Warren offers Jermain Taylor $4 million for Calzaghe Super Fight...

[BIG H]

Warren offers Taylor $4 million!

Wednesday, April 11 2007

Promoter Frank Warren has offered middleweight champion Jermain Taylor four million dollars to come to the UK in September to challenge WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe. In addition, Warren has has agreed to having the WBO assign an American to referee the fight, a concession to the seeming "home cooking" quick stoppage of British referee Terry O'Connor in Calzaghe's recent fight with Manfredo. "Saturday's crowd in Cardiff for Joe's title defense against Peter Manfredo exceeded 35,000 -- a European indoor record. The only way to surpass that is for Joe to fight the best man out there and that man is Jermain Taylor," said Warren.

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This match, IWO, is a no win fight for Calzaghe...even if he wins.

Taylor’s proven to be less than stellar when he needed to shine the most. Calzaghe’s volume with push Taylor over the edge, IWO. If Joe wins…everyone will just say that he defeated a blown up middle of a kid in Taylor.

If Taylor wins…his record becomes even more impressive than it already is…but he’d better pull it out convincingly.

So the question is...what will be your verdict on this one?

Right on point Sir - totally agree

[RozzySean]

It's clear that Calzaghe doesn't want to fight Kessler, but I believe it is more to do with money/prestige than fear. Taylor is a more skilled fighter than Kessler in my eyes, so if that fight is made, i'll be happy.

My conclusion is that no matter what Joe does he'll be criticised:

beats Kessler......................He was not that good
beats Taylor.......................He was above his natural weight and not quite as good as people made out
beats Hopkins.....................He was old and past his best

Probably right about what some detractors might say about victories over Hopkins and Kessler, but I don't think too many people would say Taylor was above his weight. Taylor is HUGE for middle. He's probably as much a natural SMW or LH as a middle and don't think Joe would be the bigger man in this fight. If Joe beats Taylor, everyone except the most dedicated Calzaghe-haters would give him his credit.

[cockey cockney]

Id be very happy if this comes off. Taylor is a massive middleweight thats for sure, and IMO a very underated fighter by many. I give Joe the edge going into it but then agen i gave Winky and Bernard the edge! Looking forward to this one.

[joeymt5]

Calzaghe should be fighting Kessler, no doubt about that. The problem with this fight happening is that you have two promoters having a pissing contest. What they have to realize is that its the public generating the money for the fight, and the public doesn't care if they fight in a broom closet in Japan, they just want to see it. Both fighters should suck it up and have it in a city where neither is popular. Taylor Calzaghe would be a good fight, but at what cost? Taylor wins, Calzaghe wont fight in the states, and goes back to fighting nobodies and has-beens in Wales...Calzaghe wins, another american boxer embarrased by a european. Too much to lose from either side and it probably wont happen.