Kelly Pavlik showed why he is the Middleweight Champion of the world as he just walked right through Gary Lockett at ease. Lockett came to fight, but was no match for the taller, stronger Pavlik. There was no true knockout punch from Pavlik, he just shot right through the defense of Lockett. By doing so, he proved how strong of a puncher he truly is. As I watched Pavlik, I noticed improvements in his defense. Pavlik keeps his hands up more and was catching punches and throwing punches all in once stance. If Pavlik is now improving on his defense, he is really going to be a force to be reckoned with in the boxing world. Lockett who did not have a lot of movement away from Pavlik, kept his hands up most of the fight. However Pavlik kept shooting straight hands right at Lockett. Although his hands appeared to be blocking the punches, Pavlik hit with so much force that they still hurt Lockett. Twice in the second round, Lockett took a knee to escape the punishment he was enduring from Pavlik. There was no one punch that was doing the job, but an accumlation of all of Pavlik's hard punches. Finally in the third round, Lockett who was getting beaten up took another knee. At this point his corner had seen enough and threw in the towel. The time of the stoppage was 1:40 of the third round.
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