Who can king Calzaghe fight after Kessler?

BHop is top 5 P4P right now. That's by far the best fight for Calzaghe if he can make it, despite Popkins' age. Hopkins' last 4 fights >>> Calzaghe's entire resume, before this Kessler fight.

If he's not going to take Hopkins, then either Taylor (if he beats Pavlik), Woods or Dawson would impress me. There's nobody important left at 168 though. Unless someone else is willing to move there, he should probably move up to LHW after this fight.

 

Well after he lose to Kessler, he can try to fight B-Hop. Old or not, B-Hop beats Calzaghe :yep

 

Calzaghe is getting old, and doesn't have many fights left. IF he gets passed Kessler, he'll probably want big money fights...soo he'll want to fight the names you just said, Winky, Hopkins, or Taylor.

Miranda is moving up to 168... maybe him, but this fight won't do much for his legacy at this point.

I think he should fight Lucian Bute, if he beats Berrio.

 

:rofl

Hopkins' overall resume blows Calzaghe's away, but you think his latest run of 4 fights does?

Mate, Wright was in horrid condition and it was a **** close fight at 170, Tarver is a 'name', but he's essentially at journeyman level at this point and then the two close bouts with Taylor. Hopkins has shown his age.

The shutout of Trinidad, the KO of DLH, the shutout of Echols twice, the near shutout of Eastman and of course a really contested fight with Jones added to his 20 title defences is what blows most guys resume's away, not 2 close bouts with Taylor and then a shutout of Tarver and a really age showing fight with an unconditioned Wright has him in my top 10 P4P, not not my top 5 currently.

I hope Calzaghe-Hopkins doesn't happen, because while Hopkins is a massive name, Hopkins can only beat guys around his current age condition and Wright coming up to 170 fits that bill because it slows him down, Calzaghe is 35, but he fights as if he is 30-32 and still has the drive to really establish something and it's just a worthless fight because Hopkins can't fire off like he used to and will lose a wide UD.

But -

Unification with Bute/Berrio winner, then move up to 175 to face off with Dawson.

This is a perfect ending after he deals with Kessler in my opinion, win lose or draw against either.

 

Not by landing 10 punches a round and eating whatever amount that comes off of Calzaghe's workrate, which will be high on an older fighter who can't fire off his best shots like a younger fighter can.

If you 'lose' to Taylor due to Taylor's higher body of work, then you definitley lose to Calzaghe.

 

That would be entertaining. Two power punchers going at it.

 

Hopkins has no chance of beating Calzaghe in my honest opinion. Just too high a workrate and too little chance of a K.O.

 

Exactly, people are decieved that he can still do it because he's beaten some names at his age, but he would defeat guys like Dawson or Calzaghe, or even Kessler for that matter at this point, as shown from the Taylor fights, who is a lesser fighter than the 3 I mentioned, even though I felt he won both, they were close.

Wright wouldn't beat any top LHW either, or top SMW for that matter, it's really a lot different than these larger, hungrier and fresher guys and people aren't seeing that.

I don't want Calzaghe-Hopkins.

 

He should try to redeem himself in a rematch with Kessler.

 

Chad Dawson in 175 :bbb

 

a move to 175 is the next step after Kessler, or he could wait around for the Taylor Pavlik winner...

 

Dawson won't be champ anymore after sept 29.

 

Lacy

 

Acceptable opponents for me would be Taylor/Pavlik winner , Hopkins , Woods , Erdei , Dawson and possibly Bute should he beat Berrio .