Calzaghe: Give me Hopkins next

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Thing is Hopkins is retired so to make a Calzaghe fight ain't that easy, its fine for Calzaghe to start calling out Hopkins now that hes retired. Why doesn't Calzaghe call out Taylor or Wright who are both active. If Hopkins comes back he wants a challenge & IMO taking on the heavies is a bigger challenge than a super-middleweight.

He calls them out all the time.

"I would love to come out and fight," Calzaghe said. "I thought if the title fight was going to happen, then I would have come to America then and fight with Hopkins. Even if the fight was with Winky Wright or Jermain Taylor, yes, I would be willing to come. But unfortunately those people are sort of eluding me because Roy Jones got himself beat and Hopkins has retired. So we will have to wait and see. But it would be great to fight at least one fight in America." http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...dan&id=2621395

Oh and as you can see on a previous post of mine Calzaghe has been calling out Hopkins for years, he hasn't waited until Hopkins retired.

Good points bro, but in my book its one thing to say sh*t & another to do it. Action speak louder than words shall we say. Either way Calzaghe fights Hopkins he loses, same goes for if he fights Wright. I think he beats Taylor though.

Would you care to break down why exactly Wright or Hopkins beat Calzaghe at this stage in their careers?

Wrights jab & defense, Hopkins' experience & all round ability. Basically I think both guys are technically better than Calzaghe. IMO opinion gets a lesson from Wright & loses a decision to Hopkins as Hopkins makes it a sloppy boring fight.

Taylor lost to Wright IMO, but took it to the limits. Calzaghe has greater skills and output than Taylor and is bigger. Hopkins is old and lost to Taylor because of a limited output in the second fight especially so....

Would you care to add more to your critique?

I agree Calzaghe has greater out put than Taylor & is better technically than Taylor who I feel has a lot of balance problems. I don't think Wright fights in a style that would give Calzaghe an opportunity to use his size as an advantage. My feeling is Wrights jab shuts down Calzaghe, add to that Winkys defense & counter punching & I think its Winky fight. I'll also agree Hopkins is old but is always in superb condition, Calzaghe's out put would definitately cause problems but again I feel with the angles Hopkins fights from & his vast experience against greater opposition gives him the edge in that fight.