Kelly Pavlik: record, next fight and profile →
In early January, former WBA and WBO middleweight champion, Kelly Pavlik, was released from a two-month stay at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., where he was treated for issues with alcohol.
BoxingScene.com caught up to trainer Jack Loew in Youngstown, Ohio, where he was in the midst of completing the first official day of workouts with former WBA and WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik in preparation for a May 7 date with unbeaten Alphonso Lopez.
Oleg Hermann, Manager of WBA "regular" middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (20-0, 17KOs), is very upset with the "super champion" of the division, Felix Sturm. Golovkin has tried to secure a fight with Sturm for a long time. They saw a recent report where Sturm was interested in facing former champion Kelly Pavlik in the summer. Pavlik is already set to face Alfonso Lopez on the Pacquiao-Mosley pay-per-view on May 7 in Las Vegas.
Former WBA and WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, who is scheduled to face Alphonso Lopez on May 7, began his first day of preparation with a Monday morning run, and could throw his first punch of the camp later in the day, his trainer, Jack Loew, told BoxngScene.com from Pavlik's native Youngstown, Ohio.
BoxingScene.com was advised that WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (35-2, 15KOs) tried to secure Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32KOs) for a fight in Germany on June 25. Sturm was willing to make the fight at a catch-weight of 165-pounds. The fight won't happen, at least for the moment. Pavlik has been inactive since last April's decision loss to Sergio Martinez.
BoxingScene.com has been advised that undefeated Alfonso Lopez (21-0, 16KOs) was approved as the opponent for former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KOs). The fight, scheduled for 168-pounds, is taking place on the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley pay-per-view undercard on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Lopez was approved after Pavlik's team reviewed video footage of his fights.
WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is not worried about the arriving Kelly Pavlik. The former middleweight champion is making a full-time move to the super middleweight division on May 7, when he returns to the ring on the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley undercard at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
According to manager Cameron Dunkin, former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KOs) may possibly face undefeated Alfonso Lopez (21-0, 16KOs) on the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley pa-per-view undercard on May 7 in Las Vegas. Dunkin told Michael Rosenthal of RingTV that he still needs to review some video of Lopez before he gives his stamp of approval on the fight. If Dunkin rejects Lopez, some of the other names being mentioned are Joey Spina and Brian Vera.
BoxingScene.com was advised by manager Cameron Dunkin, that former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32KOs) is good to go for the May 7 pay-per-view undercard to Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pavlik is scheduled to return as a super middleweight.
In a recent interview with The Vindicator, former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (26-2, 32KOs) discussed his past problems with drinking and partying. He spent 60 days in the Ranch Recovery Center in Desert Hot Springs, Calif. and in January he spent 20 days in the Betty Ford Clinic.