Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik is set to face former middleweight and light heavyweight champ Bernard Hopkins on October 18th.

“There’s a deal, but there are a few details to be tied up,” Pavlik’s Promoter Bob Arum said. “But the fight is happening.”

For the fight to happen Pavlik will be moving up 10 pounds to face Hopkins at 170 pounds.

“Kelly isn’t thrilled with the fight,” Arum said. “But one of the incentives he has is that if he’s going to fight Calzaghe after Calzaghe fights Roy Jones, it will be 168 pounds anyway. So it gets him ready for that fight.”

Can’t wait to watch Pavlik vs. Calzaghe in the future. Hopkins is to old and needs to retire; he doesn’t have a chance in hell against Pavlik.