On April 17, 2010, the 28-year-old WBC, WBO, and The Ring middleweight world champion, Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KOs), faced a 35-year-old Argentinian boxer Sergio Martínez (44-2-2, 24 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Pavlik came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 29 days. Martínez was on a -1-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 12 days.
Sergio Martínez defeated Kelly Pavlik via unanimous decision and wins the WBC, WBO, and The Ring titles — in his first world-title fight. Martínez improves his record to 45-2-2, while Pavlik adds a loss to his record at 36-2.
On October 18, 2008, a 26-year-old Kelly Pavlik (34-0, 30 KOs) and a 43-year-old Bernard Hopkins (48-5-1, 32 KOs) met in the ring.
Pavlik came in to the fight on a 34-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 11 days. Hopkins was on a -1-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 29 days.
Bernard Hopkins defeated Kelly Pavlik via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight. Hopkins improves his record to 49-5-1, while Pavlik adds a loss to his record at 34-1.