Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
Totally disgusted.

He had his gimmee with Bika.

Shoulda fought tooth & nail to unify against Kessler.

This has indeed dropped Joe down a notch...something that no hater has been able to do in over 4 years.

This makes no sense. The money & prestige lies at Kess's feet.

Still a fan...but totally disgusted.
I replaied ot a post the other day, but don't think it actualy posted 'coz the site was laggy as hell that day..

On telly text over here there was a page about calzaghe being stripped of his IBf belt... long story short calzaghe mantioned "TV giants HBO want me to fight an american next..." Calzaghe is a boxer and his job should be to do the job in the ring, and since hes turned pro hes done that.

If HBO have turned around and told Joe he fights an amerian such as manfredo next, they will try give him as much exposure in the states as pos all leading to what Joe has been wanting for years a MEGA FIGHT in the states and right now its looking like Taylor. He said he wants it next, Joe has spoken about him. Both have some what of 'hand picked' people for them to make themselves look great in the ring - leading up to what will, i would bet my house on, be one of the most talked about and exciting fights of next years Calzaghe V Taylor!

If HBO do their job right, and calzaghe doesn't get lazy, by the time hes done with manfeado and HBO start calzaghe v taylor promotions even the msot general boxing fan in the us will know of him and be looking forward to watching the fight. There is nothing to say calzaghe wont fight kessler after taylor (providing he gets through it) i think he will retire or move up tbh...

If you'r a real Calzaghe fan, ud know hes been chasing a mega fight in the US for the last 5-6 years, hes lsot out to HBO twice by braking his hands in the ring when HBo wanted to build calzaghe up to figth Jones Jr, i highly doubt it would be wise for him now to go and pi$$ them off by fighting kessler (who IMO doesn't want the fight as bad as his team claim) when they cleary want Calzaghe fighting taylor.

Another thin you gotta look at are his hands. Kessler fight most likly could be a long night, adleast a long 12 rounds, he could/shoud get manfredo out of that ring in under 5 rounds, minimul damage to his hands, lots of trianing for kessler.