By Ben Rumsby, PA Sport Joe Calzaghe has hinted he will hang up his gloves after a planned super-fight with Roy Jones Jr this autumn. The unbeaten Welshman is confident of wrapping up a deal with the American icon but concedes he may have to agree for the bout to take place in the United States. Calzaghe, 36, told BBC Radio Wales: "What a perfect way to finish my career by fighting one of the greats of this generation." Jones has previously expressed a desire to to fight Calzaghe, who became the undisputed king of the super-middleweight division before stepping up to light-heavyweight to beat Bernard Hopkins on a spilt points decision in April. Calzaghe survived an early knockdown to extend his winning streak to 45 bouts in Las Vegas but believes he will face an even tougher challenge against 39-year-old Jones. "It'll be the fight of my life," said Calzaghe, who is hoping promoter Frank Warren can finalise negotiations on a £5million autumn showdown. "I haven't started training yet, but once a date is confirmed, I'll get back down to business. "Fighting the greatest fighter of the 1990s would be the perfect way to finish off my career. But he'll be fighting the greatest fighter of the millennium. "This is a case of famous last words but I think that'll probably be it for me so my message to my fans is enjoy it now because after this year, it'll be the end. "The best night of my life was beating Chris Eubank for the vacant WBO super-middleweight title in 1997 but the proudest moment of my career was becoming undisputed champion by beating Mikkel Kessler in Cardiff last year. "I'd love my last fight to be at home in Cardiff but it all comes down to business and what the TV companies want." Calzaghe is the longest-reigning current world champion, having held his WBO super-middleweight belt for almost 11 years. The Newbridge-based star ruled out fighting rising star Kelly Pavlik, the WBC and WBO middleweight champion, despite promoter Warren admitting "it would be a great fight". Pavlik saw off Gary Lockett in Atlantic City last weekend but stable-mate Calzaghe said: "Pavlik is a very good fighter and looked impressive against Gary but I'm in a different league. "Kelly is just establishing himself and is not a big as star as Roy Jones Jr - he's a legend. "Pavlik's got the world at his feet at middleweight or super-middleweight and will want to build his unbeaten record, rather than stepping up at least one weight category to face me. "Me and Roy Jones Jr wouldn't just be a fight, but a spectacular event."
clearly, joe wanted to have an easy fight. He declined the offer to fight Pavlik because he knows he can't beat Pavlik.what a shame.,he never did not dominate Hopkins and to most boxing writers, Hopkins won the fight., Joe doesn't deserver to be in the P4P list.,
who should be in his place at the P4P #2 spot then genius? maybe we should kick manny out because he failed to dominate JMM? maybe the pavlikKLAN should have to answer for him being knocked down by taylor? vasquez got a razor thin decision of rafa! well **** him and the P4P rankings!!! cretin.
Yep -- he sure did. He scored a very narrow split decision over a 43 year old career middlewieght. You guys hold this up as some great accomplishment, and then you bad mouth Taylor who beat a younger and fresher Hopkins twice, and looked WAY better doing it. The hypocrisy of a calzombie literally knows no boundaries.
not really. two past their best fighters going at it. hopkins holds stylistic advantages of cal and admitted in the past that he is a natural LHW but drained down to MW because there was potentially more money in it.
Hopkins was appalling against Taylor and won one of the fights, can't remember which one might of been the 2nd fight. Why else would he have moved up to 175, he was finished at 160. His career looked dead and buried then. He was regenerated at 175, he beat the man who beat the man . Simple as. . He was still top 10 p4p anyway.
Taylor looked way better doing it? Hell, thats news to me and many others that saw him get a HBO gift. Calzaghe at least won the fight, ugly as it was.
