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Mancini says Pavlik will knock out Lockett



Wednesday, May 28, 2008

It was a case of one favorite son to another.
Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini showed up at Youngstown's Southside Boxing Club to take in a workout by world middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik last week. The lightweight champion from 1982 to 1984 was also back home on business from Los Angeles as he worked on a documentary about his old stomping grounds.
Mancini, 47, said Pavlik (33-0, 29 KOs) should be able to take care of business when he defends his WBC-WBO titles against Gary Lockett (30-1, 21 KOs) in Atlantic City, N.J., on June 7. But there are intangibles.

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"You hear stories about how hard it is to keep the title once you win it. Not me. I'm going to make it easy!" -- Kelly Pavlik, the undisputed middleweight Champion of the World

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Rust belt to title belt
By JASON LLOYD, Morning Journal Writer
06/01/2008

YOUNGSTOWN - The gym that raised this world champion is old and tired, just like his city. In a former life, it was a mom and pop pizza shop, and it shows. The building measures just over 1,200 square feet and a coat of red paint makes it look like an old-time schoolhouse.

There is an apartment above the gym. Boxers used to live up there, but not anymore. They destroyed the place. Now they just destroy each other downstairs, where the ring lies flat on the ground in the back and a few speed bags are scattered around in front.

Jump ropes hang across from the pictures. Oh, the pictures. Of Jim Tressel. Of Maurice Clarett. Of the legends of Youngstown boxing.

Anybody who is somebody in the eyes of Mahoning Valley is up on that wall. Including, most importantly, The Ghost. Kelly Pavlik's first boxing picture hangs above the door. There, he's an 80-pound 10-year-old with no experience. Now he's a world champion.

In Youngstown, this city with little hope, Pavlik provides the bulk of it. It's the storyline too juicy to stop writing - the blue-collar town with broken legs, yet strong enough to produce a star who refuses to turn his back on home.
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The Morning Journal - Rust belt to title belt

Pavlik ... on fighting, fame and the future

Published:Sunday, June 1, 2008

Kelly Pavlik admits fame brings big changes, both good and bad.

Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik recently took time out from shopping at Sparkle Market in Boardman to do a 30-minute phone interview with Vindicator sports writer Joe Scalzo, covering a wide variety of topics, including fame, fatherhood and his future in the fight game.
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Q. What has been the coolest thing about being famous?

A. That’s a hard question. The coolest thing is being able to do things like be a guest of the team at the Ohio State-Michigan game and hang out with the Indians and the Browns and the Cavs and find out they’re big fans of mine. You walk into the locker room before the game and you’re thinking, “These guys don’t give a [darn] about me.” They’re getting ready to play one of their biggest games of the year. Then they jump up and say, “Hey Kelly, what’s going on?” And you’re like, “You know me?” It’s kind of cool. It’s neat.
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Pavlik ... on fighting, fame and the future - Vindy.com News - Local & Regional News - Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana, Ohio
 
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Pavlik shuts down camp as he readies for Lockett



Monday, June 02, 2008

Kelly Pavlik wound down his training camp in Youngstown last week, sparring 12 rounds Tuesday in preparation for Saturday's bout against Gary Lockett in Atlantic City, N.J. It will be Pavlik's first defense of the WBC/WBO middleweight titles he won against Jermain Taylor in September.
All signs point to Pavlik (33-0, 29 KOs) taking care of business in his usual power-packed fashion against the challenger from Wales. While Lockett (30-1, 21 KOs) has talked a good "puncher's chance " game, Pavlik clearly has faced better on his way to the top.
Still, there is no trash talking from the champion.

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Pride of Youngstown: A ?Ghost? Who Didn?t Vanish

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Kelly Pavlik, who holds two world title belts, with his daughter, Sydney.
By SEAN D. HAMILL
Published: June 4, 2008

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio ? Called the Ghost early in his career for his ability to make opponents swing and miss, Kelly Pavlik, this city?s favorite son, has developed into a relentless power puncher with an iron chin. But still, he cannot shake the nickname, which now applies more to his complexion than to the straight-ahead, proficient fighter he has become.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/sports/othersports/04boxing.html?hp

The Pride of Youngstown - The New York Times > Sports > Slide Show > Slide 1 of 10
 
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That was a great article from Wednesday's New York Times. I live in Manhattan and was so disappointed that Saturday's fight is not going to take place in Madison Square Garden.

If you watch the slideshow, you can see that he wears an Ohio State Buckeyes t-shirt in about half of the pictures.

My family in Youngstown tells me that Kelly Pavlik is loved there like no one else. Everything I read or hear about Pavlik seems to say that he is a great guy and loves Ohio State and the city of Youngstown.

I hope he fights in MSG soon so I can see him in person.
 
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Pavlik-Calzaghe Oct 18?
 By Matt Richardson
WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik's promoter Bob Arum says he is in talks with promoter Frank Warren in regard to a possible showdown between Pavlik and unbeaten WBC/WBA/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe. The target date for Pavlik-Calzaghe would be October 18. If that bout can't be made, Arum said Pavlik would fight two more times this year, in September and again in December. Adding fuel to the fire was Pavlik's destruction of Calzaghe's stablemate Gary Lockett, who is trained by Joe's father Enzo Calzaghe.[/FONT]
 
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