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Im conflicted on this one, I think he's got 1-2 more fights in him. If Chad Dawson scrapes by Johnson and looks lackluster I could see JC calling him out because the risk factor wont be as high. It gives Joe even more bragging rights. He beat 2 of Americas Hall Of Fame Lightheavies and one of their talented up and comers. There is also the winner of the super 6, doubt he can make 168 comfortably but could easily get the winner to fight at 175..
Anyone see what kind of shape he looks in?
Im the same im not to sure. I dont think he should attempt to come back to 168 though, hes a big guy and usually walks around at around 200lbs.Quote:
Originally Posted by JT Rock
Hes been on the equivelent of dancing with the stars over here and he looks fit but very bulky around 190 if i had to guess.
He said he did strictly come dancing because he became bored and wanted a challenge, I think the main reason he split from his long term partner was after he was retired maybe a coinsidance? I have this feeling he might come back but he better make is sooner rather than later hes coming upto 38.
I think by all acounts Calzaghe is missing boxing a lot more than he thought he would.
A comback is a real possibility.
Exactly. I agree after the Jones fight there was really nothing left to prove at 37, but now with the super 6 unfolding and any one of those fighters can make 175 and look good as well as Dawson considered the heir apparent, it could be interesting.. Maybe he might set his sights at Cruiser? Who knows, I just dont feel he is done yetQuote:
Originally Posted by skel1983Im the same im not to sure. I dont think he should attempt to come back to 168 though, hes a big guy and usually walks around at around 200lbs.Quote:
Originally Posted by JT Rock
Hes been on the equivelent of dancing with the stars over here and he looks fit but very bulky around 190 if i had to guess.
He said he did strictly come dancing because he became bored and wanted a challenge, I think the main reason he split from his long term partner was after he was retired maybe a coinsidance? I have this feeling he might come back but he better make is sooner rather than later hes coming upto 38.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5bqW...eature=related
Go to 3.35 of the video here, and this shows Joe likes to change his mind!!
He says if he was ever on strictly come dancing you have permission to shoot him!! Similar to when he said he wouldnt fight RJJ in 2004 when he said he was shot to bits, i honestly think he will come back.
No way....Calzaghe will not come back.
He was my favourite fighter when he was active and after Jones Jr I wanted him to have another couple. But, not now. At his age and with the hunger gone a little, there is no point.
He would have beaten Dawson quite handily and Hopkins again too. But now he is settled, he should let it be.
He's done his work.
Chad Dawson is worth 2 bob at the moment he doesn't make any money. That's not ever happening.
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Originally Posted by Fenster
Yes I agree at the moment there isnt a real big fight out there for him, 100% he would comeback if there was a superstar/big money fight out there.
I cant see it being the winner of the super six for the simple fact when does this end?? Surely its to long for Calzaghe to be waiting about for the winner.
I feel the same way. I can't exactly figure out who he would fight. The Super 6 is going to take waaaay too long. Chad
Dawson is not ready for him. But not far behind. He is getting better with every fight.
I wish Joe well in retirement.
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Originally Posted by miles
agreed
the sort of guy that would of spent a hell of a lot of time deciding whether to hang up the gloves or not and eventually doing so
JC likes to play the possible return card because he like anybody else would be a fool to turn down a multi million pound offer if its available. Hopkins is genuinely the only possible opponent left for him. If bhop was to somehow devastatingly win his next fight and call out JC and the american demand for it was big enough for them to offer JC oscar/floyd style paydays then of course he`d return.
Otherwise you`ll never see joe in a boxing ring again. His legacy is far more important to him than that extra unneeded cash that would be on offer
I bet the super six doesn't even finish.Quote:
Originally Posted by skel1983Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
Yes I agree at the moment there isnt a real big fight out there for him, 100% he would comeback if there was a superstar/big money fight out there.
I cant see it being the winner of the super six for the simple fact when does this end?? Surely its to long for Calzaghe to be waiting about for the winner.
Say Abraham KO's Taylor, how they gonna sell Taylor as a credible opponent for the others when he's lost 4 of his last five fights, three by KO?
All these fights are gonna have to be close good ones for people to retain interest in the losers.
From the sounds of it Calzaghe is a pretty normal guy. He hasn't frittered his money away on being "money" Calzaghe, he knows who he is. He got out when he thought he needed to. I don't think he would come back again even if given the chance for a huge payday. He wasn't even interested in facing Hopkins again anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by hattonthehammerQuote:
Originally Posted by miles
agreed
the sort of guy that would of spent a hell of a lot of time deciding whether to hang up the gloves or not and eventually doing so
JC likes to play the possible return card because he like anybody else would be a fool to turn down a multi million pound offer if its available. Hopkins is genuinely the only possible opponent left for him. If bhop was to somehow devastatingly win his next fight and call out JC and the american demand for it was big enough for them to offer JC oscar/floyd style paydays then of course he`d return.
Otherwise you`ll never see joe in a boxing ring again. His legacy is far more important to him than that extra unneeded cash that would be on offer
I don't really want to see him fight again now, he would only have lost skills rather than gained anything and speed and combination punching was always his strength.
When I went to see Joe he was trying to justify why he should stay retired rather than who he would comeback to fight. He didnt seem like a guy who had the passion anymore.
I think he will stay retired. I cant see who he will comeback for.
He wont be back he hasnt got the hunger no more.
I agree, not rulng out a return but would rather him not as he doesn't have the hunger. I just keep thinking of his lax preparation for Hopkins, when he was ringside for a stablemate less than an hour before, I mean what other top fighter does that? Last 3 fights he really had to think on his feet after a lackluster 1st few rounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAME
I don't see him coming back. If there was a huge PPV fight for him then he would have done it before he retired but there isn't one so he won't unretire. The UK TV market is garbage now too, he's only going to come back for a shedload of dough and a shedload isn't available.
He'll stay retired...there is nothing for him to prove at 168 and less than nothing to prove at 175.
Unless Chad Dawson lays out Glen Johnson in stunning fashion Calzaghe will stay retired
I only think he would come back for a big money fight. It's a long shot, but I could see it happening if Jermain Taylor or Carl Froch won the Super Six. Carl Froch v. Joe Calzaghe for British supremacy would be huge in Britain (I think at least). Jermain Taylor already has a big name and a fight with Calzaghe would bring a lot of cash to the table in the US and Britain.
What do you mean by went to see him? Did you pop round for a cup of tea and a chat or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by GAME
Yes
I don't see him coming back, although as has been said he does have a history of changing his mind. There is nothing big enough for him now, and it would be too late by the time there was.
I think he timed his retirement just right - his skills were not as sharp in his last 2 fights, he was down in the last 2 and against Salem not long before that, and his power seemed to recede with each fight. Not saying he was finished, far from it, but he was only going one way.
Although having said that this has been the longest period his hands have had pain free in 20 years. If he did come back i picture a spectacular and unexpected knockout! (for him :))