Word is that Kelly Pavlik will fight Bernard Hopkins on October 18 on HBOPPV in a nontitle fight at a catchweight of 170lbs. This fight actually makes me laugh because Bob Arum has been saying Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. need to retire and let the young guys have the sport. Now Arum has struck a deal for Pavlik to fight Hopkins. I will say it was by far not Arum's first choice for Pavlik. Fights with Sergio Mora, Allan Green, Paul Williams, Marco Antonio Rubio and Joe Calzaghe all fell apart for various reasons and not in that order. This fight will be between the guy who beat Jermain Taylor twice in a row to win the Middleweight Title (Pavlik) and the guy who lost to Jermain Taylor twice in the row losing his Middleweight Title (Hopkins). This fight is not official but it is going to happen according to Bob Arum. Top Rank and Golden Boy will split the revenue 50/50 and the fight will be at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Since this fight is going to be on PPV, HBO is supposedly moving the Shane Mosley-Ricardo Mayorga fight scheduled for October 11 to September 27 on regular HBO. Now if we can get HBO to take the Joel Casamayor-Juan Manuel Marquez fight off of PPV, we may have a better fall.
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