By Mark Vester
Retired super middleweight king Joe Calzaghe will review the urge to make a ring return if the right offer comes along. A rematch with Bernard Hopkins is not the kind of offer to make Calzaghe return to the ring. Calzaghe retired not long after beating Roy Jones in November 2008.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer had recently spoken with Calzaghe regarding a comeback and tried to put together a rematch with Hopkins. The Welsh fighter passed on the comeback chance. Hopkins claims he was robbed in his close decision loss to Calzaghe in early 2008. The claims by Hopkins don't matter because Calzaghe doesn't see anything worthy in a Hopkins rematch to tempt a ring return.
“I am retired, simple as that,” Calzaghe said to Wales Online. “There has been a lot of speculation about me coming back, but when I said I was retiring I meant it. I am happy retired. I would be a fool to come back now. I am 38 and I am enjoying my time with my family, my kids. That’s it definitely.”
“[Hopkins is] a 45-year-old man who just doesn’t bring anything to the table, so he can keep on as much as he likes. I suppose he’s going to do that because he lost. Boxing has given me a great life and I am grateful for that, but I do not miss it. I miss beating people up and getting paid for it though. There are people I’d like to beat up now but I can’t!”
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