Friday, June 17, 2011
YOUNGSTOWN
Kelly Pavlik's promoter, Top Rank's Bob Arum, has started negotiating a possible bout against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute in early November.
The 31-year-old Bute (28-0, 23 KOs) is a Montreal, Quebec, native and early signs are the fight could take place there or in Atlantic City, N.J.
Pavlik (37-2, 32 KOs), the former middleweight champion, is coming off a 10-round majority decision victory over Alfonso Lopez on May 7.
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