Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik may rise again to fight undefeated Alfonso Lopez of Cut and Shoot boxing club, on the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley undercard May 7 in Las Vegas, Pavlik’s manager Cameron Dunkin said.

Dunkin, who acknowledged Lopez’s achievement, explained the Texas-based super middleweight must go through a review process before he can approve the bout.

“He’s a big, tough guy,” Dunkin said to RING. “I want to watch the tape. If we feel he’s the right opponent and he can make 168 pounds, we’ll go with him. If we don’t like what we see, then we’ll revisit other guys we’ve talked about.”

Among other potential opponents under consideration, Dunkin mentioned Brian Vera – who defeated Sergio Mora by unanimous decision on Feb. 4 – and Joe Spina.

Lopez (21-0, 16 KOs), who has only fought twice under 170 pounds (167 pounds), most recently defeated Romaro Johnson by 12^th round technical knockout in Dallas, Texas on Nov. 4.

On the other hand, Pavlik (36-2, 32 KOs) has not fought since he lost his RING middleweight championship to Sergio Martinez via unanimous decision last April.

—Alex Neely

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