By Mark Vester
In less than three-weeks, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik will rise to the catch-weight of 170-pounds to challenge Bernard Hopkins. The October 18th bout is a battle of the new guard vs. the old guard. Hopkins returns from an April loss to Joe Calzaghe. Some observers felt Hopkins did enough to deserve the decision. Pavlik plans to take the fight to Hopkins from the opening bell to set a very fast pace to see just how much the veteran fighter has left.
"We're not going to fight him at a 43-year-old pace," Pavlik told the Cleveland Free Times. "We're going to make him fight at a 26-year-old pace. We're going to throw our 100 punches a round."
Hopkins continues to boast about his plan to slow the fight down and to only throw what he wants to throw. Pavlik will not allow Hopkins to slow the fight down. He believes that Hopkins will begin to break down by the midway point of the fight.
"If he thinks he can get away with throwing his 27 punches a round and keep up with us, it ain't gonna happen. I think you'll see the difference once the sixth round comes around," Pavlik said.
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