Joe Calzaghe has one more fight left in him, according to American middleweight legend Marvin Hagler.
The Welshman, unbeaten in 46 fights, has been urged to retire following Sundays victory over th Roy Jones Jr.
But Hagler told the BBC:
''There is one more thing he has to do and that is to get (former light-heavyweight world champion) Antonio Tarver''
''Then he can shut up the critics and go down as one of the best fighter's of all time''.
Source:BBC Sport
Wow Tarver fight is pretty pointless. Hes too old and his work rate is terrible now as well. He beat Roy his second and 3 fight do to Roys idiotic pride to get back down to light H, from Heavy W. His first fight with Tarver was his last big hurrah. From there it went down hill.
There so many fighter that could beat Roy Jones at this stage of his career it would be totally pointless to fight Tarver just to prove you can also beat the man that beat the man you beat. But if we follow Joe's career, its totally possible that he will make this fight happen just to shut the critics up even though its meaningless fight. Joe destroys Tarver because whenever someone throws punches at Tarver and doesn't stop, Tarver shells up and waits for you to stop before even throwing a punch. He doesn't hit back if your on the Offensive. Thats why a Prime Jones would destroy Tarver at any age of Tarvers short career.
The fight that will shut the critics up will be Chad Dawson fight. A young hungry fighter that is still very active and at the top of his game. Sure he had a minor set back with Glenn ( I like Glenn, no homo), but Chad is the future of the Light Heavy division. His style is almost reminiscent of a Prime Jones. Not nearly as good, but just reminds me of his style when he fought Tarver. Pretty good fighter that will be light heavy weight Champ for some time.
Tarver....?????
It'd be a nice safe fight to bow out on in Wales if Joe was thinking that way.
Tarver is pretty good but unspectacular, he's about as good as Richie Woodhall imo, Richie was a good fighter.
Hagler clearly doesn't follow the sport all that much anymore. There is no way he would have said that if he knew about Tarver - Dawson result.
The fight that I personally would most like to see Calzaghe take, would be against Glen Johnson, but there isn't enough money in that one.
Did tarver just lose to Dawson, i didnt realize that. Otherwise it might have been a good fight for JC. But really nothing more for JC to do really. He can i guess have another fight if he really wants to sign of in fashion in front of his hometown crowd.
There is no rush for him to make the decision. Just make sure he dont get too much out of shape while making his decision.
I dont know who that opponent could be though. Maybe ChaD dawson, who i have never seen what he looks like or how he fights like.
I was thinkign the same. He wouldn't say such a thing if he was aware of how Chad Dawson beat him up. I think there are 3 competitive fights for him to do to prove himself: Chad Dawson, Winky Wright and most importantly a B-Hop rematch.
c/s:boxing:
Saying Dawson is one thing as he's not proved much, but Tarver? I know Hagler had good defence but a few good shots obviously got through. Tarver has losses to Jones, Johnson, Hopkins and Dawson. How on earth would he be more worthy of a shot than Dawson whom just beat him?
Guys lost it a bit.
Even though Kelly Pavlik was beaten, it would still be a good match up because the recent dream match-ups of Dawson and now Tarver seem far-fetched due to the circumstances surrounding them.
E.g. Chad being inexperienced and Antonio who is past his prime and brings nothing to the table.
Because Tarver just got beat by Dawson, so people would hate on him for "ducking" Dawson.
use it as a stepping stone to fight dawson... and if he loses to tarver retire...if he beats tarver...have a retirement fight v dawson in wales...and win or lose call it a day..but then you can say youve fought just about everyone and there wont be all these questions
i mean tarver beat jones when jones was younger..he KOD jones
IE at this point Tarver> jones
so why not
Because Tarver just got beat by Dawson, so people would hate on him for "ducking" Dawson.
i mean tarver beat jones when jones was younger..he KOD jones
IE at this point Tarver> jones
so why not
the triangle theory doesnt work...
and Tarver an Jones have both gotten old...
I.E a Tarver-Jones IV would be a much better matched fight