middleweight George Foreman.

[@mursare]

"They are trading bombs at short range!" 10:37 Pure class Jim Lampley.

[@vickvelez9694]

mursare Jim Lampley is a GOAT

[@stanlee3202]

Lampley the best!!

[@snow_monkey]

pavlik's 1-2 is awesome. he's hurt so many opponents with it

[@SteveNoverini]

Truly, Pavlik is a special guy in an age where the basics were often overlooked. Throws the jab, and 1-2… good stamina, good chin. That’s all you need to be champ.

[@brileyvandyke5792]

The Ghost took Miranda's soul.

[@emanauelrios9316]

One of the best fights I've seen

[@zues2013]

You need to do more research smh

[@jmaguire3432]

Steve Sanders Some people... As though acting like a pretentious twat gives credibility, right? I've been passionate about boxing since I was 7, 1984'ish, and have seen too many brilliant fights to count. But I'm positive that, like most, there are tons of great fights in the history of boxing that I have not seen. So does that mean that I also need to "do more research" too? Because this is a fight I enjoy going back and re-watching every now and again, that yaks nothing away from any other spectacular bout. Hell, this fight was great, no was around it. The night of I watched it with the man who first got me into boxing as a kid- my grandmas husband, an old-school Sicilian from Queens who's dad was a boxing promoter in the 1940's-50's. He was enjoying it as much as Hearns-Haggler, one of the first fights I remember watching with grampa Sully. Maybe *he* needs to "do more research" also... Besides, at the end of the day anyone who really loves boxing probably has dozens or even hundreds in their list of "one of the best fights I've seen." :p

[@martytdd1606]

@@zues2013 So why would that fight not qualify for some fight fan's best fight? So what fight should he 'research' to better this one?

[@christiancharles2866]

@@zues2013 if that is one of his favorite fights he doesn't have to do any research. Everyone has their favorites. I like Hearns/ Hagler, Hearns/ Duran, Hearns/ Leonard, Ali/Frazier 1,3 Holyfield/ Tyson 1, Holyfield/ Moorer 2, Gatti/ Ward 1-3, Pavlik/ Taylor 1, Lewis/Rahman 2, Foreman/ Frazier 1,2 all great fights.

[@rtoplass1985]

100% - it was a great fight. if you get chance watch jamie moore vs ryan rhodes - a british classic

[@dannyd376]

Actually was at this fight, got a pic with Kelly before the fight had a great time!

[@jrayner21679]

Those slow motions replays are fucking awesome. You can see the skill that pro boxers have. After round 1 pavliks corkscrew rotation hoping to open a cut very cool.

[@GuyFromTheSouth]

11:02 "GIVE ME THE FREAKING BUCKET!!....ok just relax...just relax..."

[@Unknown-er1cr]

Nothing wrong with Smoger as a ref. Too much criticism of him.

[@donjohnson3888]

Best ref I've ever seen this side of Frank Cappuccino.

[@rickjamez4987]

He didn't do anything wrong. Old senile commentator.

[@mundi352]

@@donjohnson3888 couldn't have said it better myself.. Great ref! He let them fight the way they should

[@GuyFromTheSouth]

@thewelshviper yeah smoger doesnt give petty warnings for wrestling or holding and punchiny. He lets fighters go at it. We need more refs like him. Most refs demand a game of tag and no rough housing.

[@llamov]

I think smoger is great. He probably should have ended the fight a little sooner, but the Taylor fight was ended perfectly. He takes control of the fight so theres no bull shit and give us a good clean fight like they ask for.

[@JayJoe626]

I was such a Miranda fan at this time I'll never forget saying "who is this guy named kelly doing trying to fight the man Edison Miranda?!!?"

[@EricSuede]

I was too. I had heard of Pavlik and seen him fight a scrub but he really impressed me this fight. i thought Miranda was going to knock his block off. Not only the fact that Pavlik won it was the way he beat Miranda. Took it to him and beat him down. I was impressed.

[@martytdd1606]

I hadn't even heard of either, was too focused on 168 these guys snuk up on me. But what a treat I got that night, buddys of mine were like, surely they're not middleweights lol

[@williamminter7057]

I loved Miranda but I was a bigger Allan Green fan and then his health got bad. He had to have surgery right after the Miranda fight if I recall. They removed some of his colon. That’s why he looked so gassed out shortly into the Miranda fight. He was absorbing water well.

[@brittonharris5682]

Pavlick was a tough dude. To bad he didn't really start fighting til he was 28. I'm from Arkansas US and was following Jermain Taylor undefeated at the time. I'd never seen or heard of Pavlick when he killed Taylor a few months after this.

