Pavlik blasts Calzaghe

Pavlik: Wants to fight Calzaghe

Calzaghe... I don't know what I've got to do, perhaps shoot him in the leg to stop him running.

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Undefeated middleweight kingpin Kelly Pavlik has accused Joe Calzaghe of avoiding a showdown with him.

Pavlik, who stopped Calzaghe's stable-mate Gary Lockett in three brutal rounds in June, is desperate for a chance to end the Welshman's own unbeaten record.

However, Calzaghe has decided to face Roy Jones Jnr in what could potentially be his last fight.

And WBO and WBC champion Pavlik, who will fight former Calzaghe victim Bernard Hopkins at a catchweight 170lbs on October 18, is not impressed.

He said: "Calzaghe... I don't know what I've got to do, perhaps shoot him in the leg to stop him running."

Pleasure

Pavlik, though, is determined to make the most of his opportunity of potentially ending the career of another ring legend in the shape of Hopkins.

"I'm looking forward to it," said Pavlik. "It is going to be a blue collar fight.

"I don't ever change my style. I come forward, I fight and I get in the best shape I can possibly get into. That is what I will do on October 18.

"It is a pleasure to be in the ring with Hopkins. Never in my life did I think I'd be fighting Hopkins."

Despite his defeat to Calzaghe last time out, Hopkins has little doubt that he can do a job on Pavlik.

Hopkins, who was the undisputed middleweight champion until his 2005 defeats to Jermain Taylor, said: "I'm just thrilled to do what I do.

"What I do is I take people's best weapons and reduce them down to nothing. I am a master of that and there won't be anything different."