Fight Kelly Pavlik W TKO 3 (12) Gary Lockett

Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik (34-0 30 KOs) once again proved why he is considered one of the top middleweights, if not the best middleweight in the world, with an impressive third round stoppage of number one rated and mandatory WBO challenger Gary "The Rocket Man" Lockett (30-2, 21 KOs). Pavlik of Youngstown, Ohio opened the bout with solid jabs, which kept Locket on the outside early on. Lockett from Cwmbran read more ...

WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (34-0, 30 KOs) stemmed the tide of losses of other world champions on the day, by crushing WBO mandatory challenger Gary Lockett (28-2, 20 KOs) on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Pavlik twice battered Lockett to a knee in a one-sided round two, then put him on the deck again in the third before Lockett's corner threw in the towel. Time was 1:40 read more ...

Kelly Pavlik 159 vs Gary Lockett 159.5 (WBC/WBO middleweight championship) Daniel Ponce De Leon 121 Juan Manuel Lopez 121 (WBO super bantamweight championship) read more ...

Unbeaten WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (33-0, 29 KOs) and Gary Lockett (30-1, 21 KOs) faced off at today's press conference at Gallaghers Steak House in New York City. Pavlik stated, "I'm prepared to go 12 rounds. I just predict a W. Lockett commented, "I have a great chance of winning...may the best man win." They meet in an HBO-televised bout on Saturday in Atlantic City. Also on hand were WBO super bantamweight read more ...

"I'm under no illusions," stated Lockett (30-1, 21 KOs). "The odds are greatly stacked against me but out of that I draw some comfort knowing that I'm going to give this guy the fight of his life. "Pavlik was in the same position as me when he went in the first time against Jermain Taylor and he proved everybody wrong by stopping read more ...

Upon entering the Southside Boxing Gym in Youngstown, Ohio, there is an unfamiliar face sitting ringside. It's not a face actually, more of a cardboard cutout of Gary Lockett, the #1 ranked WBO middleweight contender. On the cardboard cutout is the quote that Lockett made during the initial press conference that announced the fight between read more ...

Unbeaten Middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik (l) and challenger Gary Lockett (r) face off at today's press conference at B.B. Kings in New York City officially announcing their June 7, 2008 fight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ read more ...