Calzaghe should consider three more fights..

[youngmonzon]

Joe should consider the following schedule before he retires. This will cement his legacy and maximize his earning power.

1) Roy Jones in November in Cardiff. Calzaghe should stop Roy late.

2) Kelly Pavlik in the Spring of 2009 in New York's MSG. Calzaghe should clearly outpoint Kelly. Kelly's come forward style is made for Joe.

3) Rematch Bernard Hopkins in Summer of 2009 in Cardiff. Calzaghe should win by a wide points margin.

All these fights would pack arenas and be great for boxing and for Joe.

[onceagain]

Shot Roy Jones and rematching an even older B-Hop is what you call cementing a legacy?

[knighty]

i reckon

roy jones

winner of dawson vs tarver

and finish with a more mature pavlick who has upped his p4p status.

then joe would be a legend!!

[Smazz20]

If Joe had 3 fights left and I could get to choose them, i'd pick in order, Dawson, Erdei and then Pavlik. That cements his legacy and makes him quite a few bob.

[Bodysnatcher]

Calzaghe should fight Pavlik and that's it.

Calzaghe had to fight Hopkins because he was Ring Champion and a P4P fighter.

He doesn't have to fight RJJ because beating RJJ at this stage proves nothing.

Pavlik is young, dangerous, physically big, and is now established enough to be a box office moneyspinner.

RJJ is for the money, but if he faces him, I'd say Calzaghe still needs to fight Pavlik to well and truly silence his critics.

Has to happen in the States as well.

[youngmonzon]

Shot Roy Jones and rematching an even older B-Hop is what you call cementing a legacy?

B-Hop needs to be shut up.

Jones would be a big money event.

[knighty]

jones would be more appealing than erdei , and earn him more money!!

[McGrain]

i reckon

roy jones

winner of dawson vs tarver

and finish with a more mature pavlick who has upped his p4p status.

then joe would be a legend!!

Nice! I'd like Jones to be his last fight though. He should do Pavlik next.

[brooklyn1550]

Late 2008: Roy Jones Jr
Early 2009: Chad Dawson
Late 2009: Kelly Pavlik or Antonio Tarver

[youngmonzon]

Calzaghe should try and get a fight Pavlik and that's it.

Calzaghe had to fight Hopkins because he was Ring Champion and a P4P fighter.

He doesn't have to fight RJJ because beating RJJ at this stage proves nothing.

Pavlik is young, dangerous, physically big, and is now established enough to be a box office moneyspinner.

RJJ is for the money, but if he faces him, I'd say Calzaghe still needs to fight Pavlik to well and truly silence his critics.

Has to happen in the States as well.


Enough with fights having to be in the states. Saturday night proved that it is hard to get more than 15,000 people in an arena in the states, even for great fights.

Calzaghe has proven he can win in the USA.

Let them fight where they can fill stadiums.

[Smazz20]

jones would be more appealing than erdei , and earn him more money!!


Yes, but Erdei is undefeated and lineal champ. He even has the WBO strap that Joe is so fond of:D Now if Jones was to travel to Hungary and pimp slap Erdei while Joe beats Dawson, it would make it even better:deal

[Bodysnatcher]

Enough with fights having to be in the states. Saturday night proved that it is hard to get more than 15,000 people in an arena in the states, even for great fights.

Calzaghe has proven he can win in the USA.

Let them fight where they can fill stadiums.

Pavlik can attract a big crowd in the States, unlike B-Hop.

[onceagain]

Why the fuck does anyone want to see RJJ fight Calzaghe? That is absurd... Jones is obviously a shot fighter (fuck whatever the fanboys say) and everyone accepts that. Your only excuse is that it would make Joe a lot of money? Who gives a fuck, doesn't he have enough?

[Bodysnatcher]

he wont do that he just wants old over the hill fighters to make him look good

Exactly the attitude Calzaghe needs to silence by facing Pavlik.

[Lar Janus]

i reckon

roy jones

winner of dawson vs tarver

and finish with a more mature pavlick who has upped his p4p status.

then joe would be a legend!!

100% agree. He doesn't need to fight BHop again.

Roy = big payday and making up for not having fought years ago
Winner of Dawson/Tarver = most deserving challenger
Pavlik = mega fight between two unbeaten champions (assuming KP keeps winning and cleans out 160), maybe at a catch-weight?

["He's gone!"]

Calzaghe will only fight once more. He'll probally have to go back down to smiddle for pavlik so I would think it'd be RJJ at L-heavy. He has talked about fighting Pavlik though and stable mate Lockett is fighting him next. Perhaps there using him to test the water?