[@jamesdominguez8389]

Britton Harris he turned pro at 18 ? Lol

[@franco010781]

@@jamesdominguez8389 this guy is from arkansas. All they had to cheer for back then was Jermaine Taylor and the arkansas Razorbacks. So of course he hadn't heard of Kelly pavlik. Being the boxing fan that I am i felt that either one of these 2 men wouldve beaten Jermaine on this night. And they were the under cards.

[@stanlee3202]

What a fight! Smoger is the best ref I seen.

[@mollys9527]

This fight was a tough man competition. Pavlik proved himself the tougher man. Exciting match!

[@nach0vidal]

10:37 What a way to describe a great fight! Thanks for the quality upload.

[@nykia31]

Heavy lumber thrown in this fight. My favorite Pavlik fight.

[@davidbanner9344]

I remember seeing this live, WOW what a fight. Thank you for posting!

[@chiefryback7906]

In his prime, before the alcohol, Pavlik would rival any middleweight in any era. My God, his length, will, and natural ability are unrivaled.

[@aarond3641]

faithful servant I would kill to see a prime Pavlik vs GGG

[@GuyFromTheSouth]

@@aarond3641 could you imagine haha that would be a slugfest

[@TheRhinopowerusa]

Great, stubborn stamina, also.

[@martytdd1606]

@@aarond3641 same here bud

[@christiancharles2866]

@@aarond3641 That would be a brawl. I think Pavlik would take him.

[@fdkfskfkvmk441254741]

Miranda was a beast, and Pavlik came outta of the nowhere to knock him out. Both of these guys would give GGG or Canelo a run for their money for sure, or even knock them out.

[@MB-fo2sk]

Please! GGG and Canelo would beat the shit out of both of these guys. They make way too many mistakes in the ring to beat elite fighters such as Golovkin or Alvarez. Pavlik lost to Martinez who was very good but not elite either.

[@anti-classist]

@@MB-fo2sk pavlik would track and kill canelo... GGG would be better match since he is more adaptable with power but... But Pavlik was more skilled than GGG... And likely more power too. Pavlik was already on his downslope when he fought Martinez.... Drinking and other issues. The pavlik that fought Taylor destroys canelo... That man was too tough, hit too hard, and too technical.

[@bobby45]

Both beat canelo for sure

[@petegurucs]

​@@MB-fo2skmartinez was elite...number 3 pxp only behind floyd and pacquiao

[@ronin3635]

​@@bobby45You don't still believe that LoL

[@A_B_92]

I fucking love Kelly Pavlik.. One of the toughest man on the planet!!!!!!! God what a fight!

[@patriceaqa288]

Adamo Boari this was the greatest fight I'd ever seen live at the time, though I wasn't there. Incredible fight.

[@remitrudelbellemare4427]

old school fight , my man pavlik all the way

[@carsonjamesiv2512]

"GIVE ME THE FRICKIN BUCKET"

[@remitrudelbellemare4427]

your damn right!

[@martytdd1606]

Kept his composure in front of the HD cameras. Fair play to him.😉

[@stanlee3202]

“ANY BUCKET”!! Lol lol

[@gussi123]

... just be calm..

[@bigdigga0]

"ANY FRICKIN BUCKET!!!!!"

[@ernestocaro9802]

Smogger is the man !!! Best referee !!!! Pavlik fought very well and Miranda should nept his heads up,kelly is a slugger and tall guy

[@mandarkastronomonov2962]

You better believe it. I saw a fight on the weekend and the referee, without giving the guy the chance to get up, just stopped the fight. The guy got up with his full faculties, walking straight as an arrow, shouting at the ref. There used to be a time when a guy would take advantage of the full 10 count and get up at 9 in order to get some recovery time. Now it seems that if you don't get up at 3 the ref is going to stop the fight. Yeah, we need more referees like Smogger.

[@zues2013]

Absolutely too bad garbage refs like bayless get big fights cause they break the fighter up every ten seconds .... Don't ever give a fighter q chance to come back when they are hurt smogger is the standard of good Reffing

[@zues2013]

+Mandark Astronomonov well said my friend

[@darringriffin6625]

Man if only Wilder fought like Pavlik

[@indiglo1971]

If Wilder would use his left hand more, he might look more like Pavlik.

[@leonardoortega8133]

edison miranda es una gran persona y un guerrero. es una pena que no lograra un titulo mundial

[@BlackStallionxxx]

Larry always trying to start something lol.

