Who Should Calzaghe Fight in Order to Gain Respect?

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  • Steelhammer86
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    Who Should Calzaghe Fight in Order to Gain Respect?

    What boxer does Joe Calzaghe need to defeat in order to gain the respect of his American critics?

    Or will they never respect him no matter who he has on his resume?
    45
    Mikkel Kessler
    37.78%
    17
    Winky Wright
    4.44%
    2
    Jermaine Taylor
    40.00%
    18
    Roy Jones Jr
    6.67%
    3
    Bernard Hopkins
    8.89%
    4
    Chad Dawson
    0.00%
    0
    Antonio Tarver
    0.00%
    0
    Edison Miranda
    2.22%
    1
    Other (Please Specify)
    0.00%
    0

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    Last edited by Steelhammer86; 05-19-2007, 02:06 PM.
  • shawn_
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    #2
    He should let Miranda destroy taylor, then he should fight Miranda.

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    • Steelhammer86
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      #3
      Originally posted by shawn_
      He should let Miranda destroy taylor, then he should fight Miranda.
      That would be an awesome matchup, Calzaghe vs Miranda. I think Miranda will be moving up to Super Middleweight soon, so the fight may happen. I think Miranda will eventually fight Kessler, and that's another good matchup.

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      • riza
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        #4
        hes the true champ anyway, he would get the most repect by beating taylor

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        • the_truth_1984
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          #5
          He has to fight Mikkel Kessler.Kessler is in his prime and is a natural super middleweight.The money is with Hopkins and Tarver but I feel the biggest challenge at this point is Kessler.

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          • Derranged_
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            #6
            You guys are getting way ahead of yourselves, Miranda and Taylor need to get by their respective opponents first before even considering fighting one another and then Joe Calzaghe. Plus, these matchups don't happen overnight. I think the best case scenario and most likely to happen is a Taylor or Kessler matchup against Joe.

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            • bdevils
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              #7
              Originally posted by shawn_
              He should let Miranda destroy taylor, then he should fight Miranda.
              you really think he would destroy taylor? i'm not too sure he will get past pavlik.

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                #8
                Originally posted by JD1986
                What boxer does Joe Calzaghe need to defeat in order to gain the respect of his American critics?

                Or will they never respect him no matter who he has on his resume?
                He needs to fight Kessler. Calzaghe always brings up the Lacy win, but at that time, just as now, Kessler was the #1 contender. Beating Kessler makes him the man at 168...

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                • shawn_
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                  #9
                  Yes I do, the way Taylor keeps his hand down by his side, is a bad idea vs sombody that punches like tommy hearns.

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                  • Steelhammer86
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by shawn_
                    He should let Miranda destroy taylor, then he should fight Miranda.
                    You're right, Miranda would destroy Taylor. I think Miranda would have a much better chance than Taylor of defeating Calzaghe.
                    Last edited by Steelhammer86; 05-19-2007, 02:50 PM.

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