Pavlik vs. Lopez

By Jim Dower: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) could be taking on IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (28-0, 23 KO’s) this fall in a fight that will likely be televised on HBO. Dan Rafael of ESPN says that a Bute-Pavlik fight is possible for the fall should Bute win his [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Moving up in weight to the super middleweight division, former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 Ko’s) struggled to beat the little known, weak punching Alfonso Loez (21-1, 16 KO’s) by a 10 round majority decision last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final judges’ scores [...]

By Jim Dower: Making his first appearance in over a year former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik had to struggle on Saturday night to defeat little known Alfonso Lopez by an unimpressive 10 round decision on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The [...]

By Chris Williams: Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime – If you were hoping that tonight’s expensive $55 pay-per-view card with Manny Pacquiao taking on an old Shane Mosley would have a good undercard packaged along with it, I’m afraid you might be a tad bit disappointed at what you’ll be getting. I don’t know about you [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime – Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) will be hoping to restart his career in a new weight division when he moves up to the super middleweight division tonight to face Texan Alfonso Lopez (21-0, 16 KO’s) in a 10 round bout on the undercard [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime – Unbeaten super middleweight prospect Alfonso Lopez (21-0, 16 KO’s) sees former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) as being the one with all the pressure on him in Saturday’s fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. 28-year-old Lopez is little known, unlike Pavlik, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime – With his year off from boxing and a short stint in the Betty Ford clinic to treat an alcohol problem, former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) will be fighting for the first time in over a year when he goes up against little known [...]

LAS VEGAS (May 5, 2011) – The trainers for Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley, Freddie Roach and Naazim Richardson, respectively, and the fighters who will compete on Saturday’s undercard met with the press Thursday at MGM Grand.

While attention will certainly be focused on the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley mega fight on May 7th, Al Bernstein says that two other boxers will have plenty at stake that night as well. Bernstein, who will serve as analyst on the Showtime Pay per View telecast of that card, points out that Kelly Pavlik and Wilfredo [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) returns to the ring on Saturday night against Alfonso Lopez (21-0, 16 KO’s) on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley fight in Las Vegas. Pavlik returned to the gym in January after a two month stay at the Betty Ford Clinic. For [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) starts his experiment at super middleweight this Saturday night fighting on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao – Shane Mosley against Alfonso Lopez (21-0, 16 Ko’s) in what Pavlik hopes will be an impressive performance.

By Chris Williams: This Saturday’s $55 pay-per-view card headed by Manny Pacquiao vs. 39-year-old Shane Mosley is one of the weaker ones within memory. Other than the main event between Pacquiao and Mosley, which looks to be a terrible mismatch, the undercard doesn’t have much going for it in terms of compelling fights.

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 Ko’s) will be making his first appearance at super middleweight next month against undefeated Alfonso Lopez (21-0, 16 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pavlik, 29, has been given a choice television spot on the [...]

By Jason Kim: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) be back in action next month against Alfonso Lopez (21-0, 16 KO’s) in a fight on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosey bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Former World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK, his trainer JACK LOEW and Hall of Fame promoter BOB ARUM participated in an international media conference call on Friday to discuss Pavlik’s upcoming return to boxing on Saturday, May 7 at the sold out MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev.

By Eric Thomas: Jack Leow, the trainer for former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s), likes what he sees of Pavlik’s punching power, endurance and moves in his training camp for his upcoming May 7th bout against Alfonso Lopez (21-0, 16 KO’s) on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley bout [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) will be making a comeback on May 7th in a super middleweight bout against Alfonso Lopez (21-0, 16 KO’s) in a fight that will be taking place on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley bout at the MGM Grand, in [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik will be fighting on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley fight on May 7th against Alphonso Lopez in a 10 round bout. The fight will be the first for Pavlik since he was schooled by then challenger Sergio Martinez last year in April [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If you were counting on former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) at least fighting a recognizable 2nd or 3rd tier opponent on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley undercard on May 7th, I’m sorry to disappoint you but it’s probably going to be a little known fighter by the [...]