Kelly Pavlik
For the past seven years, Kelly Pavlik's nickname of "The Ghost" seemed a perfect description for a boxing career progressing in relative obscurity.
Two fights was all it took to put Pavlik out front and at the top of the middleweight division. With his stunning seventh-round knockout of undisputed champion Jermain Taylor on Saturday night, Pavlik (32-0, 29 knockouts) suddenly finds himself in control of his immediate future.
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Kelly Pavlik knocked out Jermain Taylor in the seventh round to win the world middleweight title on Saturday night.
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