LAS VEGAS (AP)—Kelly Pavlik beat Alfonso Gomez by majority decision on Saturday night in the former middleweight champion’s rusty return from nearly 13 months out of the ring.
Former three-division champion Jorge Arce also stopped Wilfredo Vazquez in the 12th round of an action-packed fight, claiming Vazquez’s WBO 122-pound belt on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao’s meeting with Sugar Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand Garden.
Pavlik (37-2) looked sluggish and tentative for most of a plodding bout. He couldn’t seriously hurt Lopez (21-1) until the final minute of the final round.
Arce (57-6-2, 44 KOs) and Vazquez engaged in a tremendous bout that ended with Vazquez slumped defenseless against the ropes as Arce unloaded countless punches.
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Ex-champ Kelly Pavlik wins in rusty ring return (AP)