Kelly Pavlik, winner of 33 fights, with 0 losses and 29 crushing knockouts, will defend his WBC’s Middleweight Championship belt against Welshman Gary Lockett (30 W, 21 KOs) 1 Loss. Both hails from a blue collar family, and this spices things up even more because just over a year ago, Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik is as unknown to everybody as Gary Lockett is now: until he pounded the trash-talking and crowd favorite Edison Miranda to pieces May of 2007. The result : Instant Fame. Bob Arum, Top Rank executive and Kelly’s promoter, has so much faith on the skills of his boxer that he is already talking of the next title defense against another undefeated fighter Joe Calzaghe, who has claimed the pound-for-pound title with his convincing win against Bernard Hopkins last April.

Update: Kelly Pavlik vs Gary Lockett Full Fight Video

I’ve watched many online and live videos of Kelly Pavlik, including a replay of his full fight video against Jermain Taylor last week in Versus, and Kelly Pavlik, although lanky, has the speed and power of a great boxer. No wonder he is undefeated in all of his fights. But the 29 KOs says, it all—he’s not only a boxer, he can also take you down. The main highlights of Kelly’s career was when he defeated both Miranda and Taylor.

Winner Prediction and Odds
This Kelly Pavlik fight against Gary Lockett will be held at the famous Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall in New Jersey on Saturday night, June 7, 2008. Many bettors at Las Vegas place the odds at 10-1, in favor of The Ghost. This not only puts Gary Lockett as the major underdog, it gives him the confidence to put critics scrambling after their money. But I have seen Kelly Pavlik fight live, and watched some of his fight videos on Youtube, and my prediction is that Pavlik will win this fight. Without a doubt.

Here are some pictures / photos of Kelly Pavlik and Gary Lockett at the weigh-in.

Kelly Pavlik vs Gary Lockett Primer / Teaser / Highlight Videos

Enzo Calzaghe, trainer of son and world champion Joe Calzaghe, is also the coach-trainer of Gary Lockett. That’s certainly a plus for him. Pavlik has the height and reach advantage but Lockett claims he has the harder punches. We will just have to wait to see the winner of this fight. Your predictions may be blown to pieces because Lockett is a relatively unknown fighter.

Lockett-Pavlik HBO Promo Video

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