Calzaghe - Retired for good?

[ryanman]

Joe will be back in 2010, I'd bet my right nut on it.

He's so predictable, plus Enzo could do with a W.

Ok, I'll match that nut and raise you a buttock

[Kirkland Laing]

I don't think Joe has any motivation to fight on. I think he got out at a perfect time and is 100% financially secure.

And doesn't his ex know it! She might take him to the cleaners!

He didn't marry her, she won't get any money. If her career doesn't do anything soon she'll probably do a kiss and tell in the papers but that's it. Meanwhile Joe appears to be after anything in a skirt and is starting to do celebrity stuff. It may be some time before he thinks about getting married again. I wonder if he's a better dancer than Holyfield. It'd be hard not to be.

[C.J.Rock]

Calzaghe got awarded a gift SD win over Bernard Hopkins. Bernard offered Calzaghe a rematch in wales in front of Joe's hometown fans. What a finale it offered for Joe. BUT Knowing he got lucky in the first fight meeting a not 100% fit Hopkins and getting knocked down in round one he got a SD victory he didnt deserve. Joe shot his fans the bird and RETIRED purely to save his precious 0 he's ducked & dived to keep throuout his career. He knew if he met a 100% Hopkins bang goes the 0

[Stander]

Calzaghe got awarded a gift SD win over Bernard Hopkins. Bernard offered Calzaghe a rematch in wales in front of Joe's hometown fans. What a finale it offered for Joe. BUT Knowing he got lucky in the first fight meeting a not 100% fit Hopkins and getting knocked down in round one he got a SD victory he didnt deserve. Joe shot his fans the bird and RETIRED purely to save his precious 0 he's ducked & dived to keep throuout his career. He knew if he met a 100% Hopkins bang goes the 0

Which is exactly why Freddie Roach stopped training Hopkins. He said Hopkins didn't know where he was at times and walked to the wrong corner twice after taking those masses of speed punches from Calzaghe.

[Althugz]

joe aint coming back he done everything

Now that's not entirely true, is it?

[Tysonbruno]

Im hoping he comes back and gets his head weaved into the canvas

[littlebif]

Calzaghe got awarded a gift SD win over Bernard Hopkins. Bernard offered Calzaghe a rematch in wales in front of Joe's hometown fans. What a finale it offered for Joe. BUT Knowing he got lucky in the first fight meeting a not 100% fit Hopkins and getting knocked down in round one he got a SD victory he didnt deserve. Joe shot his fans the bird and RETIRED purely to save his precious 0 he's ducked & dived to keep throuout his career. He knew if he met a 100% Hopkins bang goes the 0

If is was a gift decision why did Hopkins keep trying to waist time and con the ref?

If it was any other ref in there Hopkins would'nt of been aloud to hold his way through the fight and leave his head in at times.

I was a close fight but it wasnt a gift.

[Fenster]

Calzaghe got awarded a gift SD win over Bernard Hopkins. Bernard offered Calzaghe a rematch in wales in front of Joe's hometown fans. What a finale it offered for Joe. BUT Knowing he got lucky in the first fight meeting a not 100% fit Hopkins and getting knocked down in round one he got a SD victory he didnt deserve. Joe shot his fans the bird and RETIRED purely to save his precious 0 he's ducked & dived to keep throuout his career. He knew if he met a 100% Hopkins bang goes the 0

Hopkins next fight did 190,000 PPV buys against Pavlik. 190,000. Pavlik. HBO have currently refused to go above a $3million pot for Hopkins-Adamek. They paid a reported $6million for Calzaghe.

No-one was paying for that ugly shit again.

[Althugz]

No-one was paying for that ugly shit again.

You mean that masterclass of boxing that Hopkins delivered to Pavlik? That fight was far from ugly - more like a thing of beauty

[Rantcatrat]

Calzaghe got awarded a gift SD win over Bernard Hopkins. Bernard offered Calzaghe a rematch in wales in front of Joe's hometown fans. What a finale it offered for Joe. BUT Knowing he got lucky in the first fight meeting a not 100% fit Hopkins and getting knocked down in round one he got a SD victory he didnt deserve. Joe shot his fans the bird and RETIRED purely to save his precious 0 he's ducked & dived to keep throuout his career. He knew if he met a 100% Hopkins bang goes the 0

I didn't know Hopkins wasn't 100% for that fight and I've never heard that. Don't forget Calzaghe went to the United States to fight Hopkins in the first place and Hopkins was probably the most dangerous opponent for Calzaghe at the time. He risked that 0 in the first fight.

The thing about that fight was how ugly Hopkins made it look. I got the feeling that if Hopkins didn't hold the whole fight and hadn't taken five minutes to rest when he was hit with a blow that wasn't actually low, and actually fought Calzaghe, Calzaghe would have made it look easy.

Also, Hopkins acted like a complete douche leading up to the fight so it makes sense that Joe wouldn't fight him again. And ask yourself if the reason Hopkins was willing to go to Wales to fight Joe again was because he thought he would take a decision from Joe in Wales when he couldn't get a decision from him in the USA or if Hopkins just wanted another major pay day? And to be honest, I'm not sure how you can say Joe didn't deserve a split decision. He hit Hopkins more than any other fighter ever. No matter the punching power of if the punches were tit-tat, Hopkins has never been hit that many times ever. Pavlik, Taylor, Trinidad, De La Hoya. No one can claim to have done that.

Anyway, it's besides the point.

I'm curious if Froch wins the SMW tournament (which he won't do, let alone his first match imo), if Calzaghe would come out of retirement to end the question of who is the best SMW in Britain.

[Rantcatrat]

No-one was paying for that ugly shit again.

You mean that masterclass of boxing that Hopkins delivered to Pavlik? That fight was far from ugly - more like a thing of beauty

No doubt as was the master class of boxing Calzaghe put on Roy Jones. The problem is that neither of those fights sold any PPV's. Moreover, Hopkins v. Calzaghe was ugly. It wasn't a fun fight to watch. That can't be denied.

How about a winner of the SMW tournament versus Calzaghe assuming it isn't Mikkel?

As for Hopkins: Hopkins v. Adamek would sell out the Prudential Center in Newark and a fight with Adamek would be more interesting because Adamek probably is too big for Hopkins to bully although I still lean toward Hopkins. another fight for Hopkins would be against Cunningham in Killadelphia.

[Gandalf]

Calzaghe is retired for good. No chance he will come back now and too bloody right.

Old idiots like Hopkins, let them go on 'till kingdom come. I will laugh as they fall upon the rocks. The silly old coots.

[Kirkland Laing]

I'm curious if Froch wins the SMW tournament (which he won't do, let alone his first match imo), if Calzaghe would come out of retirement to end the question of who is the best SMW in Britain.

Froch will get beaten by Kessler and that'll end the question for the few hundred people in Nottingham who think Froch could beat him.

I think Froch could be in big trouble in his first fight too. I'm probably going to pick him to win though because Dirrell is untested. Dirrell looks like he can box as well as Jermain Taylor. If he's got stamina to go with it he could beat Froch easily, but I have a feeling Froch will keep his winning streak going somehow.

[Stander]

To note, the fighter to hit hopkins with the most punches before Calzaghe was Roy Jones. Joe C hit hopkins with more punches than a prime Roy Jones!

[CFH]

Calzaghe is retired for good. No chance he will come back now and too bloody right.

Old idiots like Hopkins, let them go on 'till kingdom come. I will laugh as they fall upon the rocks. The silly old coots.

Hopkins potentially cemented his legacy as an all-time great by fighting on into his 40s. I'll readily admit that he is the exception to the rule though.