On Saturday night, middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik takes on the man who once wore the crown, Bernard Hopkins, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. When this fight was consummated a few months ago, everyone from Top Rank and Pavlik's management to the fighter himself, all freely admitted that tabbing 'The Executioner' was not their first, second or third choice. The bottom line is that Pavlik simply had nowhere else to turn. After negotiations with Joe Calzaghe went nowhere, they were left without many other options.

They have given this promotion the 'Unstoppable' moniker, but they might have well dubbed it, 'Hey, it beats Pavlik vs. Marco Antonio Rubio, Joe Greene or John Duddy.'

Steve Kim of MaxBoxing.com has the story.