by Mike Coppinger

Middleweight contender Peter Quillin (25-0, 19KOs) has informed BoxingScene.com that he is likely to return on Oct 15., on the Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson HBO PPV undercard at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Quillin is pushing for a sport on the televised undercard with an eye on a fight with middleweight champion Sergio Martinez in the spring. Martinez fights Darren Barker on Oct. 1 on HBO.

Mike Coppinger is a regular boxing freelancer for USA TODAY and Ring Magazine. He’s a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America, the Ring Ratings Advisory Panel and the Yahoo! Sports Boxing Panel. Follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger.