Joe Calzaghe

He should fight Pavlik. End of.

 

I wouldn't be too pissed if Joe took the money fight against RJJ, as long as the fight with Pavlik was in the pipeline for his very next bout.

Only problem would be if RJJ put in a good performance and kept it close, for then I could foresee an instant rematch. That would be ****.

Message to Joe: If you do fight Roy, make sure you do a number on him; don't leave the result in doubt before the scorecards are read out. Then get in with Pavlik and prove the doubters wrong. That a boy:good

 

I think he'll fight both.....all this 'ducking' nonsense is getting old, until Joe signs his next fight I'll reserve my judgement.

 

TBH thats the most pressing question NOW.

 

In fairness, he did say Jones was too old and past it to be a credible opponent a few months back, I'm sure if someone could be arsed searching Youtube they could find the video...

Calzaghe is a ducking **** for this he doesn't deserve a good legacy at all.

 

Dont give me that argument, jesus.

Calzaghe is set for life, he is not some poor little debt wridden kitten. He would earn a great purse against Pavlik, as he did against Kessler, Lacy and Hopkins.

 

He has already established his legacy, however people judge it, guys 36 for christ sake atsch

Whatever he does now is just a bonus

 

Pur-lease.

He is past prime, so what. He should just retire, or fight for easy money?

He has been moaning his entire career about not being able to get the biggest fights, now he can get them, he ****s off to fight old men for easy money.

He has a great oppurtunity to really enhance his legacy with a win over Pavlik and is being a cowardly ****.

 

"Really enhance"?

Let's not go overboard. Pavlik is a solid fighter, but for me and plenty others it doesn't boost him any more than the win over Kessler. He's not Hagler.

And his legacy is mostly set in stone, with only one fight to go. That is common sense. Obviously Pavlik would add more than Jones, but overall its not going to be a deal breaker. There will be people that see him as a great fighter, and there will be the usual lot that see a fighter that fought bums until the last few years. What will be will be.

 

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Exactly. I cant believe that people are trying to make excuses for Calzaghe for ducking Pavlik.

He is the big name, proven, prime American superstar name that Joe's resume is lacking.

Whether the Kessler win was better, and he cant trump that is regardless, its still a huge win which looks better on paper, particularly to the Americans.

Should a fighter cease to look for challenges just because he beat the best fighter he could beat?

 

I can't believe that one fight is going to break his legacy

I think its you thats being a little dramatic here.

 

rjj is some one calzaghe has wanted to beat since he has been champion.pavlik is a noob.why should he fight pavlik.jones his in calzaghe`s era and joe wants him .end of.
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Jc - RJJ as a last fight does leave a bad taste, beating Pavlik is a great way to go out on a high!

Thing is though, there will ALWAYS be someone he HAS to fight, the list in never ending, Joe needs to know when to call it a day.