WHO should calzaghe fight next ?

I like Jones or Pavlik. I think I like the Pavlik fight a tiny bit more. Calzaghe would get more credit if he beats Pavlik. If he beats Jones, everyone will just say it's because Jones was past his best. I would be rooting against Joe in either of those match-ups though... And when he beats Pavlik they'll say he was too young, and green, and shouldn't have been in the ring with Calzaghe anyway. Or that Calzaghe was lucky, or whatever else they can think of. It never ends, why worry? After the Lacy dismantling and destruction, they were saying the same thing. "He was too young and green, too inexperienced, that's all, he'd have taken him in another year, after maybe 2 more fights". Seriously, the craziness never ends. There were guys who were predicting an EASY win by Lacy, early KO, abject humiliation, destruction of career, when Lacy met Calzaghe. I remember chuckling about it all the while thinking that 20 odd fights just ain't enough experience, and that Lacy didn't have much of a chance (said so here somewhere, too). Then after the fight you could've heard a fucking pin drop. For about 30 minutes, and then the "Lacy was overrated, he was a bum, his career was padded, he was too inexperienced, he had an off night, he had a hangnail", whatever. Anyway, don't bother worrying about what that crowd thinks or says. It doesn't matter.

He should fight Gary Lockett.

Too bad Hopkins pulled out of the fight at the last second huh?

better question is who he should've fought 5-10 years ago. hopkins was what 42? roy is what 40 now? tarver? zzzzzzz too bad we never got to see joe fight hop a long time ago or if joe had unified 168 earlier...... the unified 168 vs. the unified 175 against jones. unified 168 against vs. unified 160 against hopkins.

My personal preference would be for him to go after Dawson and Tarver since they hold the other LHW belts and it would be awesome if he could partially unify the belts at LHW like he did at SMW, it would really be a pretty incredible achievement to have done that and I think at that point people would have to start talking ATG list about Joe. Won't happen though, so of Pavlik and Jones I pick Pavlik since its the tougher fight against a prime champ. Hopefully we'll see both, it would be cool if he could end his career with a win over Jones, even if it doesn't mean much.

I like Jones or Pavlik. I think I like the Pavlik fight a tiny bit more. Calzaghe would get more credit if he beats Pavlik. If he beats Jones, everyone will just say it's because Jones was past his best. I would be rooting against Joe in either of those match-ups though... Hater.......... :bottle::bottle::bottle:

I like Jones or Pavlik. I think I like the Pavlik fight a tiny bit more. Calzaghe would get more credit if he beats Pavlik. If he beats Jones, everyone will just say it's because Jones was past his best. I would be rooting against Joe in either of those match-ups though... You hit the nail right on the head. I agree 100%

I wanna see the RJ fight cuz I want Roy to beat him. Looks like he's gunnin more for Pavlik at this point tho. I think he wins that one.

His father, for not teaching him how to throw a correct punch.

I'd rather see Pavlik against Kessler, personally. Calzaghe should fight Roy first, for the money (man's gotta have a pension plan), and then the winner of Pavlik/Kessler. I think Kessler learned alot from his first fight with Calzaghe, and would be much better competition if he managed to beat Pavlik. Alternatively, if Pavlik gets past Kessler (it would be a VERY difficult matchup for both fighters), he deserves a big money fight with Calzaghe, and the opportunity to take down such a prestigious opponent. It would most likely cement Pavlik in boxing history, if he never accomplished anything else. If he won, that is :D

Pavlik would be his toughest fight.