By Mark Vester
WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32KOs) told the BBC that a fight with rival Carl Froch (22-0, 18KOs) is a joke. The WBC has ordered a final eliminator between Froch and Russia's Denis Inkin. Froch says that a battle with Calzaghe is the fight that all of Britain wants to see. Calzaghe disagrees and is not at all impressed with Froch.
Calzaghe would rather travel to America in order to secure a fight with light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins.
"Coming off the biggest fight of my life and with my stock as high as it's ever been, it's a joke to think I'd fight Froch," said Calzaghe. "His performance in beating Robin Reid was very poor in my opinion. Luckily for him Reid was a bit of an embarrassment and has now retired. I feel I've earned the right to go after the biggest fights possible and I have beaten everyone there is to beat at super-middleweight.
"If Froch fought Mikkel Kessler it'd be a very one-sided fight so what could I possibly get out of fighting Froch now? There would be zero interest in America and it'd be a fight I would need a lot of motivating for."
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