By Ryan Burton
A reliable source has informed BoxingScene.com that former lineal middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik will leave for training camp on Monday. Pavlik is set to face Daniel Edouard on the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito undercard on November 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The fight is set for a max weight of 164-pounds.
Pavlik is taking the fight very seriously and is looking to hire a nutritionist to assist him with making weight. Pavlik struggled to make weight for his previous fight, a decision loss to Sergio Martinez in April. After making the 160 pound weight limit for the fight with Martinez, Pavlik rehydrated to 179 pounds, according to HBO's unofficial scale.
According to the source, Pavlik has set his sights on a showdown with WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm after he dispatches of Edouard.
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