Quote Originally Posted by Preme
2007-04-07 - Peter Manfredo Jr - after 42 fights for the first time you can honestly say there is clear cut better fighter out there that calzaghe could fight

After having just listed names like McIntyre, Pudwill, Salem, Ashira, Bika as well as a number of others only slightly better - how do you come up with BS like that?
He fought these guys - not because there were no better alternatives - but because he could get away with it. Because his adoring fans would willingly pay to see him beating up on another crap opponent who posed no risk.
These guys are the type of fighters who'll travel and fight for perhaps 25.000$. Don't tell me there weren't room in Calzaghe's or Warren's budgets for something better. These fights were about milking the marked (the fans). His excuses that he has no time to fight Kessler because he's busy seeking american recognition has a very hollow rimg to it, seeing how he's wasted years and years as a champ with worthless fights.

Kessler only making an offer to fight in denmark etc etc
True, but a quite substantial offer given Kessler's promotor's position AND along with repeated requests for Warren to make Kessler an offer.

As for Calzaghe's supposed offer to Kessler - The Kessler camp calls it a blatant lie. Warren was unable/unwilling to provide ANY detail. Not even what year it was supposedly made: Just that it was sometime in the past.
He made the claim when pressured by journalists as to why he didn't land better opposition for Calzaghe. Warren has never responded to Kessler's camp openly and repeatedly calling him a blatant liar (would it be Warren's style to sue for liabel if he had a case?)and has to my knowledge made no mention of that supposed offer before or since.
As it stands it's word against word. But even though i don't hold Kessler's promoter to be a more truthfull person than the average promoter (which is bloody terrible), compared to Warren's record he's practically a saint.
It all adds up.