Thread: Calzaghe maps out rest of career (3 big superfights and a spoonful of bulls**t!)

CALZAGHE MAPS OUT REST OF CAREER
Wednesday 23rd May 2007

http://www.skysports.com/skysports/a...267057,00.html

Undefeated WBO and IBF champion Joe Calzaghe has expressed his desire to fight either Bernard Hopkins or Ronald "Winky" Wright.
Hopkins and Wright are scheduled to do battle on July 21, and Calzaghe has revealed he would relish the prospect of meeting the winner in January - however, he suggests The Executioner would be the more likely opponent.

He claimed: "Hopkins would interest me. He won his last fight against Antonio Tarver so he is still a formidable opponent.

"He looked good against Tarver but he is 42 years old and he can't go on forever. The winner of Winky Wright and Hopkins could be my opponent for January. They are fighting in July and I think they will put on a good show, but Hopkins will be too big for Wright."

Before his career ends, Calzaghe - who has had 42 professional fights and won all of them - claims he wants a series of what he has branded as "super fights", and WBC and WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor is his main priority.

He said: "Roy Jones doesn't interest me because he has been knocked out too many times. I would like three more fights, all of them against big names.

"Two years ago I said I would have three more fights and now, three fights later, I want three more. Whatever happens, I want to go out at the top, that is for sure."

A unification fight with Michael Kessler is a possibility for Calzaghe, and although promoter Frank Warren is currently attempting to tie up a meeting with the WBA and WBC champion, the 35-year-old insists Taylor is the target.

He said: "Kessler is a good fighter. Frank has been talking to his promoter over the last few days, trying to do something with him but I think that fight may be six months or more down the road. Kessler is not a big name in America.

"He has had a couple of good wins but in his last fight he beat Markus Bayer, who was shot. We can go down the Kessler road but Taylor is the one for me."



I don't think anyone else has posted this article. I would first like to say that I actually like JC as a fighter...but all this ongoing talk about 'super' fights is pissing me off. I'm beginning to think he's dodging Kessler. He seems more keen to fight Froch than Kessler. Joe isn't as big a name as he thinks he is. He's marginally better known than Kessler, but I think Kessler comands much more respect. I'm getting tired of the bullshit, the hype and everything else. He says he's not interested in fighting Roy Jones either, but he'd still be beating a man who was once best P4P fighter if he were to win. The Taylor fight is just a pipe dream, and I'm sorry Joe, but the more you pursue this, the more the likelyhood of you fighting another bum in September. Don't let us down, go get a fucking name...and for fucks sake stop hyping things that aren't going to happen.

Calzaghe needs to stop talking and start fighting he needs Warren to do his job and make the fights Kessler is the fight we want rather than him chasing the old guys

Originally Posted by TYSONBRUNO

Calzaghe needs to stop talking and start fighting he needs Warren to do his job and make the fights Kessler is the fight we want rather than him chasing the old guys

It's the fight we want, but it's not the fight Joe wants, and it suggests to me that he thinks he'd lose, which is why he won't take the fight now.

Agreed CC#37

its going to be sad when Calzaghe retires and realizes that the only people that think he was great are Brits, and his female groupies.

If only this guy had come to America in 1999 and follow the path of Lennox Lewis, he would have already probably faced Hopkins, Johnson, Jones etc and he would have been ready to retire with an unequal legacy. But now he is stuck with Lacy as his major victory, and a lot of what ifs?

I think the only people who will think he was great are him and his dad

Originally Posted by bzkfn

Originally Posted by TYSONBRUNO

Calzaghe needs to stop talking and start fighting he needs Warren to do his job and make the fights Kessler is the fight we want rather than him chasing the old guys

It's the fight we want, but it's not the fight Joe wants, and it suggests to me that he thinks he'd lose, which is why he won't take the fight now.

I'm not surprised that when there were a lot of threads on here about speculation regarding the possibility of a fight against Kessler a lot of people were saying he should be going after a fight with Taylor...and now it looks like the Taylor fight might be possible, people are saying he should be fighting Kessler.

Maybe a royal-rumble might be in order, or a 3-way KO slugfest?

Seriously though, you can't please everyone but it has to be one or the other. A Sakio Bika rematch, for example, or his mandatory with Dennis Inkin, would not cut the mustard for his fans, and even more for the critics.

