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Quote Originally Posted by totalboxing1 View Post
Really, really, really disappointing!!!

BBC SPORT | Boxing | Calzaghe dismisses Pavlik fight
The thing is Pavlik is in his prime and not injured, Calzaghe considers fighting old men like Hopkins and Jones a more rewarding finacially and less dangerous strategy.
He fought an injured Kessler and won, good for him, let's see him in a rematch then! Calzaghe will stay well clear of Pavlik and take the easy money in a fight with a well past his best Roy Jones Jr. ( Joe might get a surprise yet by fighting Jones jr.)
Are you implying that Calzaghe only took the Kessler fight because he KNEW he'd get injured? How about Kessler get a time machine and fight a Calzaghe with two good hands.

Pavlik's a tougher fight than Jones, I'd like to see it, but it's a risk reward thing. If Calzaghe beat Pavlik, Kelly's rep would be downgraded immediately, just like Lacy. The haters will give no prop for Calzaghe beating Jones, yet they'd love to use a Pavlik victory over Joe to dismiss Calzaghe's record despite the age difference between Kelly and Joe being far larger then Joe and Roy. While the haters will dismiss Joe's win over Roy, they'd happily big up a win for Pavlik over 37 yr old Joe as a 'prime' Joe.

Bilkbo's right, peiople actually credit Lewis with a win over Tyson, despite him proviung without a doubt he was shot to bits a year later. I'd personally rate a win over Pavlik better than Jones, but there will always be an undefeated 'demon' gunning for the top guy (wether their reputations are misguided or not), Lacy and Kessler were considered as big or bigger threats at the time (consensus being that Joe would actually be slight favourite against Kelly), if Joe fought all of them he would eventually lose due to his advancing years, it's just a stupid risk since a loss WOULD be a damaging shot to his legacy.