Welsh girl wants Tayler to come up, but he won't go to 175 for Hopkins

Then he should beat Kessler and shut everyone up Would that actually shut you up though? Would you go "Oh, he beat Kessler. Fair enough."? Of course not. You would be saying "Joe Cal/slappy/zone/***gy/fraud(that last one I have seen someone actually use, it's no pun at all) is ducking Taylor/Hopkins/Winky/Froch/Bute and is content to fight crappy Euro***s like Kessler".

People said that he had to fight Lacy or Kessler and Lacy was considered the more dangerous. He fights Lacy and no sooner had the final bell rang people were saying Lacy was overrated. He fights Kessler and wins, Kessler was overrated. He's never going to come out on top in the eyes of American fans. Thank You :D

He should be fighting whoever people tell him to fight. Right now, everyone is saying he should fight Kessler. Even if Kessler turns out to be just hype, he can say that's who everyone said he had to fight to prove he's the best. People said that he had to fight Lacy or Kessler and Lacy was considered the more dangerous. He fights Lacy and no sooner had the final bell rang people were saying Lacy was overrated. He fights Kessler and wins, Kessler was overrated. He's never going to come out on top in the eyes of American fans.

why doesn't joe step up the competition and fight actually competitors, other champs, anything other than the guys he's been racking up on his resume? fucking fight someone who is actually in their prime................ joe is good and i like his fight style, he's exciting and he's got action in his fights, but his CHOICE of opponents is far from great.... and in order to gain the respect that he is trying to get on a world wide level he's going to have to fight better opposition, period. I know what you're saying but the trouble is he will not get recognition by the chattering classes because whoever he beats there's an excuse why he did it without acknowledging his ability. If Calzaghe takes on the recognised number one contender at 168 and wins then he is already lined up to be disparaged for fighting a crap euro fighter with a padded record against bums. If he fights Jermaine Taylor then he's beaten a smaller man who got a gift against Hopkins. If he beats Hopkins he's beaten a faded legend in his forties. Considering Calzaghe gets criticised for every single one of his opponents what is his motivation in trying to impress Americans? Those in the know will acknowledge his skills, but the assembled masses will always find some reason to deny him his props.

Seriously. Can Calzaghe do anything good. Or are you all still pissed off that he ENDED Lacy's career. why doesn't joe step up the competition and fight actually competitors, other champs, anything other than the guys he's been racking up on his resume? fucking fight someone who is actually in their prime................ joe is good and i like his fight style, he's exciting and he's got action in his fights, but his CHOICE of opponents is far from great.... and in order to gain the respect that he is trying to get on a world wide level he's going to have to fight better opposition, period.

Seriously. Can Calzaghe do anything good. Or are you all still pissed off that he ENDED Lacy's career.

like i said before and i'll say it again, warren and calzaghe are picking to fight taylor before anyone else because they know he is still green and not a complete elite fighter yet. again going after a fighter who isnt on his level yet. taylor has done nothing but struggled in his last couple of fights and has never dealt with a fighter with the punch output and hand speed of joe, so they know that taylor wouldn't be able or know how to stop that kind of attack. i'll be the first one that i can think of from the states to say that taylor is hype at this point, although he seems promising, he is still hype, that is the only way he got the wins over hopkins, plain and simple, HBO and DiBella got taylor the gift judging and they smoke and mirrored the public by the way they call the fight with lampley and the rest of the crew dick riding taylor. TAYLOR IS NOT READY TO FIGHT CALZAGHE AT THIS POINT IN HIS CAREER, CALZAGHE WOULD MAUL HIM LIKE HE DID LACY, AND THAT IS DUE TO EXPERIENCE............................warren and calzaghe know what they're doing, they know how to pick'em, they've been doing it calzaghe's entire career.

You are saying he will fight for his 22 defense against Hopkins? I bet you he will not. Brits don't take risks. if he fights hopkins at 175 it won't be his 22nd defence. he holds the title at 168. :duh:

Calzaghe has already said he would move up to 175 if there was no one at 168. GOD!

Im very interested to see how Hopkins would fight Calzaghe because I think its an easy win for Joe.

calzaghe is fighting better then ever right now.. he would beat taylor and klesser looks good but calzaghe looks even faster.. i think hopkins would be the toughest and the best fight to watch

whoa, hold up there....taylor is still green but he is a league above frodo. The point though is that calzaghe likes to stage joke fights he knows he can win. Great champions fight risky wars. Wars like Ali-Frazier, Leonard-Hearns. Hey brits, name a single war that was like those two I just named. Your boxing sucks! Now no american will every fight there. Even germany has better boxing. lol I sense an alt, and you named the two biggest rivalrys in boxing, how could you top that? Please crawl back into your hole.

whoa, hold up there....taylor is still green but he is a league above frodo. The point though is that calzaghe likes to stage joke fights he knows he can win. Great champions fight risky wars. Wars like Ali-Frazier, Leonard-Hearns. Hey brits, name a single war that was like those two I just named. Your boxing sucks! Now no american will every fight there. Even germany has better boxing.

Kessler, Taylor or Hopkins. Either 3 are practically on par as of right now. taylor isnt ready for a fight with calzaghe, he wouldn't know how to stop the onslaught of punches, just like manfredo. i don't care what anyone says about taylor beating hopkins, he didn't beat hopkins he was given a gift, ayone who thinks that taylor beat hopkins just like to watch guys throw punches and miss. back to the subject at hand though, taylor's experience is nothing compared to calzaghes, and calzaghe knows that, that is why i bet if there is anyone of the three that calzaghe will step in first with i'm putting my money on calzaghe to pick taylor, avoiding kessler, and avoiding hopkins. and they'll probably try to bate taylor to go over there and the thing is unless taylor is smart he won't go, because if he does who knows what they will pull to give calzaghe a win. a guy like hopkins knows how to fight a guy like calzaghe and not let him go off on a punching spree, a guy like kessler who has exceptional foot work wouldn't let calzaghe pin him up against the ropes like manfredo(who has zero footwork, one of many reasons he was picked by warren to fight calzaghe), kessler i think would be making a big step up fighting joe because joe is good and joe has more experience, but far from great because he has yet to prove it against any real live world class champion or a threatening top contender, a real contender not someone who got the title off losing on a tv show. the question is this, when is joe going to be fighting someone who actually has a chance at beating him? instead of picking fighters with lesser skill and less experience????

Christ...Calzone said to Larry Merchant that Frodo is a big name and it was a great fight to make for all the fans. Apparently the water is poisoned with stupidity in britain.

A fix? You were a victim of child molestation, right? Just man up and admit the obvious. All brits are victims of molestation. That's how they become crazed enough to believe calzone isn't a running joke.

Seriously, how can you brits be proud of such a fight. Don't you remember Lennox Lewis? Someone tell what in the world about Calzag can compare to a true great fighter like lewis?

Let's see it happen. Watching the manfredo fight was painful. Calz could have put frodo out in the 1st round. It's like this was negotiated to give frodo 3 rds to make the fight look real, not embarass frodo too much, and not hurt him too badly. Looks totally like a staged fight with a fix in the 3rd. Just awful!

You are saying he will fight for his 22 defense against Hopkins? I bet you he will not. Brits don't take risks.

He won't go to 175 for Hopkins? WTF, ofcourse he would.