Kelly Pavlik vs Bernard Hopkins October 18, 2008 720p HD HBO

HBO could be as dirty as anyone else in the dirty business of bigtime pro boxing and in this fight they did the following, via boxrec: Top Rank and Pavlik’s management wanted to fight a contender, but HBO turned down half a dozen names, including Allan Green, Joe Greene, and Marco Antonio Rubio, leaving Hopkins as the only main event box office draw available for Pavlik to fight. Despite this, before the fight, Larry Merchant and Jim Lampley described Pavlik’s corner as greedy and going for the money when they should have been fighting a contender at middleweight. Dirty. Also via Kelly Pavlik 169 lbs lost to Bernard Hopkins 170 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12 Date: 2008-10-18 Location: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA Referee: Benjy Esteves Jr Judge: Steve Weisfeld 108-118 Judge: Barbara Perez 109-117 Judge: Alan Rubenstein 106-119 Aired on: HBO PPV Announcer: Michael Buffer Comments - Results of HBO’s unofficial “Fight Night“ sc