Filed under: WBA, WBC, WBO, Boxing Rumors, HBO, Top Rank Promotions
On Monday, Top Rank Promotions CEO, Bob Arum, told FanHouse that former WBC and WBO middleweight (160 pounds) champion Kelly Pavlik (pictured above, at left) would end his seven month ring absence on Nov. 13 at The Dallas Cowboys Stadium against "a good opponent."
On Tuesday, BoxingScene.com first reported that opponent to be 29-year-old Dominican Republican-born New York resident Giovanni Lorenzo (29-3, 21 knockouts), who is coming off of September's 12-round loss to WBA super world middleweight king Felix Sturm (34-2-1, 14 KOs) of Germany.
Citing Lorenzo's manager, Kurt Emhoff, BoxingScene.com reported that an offer has been made for Lorenzo to face Pavlik (36-2, 32 KOs) on the HBO pay-per-view under card of the WBC junior middleweight (154 pounds) title bout between WBO welterweight (147 pounds) titlist Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs) and Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KOs).
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