CC for your cynicism Sal, that was precisely what I was thinking. It sounds like a wonderful fight if it can be made, BUT...

This article seems to be entirely based on speculation, and I don't seem to see any quotes from Warren or Calzo suggesting that it might be legit. Even if there were quotes, it can be very easy just to type some words and put ""'s around them. As a reporter myself, I have certainly seen plenty of others caught trying to paraphrase and then getting it rather embarrasingly wrong

Until I see the names on my ticket, I ain't buying it. Good luck to Warren in making it though.

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Draw was Wright result for Calzaghe

http://www.secondsout.com/UK/news.cfm?ccs=228&cs=19735

By Ant Evans: No-one in boxing relishes a draw but there will be two men, at least, who will be pleased that Saturday's World Middleweight Title clash between Winky Wright and champion Jermain Taylor ended in a draw. The three ringside judges in Memphis couldn't separate the pair after their exciting 12 rounds but super-middleweight king Joe Calzaghe and promoter Frank Warren could capitalise on the result.

Despite (or perhaps because of) Calzaghe's March masterclass against Jeff Lacy, Warren has struggled to find a suitably high-profile opponent for his undefeated Welsh southpaw.

The search for a July 8 foe stretched on interminably before, finally, Glen Johnson agreed to meet Calzaghe. But with Calzaghe pulling out of the fight due to his chronically injured left hand, the search begins anew, with a date of September 9 or 16 know the focus .

Warren is known to be keen on his IBF/WBO champion fighting southpaw Wright and, contrary to what has been written elsewhere, last weekend's result actually increases the chance of the fight taking place.

Had Wright have won the middleweight title in Memphis, he would have been contractually obligated to give Taylor an immediate rematch, this eliminating him from Calzaghe's September hit-list.

However, with a draw, Wright has no such obligation and has even gone on record as saying he has no desire to rematch with Taylor.

Meanwhile, Taylor and his team are already making plans for an October defense in the champ's native Little Rock, and that fight will most certainly not be against Wright.

And with the other handful of top names in the middleweight division already tied up, the most logical next step for Wright is to face Calzaghe at super-middle. It could be the pnly big fight available to the 34 year old.

Plus, Wright has fought in the UK three times before, all on Frank Warren cards.

In the mid-1990s he beat Ensley Bingham, Steve Foster and Adrian Dodson in effortless performances which gave British fans a hint of the greatness which was to come from the Florida southpaw.


SUUUUUUUUURRE...

and lennox vitali will be the undercard