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Stay in Denmark? Or become PM?Comment
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First of all, let's not forget that Calzaghe holds the WBO belt, which means he practically never had to fight a mandatory. His manager chose against who he would "defend" his "title". This is, of course, a travesty.
Moreover, as soon as Calzaghe got his hands on a half-decent belt (IBF) he dropped it. It's easy to figure out why: the IBF may have required Calzaghe one day to defend against a decent opponent of THEIR chosing -- say, a slick counterpuncher. They may even have held purse bids that Warren could have lost. Shock horror. Far too hot to handle
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The IBF belt was indistinguishable from the WBO, seeing as they were both owned by Calzaghe, nutsack.First of all, let's not forget that Calzaghe holds the WBO belt, which means he practically never had to fight a mandatory. His manager chose against who he would "defend" his "title". This is, of course, a travesty.
Moreover, as soon as Calzaghe got his hands on a half-decent belt (IBF) he dropped it. It's easy to figure out why: the IBF may have required Calzaghe one day to defend against a decent opponent of THEIR chosing -- say, a slick counterpuncher. They may even have held purse bids that Warren could have lost. Shock horror. Far too hot to handleComment
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Calzahge did dump the IBF belt of course because one of the subsequent mandatories -- not Stieglitz -- might have been too tricky. No way you can insure against this with the IBF, while with the WBO it's easy. Plus, they may have staged a fight under conditions beyond FWarrens control.
Calzaghe held never anything but the FWarren-belt, and so he does today. That may be enlough for you, for most boxing fans it's not.Comment
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Lets look at the fight before Lacy:
Out of Warren's control? Check
WBO Mandatory? Check
Out of the UK? Check
Belt dumped rather than face mandatory? Oh .... well there goes that theory you daft pastry.
So BHop is coming out of retirement? I thought I could hear a very large cheer from a bank manager in the Gwent area .....Comment
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Point is he can pick and chose WHAT WBO "mandatories" will actually get a shot. He will never be forced to take a particular fight by the WBO. So in that sense Warren is in complete control. Not so with the IBF - so they gave it up (along with his stated "ultimate" goal of completely unifying SMW - though it's still stated on his web-site).
At times the WBO mandatory will make do as well as the next "warm-up" candidate. That's why Veit was chosen. The fight took place in germany because there were money to be made from having it there. But ONLY because the risk was considered minimal.Last edited by dumdane; 12-24-2006, 05:51 AM.Comment
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It's not completely inconcievable that it might happen. Just highly unlikely.
The factors that made Calzaghe decide that Kessler is NOT an attractive opponent are unlikely to change much/enough inside the timeframe of Joe's remaining career.
Only thing i can imagine that would make Calzaghe fight Kessler, is if negotiations with all major american "names" from MW to LHW were to fail.
But even then i think he's more likely to just retire than risk his unbeaten record against Kessler.Comment
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