Saturday night at the Beeghly Center in Youngstown, Ohio, Kelly Pavlik defeated Miguel Espino. Pavlik won the fight when Espino’s corner threw in the towel during the 5th round and referee in charge of the action, Steve Smoger stepped in at 1:44 to halt the fight.

With the victory, Pavlik who owns the WBO and WBC middleweight titles, record improves to 36 wins, 1 loss with 32 KOs. Espino’s record drops to 20 wins, 3 losses and a draw with 9 KOs.

A spirited effort by both fighters, but Espino hit the deck 3 times during the fight. It was obvious that Pavlik who was coming off a long lay-off (10 months) due to a staph infection in his left hand, was not going to lose.

Source: Fox.com