By Mark Vester
Undisputed super middleweight champ Joe Calzaghe is planning to call it a career after facing off with Roy Jones Jr. on the rumored date of November 15. Calzaghe would like to hold the final fight of his career in Cardiff, but admits the fight might head overseas because the money might be bigger if he takes it to Las Vegas in the United States.
"What a perfect way to finish my career by fighting one of the greats of this generation," Calzaghe told BBC Radio Wales. "It'll be the fight of my life. I haven't started training yet but once a date is confirmed I'll get back down to business. Fighting the greatest fighter of the 1990s would be the perfect way to finish off my career. But he'll be fighting the greatest fighter of the millennium."
Calzaghe knows the fans want him to continue his career, but he's decided on bowing out on top after the bout with Jones. The fight will take place at the light heavyweight limit of 175-pounds, where Calzaghe defeated Bernard Hopkins in April.
"This is a case of famous last words but I think that'll probably be it for me so my message to my fans is enjoy it now because after this year, it'll be the end," Calzaghe said. "The best night of my life was beating Chris Eubank for the vacant WBO super-middleweight title in 1997 but the proudest moment of my career was becoming undisputed champion by beating Mikkel Kessler in Cardiff last year. I'd love my last fight to be at home in Cardiff but it all comes down to business and what the TV companies want."
While there was some talk of Calzaghe possibly facing middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, Calzaghe doesn't view him as a bigger star or a bigger fight than Jones.
"Kelly is just establishing himself and is not a big as star as Roy Jones Jr, he's a legend. Me and Roy Jones Jr wouldn't just be a fight, but a spectacular event," Calzaghe said.
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