By Mark Vester
WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe has no intentions of fighting "regular" WBA super middleweight champ Anthony Mundine. Win or lose against super WBA/WBC titleholder Mikkel Kessler on November 3 Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, Calzaghe plans to move up to the light heavyweight division. He told the Sydney-Herald that Mundine is not a real super middleweight champion and does not see a reason for fighting him.
Coincidently, Mundine was the rumored "stay busy" opponent for Calzaghe when the Kessler fight was on the rocks. Calzaghe plans to set his sights on Bernard Hopkins, that is if Hopkins beats Winky Wright on Saturday (and Calzaghe beats Kessler). In reality the fight is moot if Calzaghe wins in November, since Kessler holds a decision win over Mundine.
"I don't see a fight with Mundine happening," Calzaghe told the Herald. "All I'm thinking about at the moment is beating Kessler, and once I do that, I'm looking for big fights - maybe in America. Mundine isn't really a world champion anyway, not if you don't take all the bullsh*t politics and super champion stuff seriously. Besides, Kessler has already travelled to Australia and beaten him, so why, after I beat Kessler, would I take a lesser fight?"
"Mundine's a good fighter, but he's not a big name in the world of boxing. He's not a big name outside Australia. For me, it would be a backward step. I've fought everyone there is to in this division, and I've beaten them all. I'm looking for new challenges after I beat Kessler. Hopkins is a possibility, but we'll see how it goes."
