Oh man Oh man. I got so many bump n lumps going on in my head. Your Boy Larry went to NJ this weekend to party with some of his old school boys. Went to Pub 17 to watch the Pavlik/Taylor fight. Should of just stuck with the standard kettle ones and tonics but those shot girls are relentless! Back to the fight. What can I say? Good fight but I was very surprised it went to a decision and man it was close! Could of easily been a draw and if Pavlik didn't win the last two rounds he could of gotten beat. I thought Taylor fought much better and he was really popping the jab well early on. But Kelly showed patience and little by little his punches started to get through. I don't know how either of these guys can stay at middleweight. I see them both moving up but I guess Pavlik will have to defend his title first. After that he probably goes to super middleweight. Even though Jermain Taylor lost two in a row, I think he will still be favored in most of his fights, Pavlik just has his number right now. The fight didn't have the fireworks like the first one but it still was an entertaining brawl with two great fighters.
Kimbo Slice vs. Tank Abbott was exactly as predicted. First round KO by Slice. Kimbo is strong but he has still not shown ONE MMA skill. At least Brock Lesnar can punch AND wrestle. Kimbo's skill level is still a complete mystery to me. However I heard something about his next opponent being Ken Shamrock. Even though Ken is 5-10 years past his prime he has true MMA skills which will finally show us if Kimbo can do anything else besides throw round houses.
Here are the rest of the weekend results:
BOXING:
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Kelly Pavlik, Youngstown, Ohio, outpointed Jermain Taylor, Little Rock, Ark., 12, middleweights; Fernando Montiel, Mexico, stopped Martin Castillo, Los Angeles, 4, to retain his WBO super flyweight title; Cristian Mijares, Mexico, outpointed Jose Navarro, Los Angeles, 12, to retain his WBC super flyweight title.
NUREMBURG, Germany (AP) -- Nikolai Valuev, Russia, outpointed Sergei Liakhovich, Belarus, 12, in a WBA heavyweight eliminator.
MMA:
Elite XC: Street Certified, Miami: Moyses Gabin def. Jirka Hlavati, TKO, 2:52 R1; Lorenzo Borgomeo def. Mike Bernhard, submission (triangle choke), 4:11 R2; Dave Herman def. Mario Rinaldo, TKO, 0:33 R3; Yosmany Cabezas def. Jon Kirk, submission (rear naked choke), 0:58 R2; Rafael Feijao def. John Doyle, TKO, 2:17 R1; Brett Rogers def. James Thompson, TKO, 2:24 R1; Yves Edwards def. Edson Berto, KO, 4:56 R1; Scott Smith def. Kyle Noke, KO, 0:07 R1; Antonio Silva def. Ricco Rodriguez, split decision; Kimbo Slice def. Tank Abbott, KO, 0:43.
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