Originally Posted by TYSONBRUNO

I think the only people who will think he was great are him and his dad

I think he'll feel he's great...and so does Warren and his dad...but truth be told is that most true boxing fans will see JC as a waste of talent, a missed oppertunity and a true pussy unless he does something fast.

Agreed again Bzkfn

Originally Posted by superheavyrhun

Originally Posted by bzkfn

Originally Posted by TYSONBRUNO

Calzaghe needs to stop talking and start fighting he needs Warren to do his job and make the fights Kessler is the fight we want rather than him chasing the old guys

It's the fight we want, but it's not the fight Joe wants, and it suggests to me that he thinks he'd lose, which is why he won't take the fight now.

I'm not surprised that when there were a lot of threads on here about speculation regarding the possibility of a fight against Kessler a lot of people were saying he should be going after a fight with Taylor...and now it looks like the Taylor fight might be possible, people are saying he should be fighting Kessler.

Maybe a royal-rumble might be in order, or a 3-way KO slugfest?

Seriously though, you can't please everyone but it has to be one or the other. A Sakio Bika rematch, for example, or his mandatory with Dennis Inkin, would not cut the mustard for his fans, and even more for the critics.

You're right, you can't please everyone...but at times, he doesn't please anyone!

Originally Posted by TYSONBRUNO

Agreed CC#37

#132...You always agree with me...it's like looking into a mirror, lol.

Originally Posted by bzkfn

Originally Posted by superheavyrhun

Originally Posted by bzkfn

Originally Posted by TYSONBRUNO

Calzaghe needs to stop talking and start fighting he needs Warren to do his job and make the fights Kessler is the fight we want rather than him chasing the old guys

It's the fight we want, but it's not the fight Joe wants, and it suggests to me that he thinks he'd lose, which is why he won't take the fight now.

I'm not surprised that when there were a lot of threads on here about speculation regarding the possibility of a fight against Kessler a lot of people were saying he should be going after a fight with Taylor...and now it looks like the Taylor fight might be possible, people are saying he should be fighting Kessler.

Maybe a royal-rumble might be in order, or a 3-way KO slugfest?

Seriously though, you can't please everyone but it has to be one or the other. A Sakio Bika rematch, for example, or his mandatory with Dennis Inkin, would not cut the mustard for his fans, and even more for the critics.

You're right, you can't please everyone...but at times, he doesn't please anyone!

I can assure you that when he beat Jeff Lacy I was 50% pleased and 50% drunk. By the time I got to bed in my hotel at 5am however, I was 50% plunk and 50% dreased.

Originally Posted by superheavyrhun

Originally Posted by bzkfn

Originally Posted by superheavyrhun

Originally Posted by bzkfn

Originally Posted by TYSONBRUNO

Calzaghe needs to stop talking and start fighting he needs Warren to do his job and make the fights Kessler is the fight we want rather than him chasing the old guys

It's the fight we want, but it's not the fight Joe wants, and it suggests to me that he thinks he'd lose, which is why he won't take the fight now.

I'm not surprised that when there were a lot of threads on here about speculation regarding the possibility of a fight against Kessler a lot of people were saying he should be going after a fight with Taylor...and now it looks like the Taylor fight might be possible, people are saying he should be fighting Kessler.

Maybe a royal-rumble might be in order, or a 3-way KO slugfest?

Seriously though, you can't please everyone but it has to be one or the other. A Sakio Bika rematch, for example, or his mandatory with Dennis Inkin, would not cut the mustard for his fans, and even more for the critics.

You're right, you can't please everyone...but at times, he doesn't please anyone!

I can assure you that when he beat Jeff Lacy I was 50% pleased and 50% drunk. By the time I got to bed in my hotel at 5am however, I was 50% plunk and 50% dreased.

Well...you can't Drease everyone!

Originally Posted by bzkfn

Originally Posted by TYSONBRUNO

Agreed CC#37

#132...You always agree with me...it's like looking into a mirror, lol.

Agreed HA HA HA HA HA HA

Originally Posted by bzkfn

Originally Posted by TYSONBRUNO

I think the only people who will think he was great are him and his dad

I think he'll feel he's great...and so does Warren and his dad...but truth be told is that most true boxing fans will see JC as a waste of talent, a missed oppertunity and a true pussy unless he does something fast.

Fecking hell u lot spend all day saying he has no balls, he's a pussy etc.....

He's defended his belt 20 times while you have been sat on your arses in your own little comfort zones.