Who’s next for Pavlik?

YOUNGSTOWN — St. Luke’s Banquet Center on South Avenue can easily seat a few hundred people, making it just big enough to hold all the boxers mentioned as possible opponents for Kelly Pavlik’s next fight.

The latest front-runner is WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams, best known as “The Punisher” to boxing fans and “Who?” to everyone else.

“I heard his name mentioned; that’s about it,” said Pavlik’s trainer Jack Loew. “I’ve heard way too many names.”

Pavlik’s promoter, Bob Arum, told ESPN.com earlier this week that he’s targeted Williams for a Sept. 27 bout in Atlantic City on HBO.

Pavlik, however, said Saturday there are still a lot of names in the mix.