In what is sure to be a great fight we see Pavlik putting his WBC and WBO middleweight titles up for grabs against Sergio Gabriel Martinez who is eight years his senior. Pavlik is coming in to this fight with back to back wins against Miguel Angel Espino, who he knocked out in the fifth and Marco Antonio Rubio who retired 9 rounds in to their encounter. Prior to that he took nearly a year out of the ring after a loss to unanimous one sided defeat at the hands of Bernard Hopkins, which is the only blemish on his other wise prefect record.

Martinez comes in to this fight after a majority decision loss to Paul Williams, who in my opinion didn’t deserve the win. After trading knockdowns in the first round Martinez found the much cleaner punches yet one judge decided to award Williams the win with a 9 round margin, and another awarding a draw. No way did Williams deserve that sort of margin. A draw would of been a much fairer result, so maybe the boxing gods will be on Martinez’s side in this fight?

My Kelly Pavlik Vs Sergio Gabriel Martinez Prediction is that Pavlik will win this fight by KO in the 6th Round. Although Martinez is certainly a tough guy I don’t think he will be able to deal with Pavliks power which has ended 32 of his 37 fights early.

The best sportsbook to bet on the Kelly Pavlik Vs Sergio Gabriel Martinez fight is Bodog, where you can get great odds on a Pavlik victory.

Bodog.Com Pavlik Vs Martinez Odds

Pavlik – -200
Martinez – +150