If YOU were Joe Calzaghe, would you come out of retirement to fight Andre Ward?

realistically he could come out and loose but no one would say it meant anything

he has his 0 and earnt it. if he had a lose id say go for it..


if he did fight ward and gave him any sort of trouble then we all know calz would murder him in his prime

 

no frigging way.

no need to lose to zero now, should have put it on the line when he was younger. Needs to retain the zero now to maintain some kind of credit in the wake of superior SMWs overtaking him as the century progresses.

 

Does nothing to hurt Calzaghe.

Ward would be the only one with anything to lose.

 

I wouldn't think it's worth the risk. At this stage I doubt Zags has what it takes to beat any top level SMW and even if he gave Ward a tough fight people are more likely to remember his sole loss than anything else.

 

Not a chance.

 

No way..... whats the point? what would it prove?

 

Calgazhe would lose badly, he is 40 years old and out of shape. He is never going to be what he was in his prime again, not even half as good as the well past prime version of him that beat B-Hop so throughly.

 

If the money is right why not.

But I fear that ward can't generate that kind of money to entice sir Joe back.

 

If the question was whether Joe would come back to fight Ward, then the answer is a lot simpler - no and never. He's not going to change the habit of a lifetime now by cherrypicking weaker guys he can comfortably beat/top guys when they are too past it to beat him (Reid and perhaps Kessler permitting).

This only becomes viable if WE are Joe Calzaghe, that is, we appraoch it without his mindset. IF I WAS Joe Calzaghe, I would have moved up from SMW earlier ofr more money and bigger fights, replaced 90% of my defences with decent challengers, maybe suffered a loss or three in the process, and retired rich at 35 free from criticism about opposition and cowardice.

 

F**k..no...I would just...talk **** from the side lines...

 

Calzaghe loses in his prime let alone at 40 with 4 years inactivity. Not even competitive. If Calzaghe were to fight at SMW now he would be a frail walking meatsack. Some people are clueless.

Knock out loss for Joe within 5 rounds.

 

I agree this might even be the first time Joe gets stopped. He was resilent but without his one main strength, his fitness, he cant outgass anyone anymore, and hes going to lose heart fast.

Normally he wouldt get stopped though.

 

calzaghe would outclass ward in his prime. thats a fact. i'am 100 % that ward will lose in the next two years. i would bet that dirrell beats him. his lack of power will cost him an atg career. because there will be a guy with great power and a pressure style who will catch ward.