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.