Live Coverage Of Pavlik/Taylor II!

Once again, HipHopDX is bringing you live coverage of the epic battle between Jermain "Bad Intentions" Taylor and Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik. Tune in for the main event beginning at 8:30pm PST/11:30pm EST. In the meanwhile, DX will keep you up to date with the explosive undercards.

Can Taylor get revenge after being viciously knocked out less than 5 months ago or will Pavlik maintain his dominance in brutal fashion over Taylor?
Expectations are high and DX will be the ONLY website that will give you live coverage ringside from the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas NV!

(6:40pm) There is a definite Youngstown Ohio crowd here to back Kelly Pavlik. It may not be Mayweather Vs Hatton but the atmosphere here is electric as fans begin to file into the MGM. The Youngstown attendees make themselves known as Pavlik's entrance into the arena flashes across the screens inside the arena. Ronald Hearns

(Tommy "Hitman" Hearns' son) finally disposes of Justin Astorga in the 8th round but many of us ringside are concerned about his ability to "close the show" as Hearns had multiple opportunities but didn't pull the trigger. It's time for the Bantamweights to make their way into the ring. Cristian Mijares is accompanied by a man in a luche libre mask. Got a few chuckles out of the fans.

(7:05pm) Mijares & Navarro are battling it out in front of a pretty distinct Hispanic contingency. Speaking of Hispanics, the great Julio Cesar Chavez is seated just a few rows in front of me. Something interesting I just noticed is all the Hip Hop being played between rounds. You would swear that 50 Cent was battling Fat Joe tonight. And they just played LL Cool J's "Boomin System" after round 4. I guess that's what happens when American Gangster is your sponsor. Even more hilarious was when they played USDA's "White Girl" when the lone white ring girl was doing her in between rounds walk.

(7:36pm) Who the hell is the DJ? Somebody is playing some jams at the fight. Pharcyde's "Runnin" just proceeded the 12th round but Mijares and Navarro are doing anything but running from each other. This fight is a brilliant war of attrition as neither seems to back down and is completely devoid from a lull of action. Whoever wins will have definitely earned it.
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7:37pm) Who the hell was judging the Mijares vs Navarro fight??? When a fight seems to be as close as this one was, it is absolutely bewildering that a judge scored the fight a 120 - 108 shutout for Navarro. Most of us at ringside had it 115 - 113 either for Mijares or Navarro but a shutout? Amazing! Someone must look into this scoring atrocity.

(7:55 pm) Fernando Montiel is putting on a display of being economic with his punches as it seems that each and every punch he throws in landing squarely on the chin of Castillo. It's as if Castillo is enjoying being outclassed by Montiel. Oh and a big shout out to Judge Doug Tucker who scored the Navarro/Mijares fight as a shutout for Navarro. It'll probably be the last judging gig he gets for quite some time.

(8:04pm) Fernando Montiel put on a brutal display of accuracy and punching power as he completely deflated Martin Castillo with a vicious assault that lead to a 4th round KO. Lots of action that Taylor and Pavlik have to live up to.
(8:14pm) It is absolutely electric here at the MGM as a pro -Pavlik crowd begins their "Kelly, Kelly" chants. It's a pretty star studded event as Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Vince Vaughn, Roy Jones Jr, Tommy Hearns, Mario Lopez and others are all scattered in the arena. The main event is next as Jermain Taylor enters to One Republic's "Apologize." We shall see what he's apologizing for shortly...
Undercards:

Ronald Hearns defeated Justin Astorga via 8th round TKO
Cristian Mijares defeated Jose Navarro via split decision (Mijares retains WBC Jr. Bantamweight belt)
Fernando Montiel defeated Martin Castillo via 4th round KO (Montiel retains WBO Super Flyweight belt)
Kelly Pavlik defeated Jermain Taylor via unanimous decision