What are the best fights for Joe Calzaghe?

[Tysonbruno]

I think Kessler,Chad Dawson,Allan Green,Winky Wright, and perhaps even Jermain Taylor

[WWatt]

Calzaghe has been fighting Mikkel Kessler's all his career.

Chad Dawson? Alan Green? Never heard of them.

He wants the big American paydays, that he deserves more than anyone. I guess Taylor at MSG and the winner of Hopkins-Wright.

[BIG H]

Kessler
Taylor
Wright

Hopkins & Jones are too old and if JC wins, the bitaches come out and sya Hopkins or Jones was shot

[Tysonbruno]

Chad Dawson unbeaten WBC light heavy champ Allan Green unbeaten young supermiddle fresh bodies thats all he would get good credit for taking away there unbeaten records and they are good fights to have in the states

[WWatt]

Chad Dawson unbeaten WBC light heavy champ Allan Green unbeaten young supermiddle fresh bodies thats all he would get good credit for taking away there unbeaten records and they are good fights to have in the states

Nobody gives a S*** about those guys. Calzaghe's already had his career-defining fight against a young American guy (who was supposed to take his head off).

Now time to really go for his legacy against the top names in American boxing like Hopkins and the man who beat Hopkins (Taylor).

[Tysonbruno]

Taylor yes but not Hopkins he is old now and if he beat him the americans would say Hopkins got old perhaps Winky Wright i mainly said Chad Dawson because that would make Joe a two weight champ Chad is unbeaten and has the WBC strap good for Joes trophy cabinet

[BIG H]

Chad Dawson unbeaten WBC light heavy champ Allan Green unbeaten young supermiddle fresh bodies thats all he would get good credit for taking away there unbeaten records and they are good fights to have in the states

What - the same as he has with Lacy

If he beats those guys, people just say they were young, inexperiences, untested, same as the situation is now after Lacy.

He can't really win - Must get rid of Kessler and Taylor

[Tysonbruno]

Thing is after Kessler and Taylor who can he fight then their int nobody really Hopkins and Jones to old he would'nt get the credit

[BIG H]

Thing is after Kessler and Taylor who can he fight then their int nobody really Hopkins and Jones to old he would'nt get the credit

Yeh totally agree

[Tysonbruno]

I just thought the Chad Dawson fight would be good for the WBC light heavy strap to make him a two weight champ

[Fenster]

Preferably fights where his opponent doesn't say "he'll murder me" when asked about the prospect of facing him and fights where Calzaghe doesn't say "I can't get up for these type of opponents"

It doesn't matter whether Calzaghe beats Kessler, Taylor or Hopkins the mongs will always find excuses to knock him... BUT it would be nice if a guy with his ability really pressed for these BIG fights...he doesn't have a gun to his head forcing him to say YES to the shit matches, does he?

[Tysonbruno]

Thats true we can't just blame frank Warren for the crap fights

[BIG H]

Thats true we can't just blame frank Warren for the crap fights

Fair point fellas

[superheavyrhun]

Ok, personally, I would think that Calzaghe has to be looking for the huge fights that are going to keep in fast cars and snappy suits for the rest of his life, and I think that those would come from fighting Americans, cause that is the big-money audience. Otherwise, Ricky Hatton wouldn't be there, and hundreds of Irish, Mexican and Filipino fighters wouldn't be plying their trade there.

I would agree with the other names put forward, which are effectively Taylor and Wright, because there are no superstar SMW's in the states at the moment. Then looking up Chad Dawson might be an idea...but maybe in a year or so, he needs to consolidate his title first, otherwise JC won't get the credit.

As for the other names, they're either not well known enough or too old, but Hopkins, Jones Jr, Clinton Woods, Mikkel Kessler, would all be decent fights, but not the big moneyspinners that he'll want at this stage of his career.

[Tysonbruno]

Its tough this one