Which possible next 3 opponents after hopkins (assuming he beats hopkins) could Joe face to secure his legacy as an ATG..... Me, im quite the calzaghe sceptic and think he has fought alot of easy opposition but respect him highly for the Kessler win. Kessler came to fight that night, but Joe was simply too good. 1) Roy Jones Jr - i know its an old RJJ and well and truly out of his prime, but calzaghe may be able to add another ATG to his resume and would look very impressive with hopkins and RJJ wins back to back. 2) LHW beltholder, probaly Woods or possible Dawson, but i would pick Dawson over Joe. 3) Lucian Bute - After Bute has picked up another title and remains undefeated would be the perfect exit fight for Calzaghe. Beat a undefeated, prime SMW with 2 titles at the weight. yeah, he would have to do a fair bit..... Opinions
Ideally: 1) Hopkins - Cheat, racist, needs to be put in his place 2) Pavlik - Young, undefeated, big name, easy fight 3) Dawson - " " Prediction: 1) Hopkins 2) RJJ
next 3 AFTER Bhop? 1) Woods. A strictly UK thing, not for his legacy but his bank account. I think JC just edges this one. 2) Dawson. Another fight in the US to keep the big money men interested. I think JC wins this comfortably. And finally the MEGA money, MEGA legacy fight in Cardiff against...................................... 3)Wlad for the undisputed heavywiegh championship of the world. I think Wlad gets disq. 18 seconds into the fight and JC retires as an undefeated legend.:good
IF (and it still is an IF) he fights BHop he will only have two more fights after that. I think when he says 3 more he means it. I don't think he needs the money and if he lost or had areally hard time against BHop he might even retire then. He doesn't seem to be the kind of fighter who needs the attention or the adrenalin rush, so he'll quit on his terms.
Calzaghe has stated that will only fight two times tops. It's either going to be Kelly Pavlik or Roy Jones Jr. after Hopkins.