[@jrayner21679]

Why are trainers always screaming for a bucket? They always need them, why does someone forget it constantly.

[@KingBlackCeaser]

pavlick is the biggest middleweight I've ever seen. this dude was 6'3'' and rehydrated 172 easily.... thats why he beat my boy jermain taylor. Taylor was 6'0'' athletic and tough, but pavlik was a 6'3'' bomb thrower who had a chin like a crackhead

[@shangtsung1362]

Lol @ chin like a crackhead

[@miguelcruz4783]

Pavlik saved the middle weight division.

[@markjones5757]

Stop it...nobody even remembers him. The middleweight division has never needed to be saved.

[@atlbigbootyhos8232]

Mark Jones I remember Kelly. I guarantee you Jose luis Zertuche and jermain Taylor remember him as well.

[@markjones5757]

@@atlbigbootyhos8232 a few people remembering Kelly or any other boxer is besides the point. The point is most people dont have kelly on their list. Yeah he beat Jermaine Taylor but I bet way more people remember Taylor than Kelly.

[@Jumpman90]

Mark Jones his run in 2007 was amazing

[@Jumpman90]

ATLbigbootyhos yeah I bet they do

[@jeremylamovsky9868]

Love Kelly Pavlik, loved the way he fought. Ohio is one of those places where we really love and are proud of where we are from no matter how nice or shitty said place is. Pavlik is no exception. He was one of those guys whos toughness and power are deceptive. He doesnt have great speed. But when his punches land his opponents body language says it all. I remember Max Leddernan stating he had the kind of punches that stayed with the opponent throughout the fight. Taylor got caught with tons of straight right hands much like the couple that led to the stoppage and took them fairly well, however you can only eat those for so long

[@A_B_92]

If your gameplan against Pavlik is the slugfest, change sport man LOL.. Pavlik was the toughest guy

[@kufujitsu]

Even when Miranda tried to keep Pavlik at long range he couldn't keep Pavlik off of him - low-level skills were never enough to beat Pavlik.

[@remitrudelbellemare4427]

Loredano Boari haha! your damn right boy!

[@jamiemcmahon3049]

Didn't Pavlik get completely destroyed and embarrassed by Bernard Hopkins? Never the same after.

[@GuyFromTheSouth]

@@jamiemcmahon3049 your point?

[@jamiemcmahon3049]

@@GuyFromTheSouth the point is he was never the same, yo man we were just discussing the new Jersey ghetto video! Coincidence?

[@illyrian4life]

everytime i hear "here to stay"- korn. i think of pavlik.

[@adamdesanti6713]

I think Lennox is right when he said he thought Miranda was gassed from making weight. For a beast coming into the fight his punches just seemed to lack a lot of snap, which the other commentators picked up on. Full credit to Pavlik, he pressed right off the bat for the entire fight, was utterly fearless and his shots were incredibly accurate with power. Anyone with a lesser chin would have dropped much sooner. I came here from the final HBO telecast where the final montage had Pavlik knocking out Jermaine Taylor, which let me to this fight.

[@lefthook4878]

He beat Miranda's ass, then beat Taylor's ass. Taylor made it a better fight, had him shook in rnd two, but damn good fight. B-Hop ruined Pavlik's career.

[@ThaRealCowboibishop]

This is 1 of my all time favorite fights. I was sitting down bout 2 smoke sumthin & asked myself " what should I do while I smoke? " figured It been sum years since I watched this fight & needed a fresh view. Thanks a lot Shel Fuck man Miranda was eating sum fuckin heat in this fight!

[@Cam-jx4drgh]

The volume thrown in this fight is like something in a video game.

[@DWiens421]

There will never be a time I'm not amused by an entire room clapping for Cory Spinks hitting pads in between rounds 5 and 6. The word entourage was invented for moments like this.

[@jordancooke5980]

This fight was KRUNK

[@hathman52881]

Kelly Pavlik is where I'm from and Boom Boom Mancini

[@627jace627]

Kelly's people ruined him with that ignorant fight against Bernard. Moving up that far in weight was a money grab & he never was the same.

[@adamdesanti6713]

His corner seemed incompetent. With the "where's the frickin' bucket!" and lackluster insights. Now reading this comment I wouldn't have any problem believing that he was mismanaged.

[@dltguitar6532]

Lol at Larry Merchant saying crunk.... I miss HBO

[@tomturek9682]

Brutal punches by both.The thuds from the punches.

[@remitrudelbellemare4427]

a ghost will always win over a pantera!!

[@camschuster5947]

Look at the look at Miranda’s eyes at 53 sec remaining in the first…he knows he is in a fight with a demon who will do anything to do to win this war.

