Sven Ottke most definitely retired at the right time 2004, not 8 years in the game left 34-0.

Ass whoopins was awaiting him on all sides be it Joe Calzaghe or Mikkel Kessler. He fights in 2005, I would've went with Lacy over him. While Jeff was over rated, he wasnt a bad fighter. He was a decent champ who ran into a great champ in Calzaghe.

If Sven fought for a decade he could've been in against the young Jermaine Taylor, Bhop the vet, Commonwealth champ the young cobra, Carl Froch or a young but NABO SMW champ in Pascal. These fighters became the main events for SMW division around 2004-2008. Was Sven constantly injured? Why would he leave the game, when all these boxers were making their name known at SMW? I think it was because Sven knew complimentary ass whoopins was awaiting him from all sides of the earth.