Kelly Pavlik, the undefeated (34-0) WBC middle-weight champion and pride of Youngstown, Ohio is moving up in weight class to light-heavyweight division to fight 43 year old former middle-weight champ Bernard Hopkins (48-5-1) in a non-title fight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., Saturday night.The 26 year old Pavlik is listed as a -450 money line favorite by oddsmakers at online sportsbook Bodog (Bodoglife.com). Hopkins backers are getting +350 money line odds. The total for this bout is set at 11 ½ rounds. The OVER price is -210 while the UNDER is getting +170 odds.
Highlighting the under-card at Boardwalk Hall is a WBO championship 12 round bout between favorite (-800) Steven Luevano (35-1, 15 KOs) of LaPuente Calif., and Australian Billy Dib (+500) (21-0, 11 KOs). Dib is getting +500 money line odds as the underdog. The OVER/UNDER number for this bout is 9 1/2.
The second under-card event at Boardwalk Hall is a middle-weight bout between Marco Antonio Rubio (42-4-1, 37 KOs) of Georgetown, Texas and Enrique Ornelas (28-4, 18 KOs) of La Habra, Calif . Bodog lists Rubio as the favorite at -285 while Ornelas backers are getting +225.
