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it would be a crime for this fight to never happen. both undefeated, both holding 2 titles (dont think joe's relinquishing the IBF strap now). should have already happened and i always read about kessler mentioning calzaghe but hardly hear anything coming from joe regarding kessler. either he is not on his radar or he doesnt want to know. i would still put money on JC.
Joe already HAS relinquished the IBF strap. He did so, to make the great Manfredo fight possible. The window of oppertunity for a 4 belt unification is gone for now.
But Kessler-Calzaghe would still be the closests the division has ever come to complete unification and having an undisputed champ.
like it or not calzaghe is the ring champion and the undisputed champion, thats what the ring belt means. there neevr was a window to get all 4 abc betls on one champion, kessler would of have to dropped the wbc had he faced calzaghe,a nd the ibf would of still stripped calzaghe of the IBF belt - also if kessler gets stripped of the wbc i *think* am not certain he losses the WBA super champion status also - leaving him beltless.
No the ring belt does NOT mean undisputed. The ring is helt in higher regard than the alphabet titles by most. But it's not without flaws. Especially in the case of Calzaghe, where it was awarded prematurely without Calzaghe fighting the no 2 ranked and whgere Calzaghe seems contend to rest on his laurels with the Ring pretty much powerless to force anything.
Undisputed means having no credible rival. That is clearly not the case here.
If in fact Calzaghe believes he has no credible rival, he should have no problem taking on Kessler, finishing him off and walk away with his belts without breaking sweat. Even if it's not a big earner i could at least be as good (also financially) as most of the other opponents we've seen (and continues to see) Joe fight.



Just wanna add.
How can you even remotely consider calling Calzaghe undisputed when numerous polls across the various forums suggest a 50-50 split, regarding who ppl would favour to win. When an increasing number of boxing observers and writers either have them dead even or in many cases are starting to have Kessler ahead of Calzaghe?
I may be biased - but that's just ridiculous.