By Mark Vester
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer tried his best to lure Joe Calzaghe out of retirement for a rematch with Bernard Hopkins. Calzaghe is not interested, not motivated and has no desire to fight Hopkins for a second time. Hopkins was even willing to travel to fight Calzaghe in Wales but it's not enough. Calzaghe won a close split-decision over Hopkins last April.
Calzaghe has always been against rematches and he says the first fight with Hopkins was a boring bout that he would never want to go through again.
"I don't know if anyone remembers, but I have retired. I am happy with my decision to retire and couldn't consider fighting Bernard as I don't have the motivation. Hopkins has said we have unfinished business and that I should give him a rematch. Golden Boy promoter Richard Schaefer says that talks are ongoing in regard to this fight happening. I have beaten Bernard Hopkins once, it wasn't a great fight and styles make fights and he came to hold and to spoil, rather than to execute as his nickname suggests," Calzaghe said.
"Motivation is a key thing for me. Throughout my career I gave some of my worst displays against the worst fighters, guys that you'd never heard of and who I simply didn't want to be in the ring with. When you are thinking like that it's dangerous, because you have to be 100% focused on your opponent and a few times in my career, I wasn't right, wasn't focused enough. I can't stop people speculating and I can't stop people talking about whether or not I will fight again. But I've said it once and I am happy to do so again, don't bet on a Joe Calzaghe comeback."
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