WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (34-1, 30 KOs) will be defending his titles on February 21st against Marco Antonio Rubio (43-4-1, 37 KOs), his number #1 ranked WBC challenger, in Youngstown, Ohio. Pavlik, 26, will be making his first appearance since being defeated by 43-year-old Bernard Hopkins in a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision loss in October in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Marco Antonio Rubio Vs. Kelly Pavlik

Hopkins defeated Pavlik in by landslide shutout, winning every round of the fight and beating him as bad as super middleweight Joe Calzaghe had beaten Jeff Lacy two years earlier. The defeat did much more than hand Pavlik his first defeat, though, it also removed the possibility for him to face Calzaghe, a fighter that Pavlik had been going after for some time in the months leading up to the Hopkins fight.

Pavlik has little choice about fighting Rubio, because he’s his mandatory challenger and to try and bypass him now would mean that Pavlik would likely be stripped of his WBC title by the sanction body.

Miguel Cotto vs Michael Jennings

Miguel Cotto vs Michael Jennings WBO welterweight title clash at Madison Square Garden. Former WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) will be looking to redeem himself somewhat in a fight against Michael Jennings (34-1, 16 KOs) for the vacant WBO welterweight title. Cotto stands to make at least $3 million for the fight.

Miguel Cotto lost to Mexican Antonio Margarito by 11th round TKO at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, July 26, 2008. Cotto's corner threw in the towel at 2:05 of round 11 as Cotto went down on his knee for the second in the round. Along with suffering his first professional defeat Cotto lost his WBA welterweight title to Antonio Margarito.

Miguel Cotto's next fight in 2009 will be a WBO Welterweight Title Eliminator fight on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York against Michael Jennings (33-1-0, 16 KOs) from Lancashire, UK. The Miguel Cotto vs Michael Jennings fight will be a co-main event on a PPV doubleheader card promoted by Bob Arum of Top Rank along with Pavlik vs Rubio middleweight title fight at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, Ohio.

The Cotto vs. Jennings / Pavlik vs. Rubio pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6

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