[MGUNZ48]

If he fights at all, which he shouldn't. it should be RJJ. that is where the money would be, and he could maybe win? Pavlik or Taylor would be a KO loss for him.

[roly]

Calzaghe will only fight once more. He'll probally have to go back down to smiddle for pavlik so I would think it'd be RJJ at L-heavy. He has talked about fighting Pavlik though and stable mate Lockett is fighting him next. Perhaps there using him to test the water?

he's said he'll only fight once more but i don't believe it, he can make serious $$$ and do a lot for his legacy with another 3 fights.

[Fat Tony]

If he can't get Pavlik he should retire. No need to outwork but look ordinary against a man in his forties again.

[Rock0052]

Calzaghe should fight Pavlik and that's it.

Calzaghe had to fight Hopkins because he was Ring Champion and a P4P fighter.

He doesn't have to fight RJJ because beating RJJ at this stage proves nothing.

Pavlik is young, dangerous, physically big, and is now established enough to be a box office moneyspinner.

RJJ is for the money, but if he faces him, I'd say Calzaghe still needs to fight Pavlik to well and truly silence his critics.

Has to happen in the States as well.

Unfortunately, there is no silencing his critics, so it's pointless to cater his fighting towards them. Not many people at all are giving him credit for beating Hopkins at his own fight, in his own back yard, with Hopkins' own promotion running the show as it is.

Hopkins is the first old fighter he's had a big fight against in 10 years (if one considers Eubank old), yet you've already got people bitching that Joe's making his mark fighting old fighters. Joe's been fighting younger fighters for years.

I'd love to see him fight Jones, Pavlik, then retire. I don't care about the order of it. At least one, if not both, should happen in Wales. Why? Because it'd be a bigger event there. The Pavlik fight may sell out Atlantic City, but I really want to see the biggest event possible for the atmosphere of it.

[Cruiser1]

Yes, but Erdei is undefeated and lineal champ. He even has the WBO strap that Joe is so fond of:D Now if Jones was to travel to Hungary and pimp slap Erdei while Joe beats Dawson, it would make it even better:deal

If you knew anything about Erdei you'd realize how ridiculous it is for you to even mention his name as a possible opponent for Calzaghe. Both Erdei and his promoter have no ambitions outside of fighting C-level fighters in Germany and I'm pretty sure that even if this weren't the case Joe would have no desire to fight him.

[LightningJoe]

Calzaghe has said he's having one more fight.

It's either Pavlik or Jones.

[Fat Tony]

If you knew anything about Erdei you'd realize how ridiculous it is for you to even mention his name as a possible opponent for Calzaghe. Both Erdei and his promoter have no ambitions outside of fighting C-level fighters in Germany and I'm pretty sure that even if this weren't the case Joe would have no desire to fight him.

10 million $ might persuade them to come to Cardiff. :hey

[Smazz20]

If you knew anything about Erdei you'd realize how ridiculous it is for you to even mention his name as a possible opponent for Calzaghe. Both Erdei and his promoter have no ambitions outside of fighting C-level fighters in Germany and I'm pretty sure that even if this weren't the case Joe would have no desire to fight him.


Sad but true. He is still the lineal champ though and that has to count for something.

[Taylex]

Yes, but Erdei is undefeated and lineal champ. He even has the WBO strap that Joe is so fond of:D Now if Jones was to travel to Hungary and pimp slap Erdei while Joe beats Dawson, it would make it even better:deal

How is Erdi the linear champ?

[griff]

BBC Wales reporter said tonight that the Roy Jones Jr fight is a 2 fight deal.
1st fight in Wales in November with a immediate rematch at Madison Square Garden in the spring of 2009.

[Leeroy]

Enough with fights having to be in the states. Saturday night proved that it is hard to get more than 15,000 people in an arena in the states, even for great fights.

Calzaghe has proven he can win in the USA.

Let them fight where they can fill stadiums.

Seems logical to me. And coming from an American; The atmosphere in Britain is head and shoulders above the atmosphere in the USA.

[Cruiser1]

Sad but true. He is still the lineal champ though and that has to count for something.

He could have made it count but he chose not to. He's actually a pretty good fighter.

[Paulie]

Calzaghe should consider three more easy fights...

[Taylex]

Can someone explain how Erdi is considered as the linear champ at 175?

[Cruiser1]

How is Erdi the linear champ?

Dariusz Michaelczewski was technically the linear champ at light heavy for many years until he lost to Julio Gonzalez. Erdei then beat Gonzalez making him the man who beat the man who beat the man. Erdei has since gone on to defend his belt against marginal opponents including 2 close fights with Garay and a come-from-behind TKO victory over Mehdi Sahnoune.