I know Lockett was the No1 ranked but im pretty sure he wasnt a mandatory as in if Pav didnt fight him he woulda been stripped
waste of time even talking about it. give up the dream. crazy, followed by shannon taylor if he stops being so greedy and if green doesn't come about will be sturm - the so called weakest champ. secondly he won't fight for any other belt than wba.
Pavlik would have been stripped of his WBO. The only reason Pavlik doesnt have to fill his WBC mandatory, as the former number 1 Giovanni Lorenzo went the IBF route, meaning a new number 1 has to have been inserted in. Pavlik's WBC mandatory aint due for a while now due to this. I dont think many besides maybe Winky Wright are keen on being Pavlik's mandatory at the moment.