By Joe Scalzo

June 7, 2008

3 comments

Well, that didn't take long.

Kelly Pavlik landed some big shots through the second and third rounds and patiently wore down Gary Lockett. After the third knockdown midway through the third round, the referee stopped it and Pavlik's first title defense was easy and short.

Pavlik is a notoriously slow starter and the fighters spent the first minute of the first round feeling each other out. After that, Pavlik started establishing his jab, backing Lockett up. Lockett preferred to stay back, which is a questionable strategy considering his disadvantage in length and height.

Pavlik landed a nice couple of punches midway through the round, backing Lockett up at one point into the corner. First round goes to Pavlik.

After that, it was all Pavlik, knocking Lockett down twice in the second round, then finishing it in the third.