Thread: Should Calzaghe retire?

Should he retire or perhaps have one more fight vs Chad Dawson or rematch Hopkins or even fight Froch any of these fights in wales would be a good way to go or should he just retire.

What's the point of fighting Froch or Dawson, is he really gonna get credit? Short of beating a Prime Muhammad Ali, some people will never believe

Originally Posted by BIG H

What's the point of fighting Froch or Dawson, is he really gonna get credit? Short of beating a Prime Muhammad Ali, some people will never believe

So who would you have him fighting in his last fight?

Originally Posted by tysonbruno

Originally Posted by BIG H

What's the point of fighting Froch or Dawson, is he really gonna get credit? Short of beating a Prime Muhammad Ali, some people will never believe

So who would you have him fighting in his last fight?

Only 1 fight that makes any sense and that's Hopkins. But if JC won Hopkins would just be 'Old' again until he destroys somebosy in the next fight after Joe lol

The Hopkins that fought Pavlik would be Joe's hardest fight ever by a mile.

Originally Posted by BIG H

Originally Posted by tysonbruno

Originally Posted by BIG H

What's the point of fighting Froch or Dawson, is he really gonna get credit? Short of beating a Prime Muhammad Ali, some people will never believe

So who would you have him fighting in his last fight?

Only 1 fight that makes any sense and that's Hopkins. But if JC won Hopkins would just be 'Old' again until he destroys somebosy in the next fight after Joe lol

The Hopkins that fought Pavlik would be Joe's hardest fight ever by a mile.

I would love to see the Rematch

Originally Posted by tysonbruno

Originally Posted by BIG H

Originally Posted by tysonbruno

So who would you have him fighting in his last fight?

Only 1 fight that makes any sense and that's Hopkins. But if JC won Hopkins would just be 'Old' again until he destroys somebosy in the next fight after Joe lol

The Hopkins that fought Pavlik would be Joe's hardest fight ever by a mile.

I would love to see the Rematch

I wouldn't!! I would if I were neutral

Originally Posted by BIG H

Originally Posted by tysonbruno

Originally Posted by BIG H

What's the point of fighting Froch or Dawson, is he really gonna get credit? Short of beating a Prime Muhammad Ali, some people will never believe

So who would you have him fighting in his last fight?

Only 1 fight that makes any sense and that's Hopkins. But if JC won Hopkins would just be 'Old' again until he destroys somebosy in the next fight after Joe lol

The Hopkins that fought Pavlik would be Joe's hardest fight ever by a mile.

But the Hopkind who fought Pavlic would not be allowed the same one dimentional more static and weaker opponent in front of him .. he would have JC which is a different opposition altogether ... simply put, Hopkins wasnt and would never be allowed to fight the same fight he did with Pav against JC..

Originally Posted by bambamdaddio

Originally Posted by BIG H

Originally Posted by tysonbruno

So who would you have him fighting in his last fight?

Only 1 fight that makes any sense and that's Hopkins. But if JC won Hopkins would just be 'Old' again until he destroys somebosy in the next fight after Joe lol

The Hopkins that fought Pavlik would be Joe's hardest fight ever by a mile.

But the Hopkind who fought Pavlic would not be allowed the same one dimentional more static and weaker opponent in front of him .. he would have JC which is a different opposition altogether ... simply put, Hopkins wasnt and would never be allowed to fight the same fight he did with Pav against JC..

I agree to an extent, but being honest I still think B-Hop was a different animal right from the off against Pavlik

Originally Posted by BIG H

Originally Posted by tysonbruno

Originally Posted by BIG H

What's the point of fighting Froch or Dawson, is he really gonna get credit? Short of beating a Prime Muhammad Ali, some people will never believe

So who would you have him fighting in his last fight?

Only 1 fight that makes any sense and that's Hopkins. But if JC won Hopkins would just be 'Old' again until he destroys somebosy in the next fight after Joe lol

The Hopkins that fought Pavlik would be Joe's hardest fight ever by a mile.

Bang on mate ,
Im all out of rep sorry. Apparently you can blow all your rep out of the sack over a twenty four hour period! (not seen that sign come up before ).

I disagree about Hopkins being the toughest test, I really think Dawson is the toughest test out there. But he'll get more credit for beating Hopkins I guess.

I do hope that either Bernard or Joe does fight Chad Dawson though.

I'm not a Dawson fan but it's clear this kid is the new young lion who has beaten Adamek, Johnson and Tarver is quick measure. I'd like to see him have the chance for a proper passing of the guard and to fight maybe the winner of Hopkins Calzaghe 2 if it happened.

But I also have to say, I didn't think the first Hopkins Calzaghe fight was controversial, I thought Joe was clearly pulling away at the end and won a close but completely fair decision win.

Yeah i think he should retire, like he said last night there's always going to be one more up and comer to face, look at how R. Jones ended up, he could have retired at 50-1 instead it's 52-5

Originally Posted by BIG H

What's the point of fighting Froch or Dawson, is he really gonna get credit? Short of beating a Prime Muhammad Ali, some people will never believe

Exactly mate Daswon and Froch are nowhere near any ones top 10 p4p, whats the point it will just be another bull shit lacy Kessler esc reaction from tha haters. Dawson is still not regarded as a great fighter Froch what the fuck has he done?

Originally Posted by skel1983

Originally Posted by BIG H

What's the point of fighting Froch or Dawson, is he really gonna get credit? Short of beating a Prime Muhammad Ali, some people will never believe

Exactly mate Daswon and Froch are nowhere near any ones top 10 p4p, whats the point it will just be another bull shit lacy Kessler esc reaction from tha haters. Dawson is still not regarded as a great fighter Froch what the fuck has he done?

Hmmmm, good point actually, we would get the "overhyped" or "never tested" thing all over again if Joe beat either. Unfortunately

I think he should retire BUT i think he is a bigger name now than he has ever been so the big money is here for the taking and his popularity and ticket draw is prob bigger than hattons...

and if it was me it would be too hard to walk away from all that.

so i see another big fight in America for the $$$

or a big fight in Wales for the fans and alittle less $$$

but if he goes on too long he might just age overnight and then all the "I TOLD YOU SO GUYS" will be stating he was never any good

So Retire Happy Joe, would be my advice

I'd go for Marciano's record if i were him..Dawson,Wright,Tarver and maybe Froch
he could get that all done in maybe 2 years and still pull it off i reckon.
He has always gone on about his legacy and he WILL fight at least one more then he'll be 3 away and earning silly money.
I'd love too see him go down as one of the greates to have ever graced the ring