[@mattmacolan1388]

THis was a great fight!!!!

[@martytdd1606]

This is old fashioned middleweight punching 😉

[@enriquezfernand8019]

Pavlik un très gros puncheur bravo à lui

[@sallyortega5065]

Miranda looks like a dark chinese guy after 4 rounds with pavlik....

[@Playerism]

Remember watching this when I was young boy. Good entertainment

[@Zrs447]

What a terrible stoppage wayyyy too late

[@donjohnson3888]

That was Smoger's way. He would rather give you the chance to fight your way out than stop it too quickly. Fighters LOVE him for that very reason.

[@ryanbearden9709]

holy crap... those opening rounds were bad ass

[@peternolan777]

What corner asks their fighter if they wanna keep going? Terrible. Should have thrown in the towel. Long term damage is all but guaranteed.

[@philsmith6228]

Pavlik beat Miranda senseless ! Miranda was never the same after this brutal ass whooping !

[@JayJoe626]

I remember thinking Miranda was the next big thing and I didn’t really know Pavlik they well but I thought Miranda was gonna destroy him

[@jacobhartmann1050]

Same here.

[@missasinenomine]

30:04. "he's giving him too much time. What's goin' on here?" Excellent commentary! Instant experienced analysis.

[@martytdd1606]

Hilarious how Lennox Lewis tries to explain to Larry that Miranda had spat his mouth piece out lol

[@TextBookPuncher1]

Kelly Pavlov smashed him up

[@chefcook09]

14:47 the ref is hilarious

[@martytdd1606]

Gotta love Steve Smoger, he loves it! Lol

[@timnavarrette6932]

Respect to both warriors. They both would of man handed Taylor

[@numbre1uno]

20:08 Hear that connection. Miranda took so many heavy shots this fight.

[@maxpayne0006]

Happened in my hometown!

[@foxybingo1112]

A scary performance from Pavlik. The ref should have stopped it earlier

[@william629]

Larry Merchant was annoying as all get out! Steve Smoger didn't do a damn thing wrong and you have merchant throwing one of his tantrums!!

[@remitrudelbellemare4427]

old school brawler pavlik , a ghost slugfest !

[@miguelcruz4783]

Smoger is the shit.

[@danpricop6670]

for three rounds,that's punchers was very slowly,they moving as a heavyweight punchers,man,leave alcohol,leave drogs,leave night life,and do it boxing... as a refferee,you must to see how show or moving a puncher,because the fits of Miranda shake it,and refferee did not see.

[@pietrovardell5419]

Miranda"s corner , a group of irrational idiots; allowed that young man receive unnecessary punishment. The referee, was very indecisive. Big mistake Mr. Referee, that poor man was unable to defend himself. Where were the ring doctors and the comissioner?

[@carsonjamesiv2512]

DAM GOOD FIGHT!!

[@Vriappiopoi]

For Miranda, this fight made it two defeats.

[@kimiicemanmz]

it's painful listening to Merchant

[@remitrudelbellemare4427]

is too old.. damn

[@clintdolomite5880]

He makes sense a lot ...That damn long count , Lennox keeps talking about Miranda losing weight making him weak ? Larry I think Kelly is making him weak

[@martytdd1606]

He missed Miranda spitting out the mouth piece, I hope he went up to Steve Smoger and apologised, he must have felt so mortified.

[@johnny6610]

Everyone thought Kelly was gonna get killed. You bully the bully is the recipe here....

[@be_regular8670]

Lennox was so bad 😂😂

[@Brad45420]

look ay how brave miranda boxed this fight. i wish us smaller guys had power in punches like power in lifting and miranda would have pushed kelly around the ring. i dont get wy miranda didnt fight more on the inside

[@tonyslark7368]

dude if margarito and pavlik where in the same weight class at this time i owuld of fucking loved to have seen that fight different weights though damn.

[@normansamijon8512]

Don Johnson that would be a smallest middleweight vs a biggest middleweight fight

[@donjohnson3888]

+Norman Samijon I don't think so. Pavlik is only 2.5 inches taller than Margarito and has a two inch reach advantage. Add to that the fact that even when Margarito would drain himself to 147 he'd still come into the ring in the mid 160s, I'd wager that he'd _easily_ come in on fight night in the mid-high 170s if he had ever fought at 160. Pavlik was a large middleweight for sure, but Margarito most certainly wouldn't have been a "small" one. Antonio has the frame of a middleweight. He's bigger than GGG for god's sake.

