Undisputed & undefeated middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik says weight won’t be a factor next weekend when he moves up to light heavyweight to fight Bernard Hopkins.

“Weight to me is not a big deal at all,” Pavlik said.

“I have more energy and more snap on my punches. I still lift weights but we don’t do anything heavy to build muscle mass. I’m running a little more hills to add some muscle to my legs. Other than that there hasn’t been much change at all.”

Pavlik is taking this fight for the money, not the challenge. Hopkins is an old man and will get murdered in the ring when they face off on Saturday, October 18 on pay-per-view.