I love Joe Calzaghe!

[C-Lo]

Oh that I agree with 100%. That is the main priority for all of them. It is just some of them also desire to be the top dog also. Pavlik probably did not want to fight Hopkins because Hopkins makes some lousy fights and was coming off a loss, but still took what was offered and he said himself Hopkins was the only guy available. Don't even mention Bute. His team has made a career of avoiding any live fighter and is only fighting Andrade because they are now forced to.

OK. Pavlik fights his silly gimme mismatch mandatory. Then fights a 43 year-old coming off a loss in a meaningless catchweight contest. Of course he'd much rather face a serious challenger but his promotional team wont let him... But you accuse Calzaghe of taking the safe route? Come on, behave.

What do you not understand about the term "Nobody else was available"? Hell Arum tried to make a fight with a shitload of guys, he had at least 6 or 8 of them on the go, but they all over priced themselves.

Kessler was not available, Abraham was not available, Joe was not available. The only one that could have been available was Joe as the Jones fight is an option fight. Kessler and Abraham both have mandatory fights to get through.

This really can't be happening AGAIN

Hopkins pricing himself out -

"A teleconference was set up in my office in New York for July 30th, 2002, and on the call was myself, Don King who was in the room, Frank Warren and Bernard Hopkins' lawyer, Arnold Joseph. Along with Arnold was a woman named Linda Carter, who was there on behalf of Bernard. We asked Arnold if Bernard wanted to fight Joe Calzaghe and we asked him how much money would he want if he did. The response we got was $3million and the fight would have to take place in the United States. After a little scratching of the head, we said 'Okay, done.' Frank Warren agreed on the spot, Don King agreed and we agreed so as far as we were concerned all parties were singing off the one hymm sheet. Arnold excused himself with Linda and I can only assume it was to call Bernard. Either that day or the next day, they came with a new demand: $6million, double the sum that had been agreed, the deal blew up.....he had then and still has no desire to fight Joe Calzaghe, that much is pretty clear." - Jay Larkin, then Showtime TV Network's Senior Vice-President of Sports and Event Programming.

I have seen that one before. OK Warren may have tried to make that one, but others have claimed that they (Hopkins Camp) were also making side deals to fight ODLH.

Other things like what weight class was the fight supposed to be at and other got left out. But at least in that instance an attempt was made.

He fought Oscar over 2 years later after facing Hakkar, Joppy and Allen for far less than the Calzaghe offer (although i guess there's "reasons" for that too)

Who else did you want him to fight? Sven Ottke was top supermiddle but even his trainer, Ulli Wegner, has recently confirmed Ottke wanted NOTHING to do with Calzaghe (he earned top money without having to leave Germany).

There really isn't many BIG names. Calzaghe attempted to move-up to face Glenn Johnson at light-heavy before pulling-out injured 50 times and eventually resuming at supermiddle.

This topic has been done to death.. Lacy fans, Kessler fans, now Pavlik fans.. unfortunately for you Pavlik fans - you might not get the chance of seeing your man schooled by Calzaghe

(i must be sick in the head to be going over this agian )

Lacy fan - not even close! I knew he was one-dimensional from the get-go.

Kessler fan - only when he fought Calzaghe. I don't really care much about him.

I definitely am a fan of Pavlik though.