[@normansamijon8512]

Don Johnson Margarito is 5'11" and Pavlik is 6'3".

[@normansamijon8512]

Don Johnson no way he is bigger than GGG. Margarito is slim lanky while GGG bones is obviously bigger than him. look at the shoulders of GGG compare to Margarito. very big difference in size

[@aarond3641]

tony slark different weights Pavlik would take Margs head off but I agree similar styles I think Pavlik is faster and has better defense

[@jmarra07]

25:00 or so into the fight, we get a nice lesson on psychology and what projecting is from Lennox Lewis lol

[@blahblah-if3nf]

you mean how hes trying to suggest Pavlik stop fighting the way that has got him dominating the fight and start jabbing on the outside like lennox does? i thought that was whack too

[@robertg305]

This has gotta be one of the craziest fights ever

[@kdolo100]

Edison was also spent from making weight.

[@Cam-jx4drgh]

My score card: Pavlik-Miranda 10-9 10-9 10-9 10-9 9-10 (close) 10-7

[@maxpayne0006]

Steve Smoger lookin' like Louis C.K. @ 5:39!

[@dadromeo7299]

Aj ke daur me ye boxing live kyon nhi ati ?bandh ho gai kya?

[@llamov]

Being from northeast ohio, im a huuuge kelly Pavlik fan. I love this fight, I was 17 or so when I saw this and Miranda was a scary guy but Pavlik came out like "Bitch this ring, this fight is MINE! Wanna get some bombs off? Thats fine but you wont hold up to these youngstown made howitzers Im throwing your way"...and he didnt. He beat the black out of Miranda, and Im not even racist, dude was a shade lighter! Although that coulda been the fear and blood loss haha

[@indiglo1971]

😜Larry Merchant explaining what "Krunk" is.

[@alvaomega7228]

man has a great record

[@Jdoggy2448]

Pavlik was a tuff SOB back in the day.. Anyone know what he is up to this day? Trainer,etc??

[@indiglo1971]

Possibly drunk with liver damage.

[@carsonjamesiv2512]

Larry Merchant is NOT "CRUNK"!!!

[@riccoacevedo8982]

Instant classic

[@DavidSanchez-kk5wo]

Pavlick was absolutely sloppy in this fight!!! Wow!!!

[@jsimms601]

Damn commentators for HBO act like they couldn't tell that Miranda was weight drained.

[@Brad45420]

weight drained? miranda was a great fighter and one of the best to watch but he just lost to a bigger guy that hit harder. fact. miranda should be proud of how many punches he took. your not going to out punch pavlik. everyone who faught pavlik said he was the hardest hitter they had faced. hopkins showed how you beat him and so did martinez. only one person tried to knock out pavlik was miranda cause thats how he boxed and look what happened. if anyone was weight drained it was a 6 foot 3 inch pavlik hes not 6 foot 2

[@jsimms601]

LOL!!! Great? Miranda? I would end it there, but let's go ahead. It was already clarified that Miranda had issues making 160 for his fight with Pavlik, which is why he had to be weighed twice because he didn't make it the first time. It was also clarified that he had been throwing up after making weight because he struggled to get there. So yes, he was weight drained. The commentators even mention it during the right and they also mentioned that Miranda lacked the snap in his punches, which is another clear indication that he was weight drained.

[@Brad45420]

he never had snap in his punches he didnt pucnh like mayweather ali or pavlik or those guys he hit like a foreman or joe frazier. i said he was great to watch not an all time great and all the guys that make it to this level are great. there are hundreds of players starting in the nfl. how many great boxers are there? its all relative. miranda was a great fighter to watch like a kirkland. and if you have ever boxed you know that throwing up b4 weigh ins in almost everytime for almost all fighters. thtas just a part of it. whether its cause youre trying to lose intentionally or just nuasea from not eating

[@Fudelan]

brad harris I agree with you overall, though i'd definitely say that Frazier had Snap. That left hook was like it was on hydraulics

[@Brad45420]

Fudelan true th left hook was perfect

[@indiglo1971]

15:34 "Palvik"

[@andrewsampton]

😂

[@MichaelJohnson-dt5zr]

Miranda got straight beat up!!😲

[@mauinix4563]

C'mon guys Larry Merchant has called hundreds of fights, I think his opinion always matters and he definitely had a valid point

[@MB-fo2sk]

Fun scrap. Not too technical to say the least, but entertaining.

[@juanmasa3020]

i remember watching this fight,the white boy gave him a good ass whipping

[@johngotti4062]

Why was mogger the referee hopping at the end of the second round Miranda tearing up that ass up the second round