By Mark Vester
For the last few months, nobody has been pushing harder for a fight with Kelly Pavlik than former champion Winky Wright. Pavlik told The Vindicator that he called Wright out many times in the past and was ignored.
“We called out Winky Wright a couple hundred times and now that he can’t get the big fights and his career’s petering out, he wants to fight me all of the sudden. There’s a guy I’d love to smack around a little bit,” Pavlik said.
Pavlik will defend the WBC/WBO middleweight titles against Gary Lockett on June 7 in Atlantic City. He plans to stay at middleweight until he has a reason to move up. If possible, he would love to fight undisputed super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe.
“I’d love to fight Joe Calzaghe, if it ever happens. He has a big fight [April 19] with Bernard Hopkins, so that will have some bearing on the possibility if he wins,” Pavlik said.
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