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Puerto Rican superstar Felix Trinidad has joined the list of big-name boxers wanting to fight Joe Calzaghe.
Calzaghe is set for an April 12 showdown with Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas while Trinidad, 35 last week, will move up from middleweight to fight 38-year-old Roy Jones Jr in New York on Saturday night at a catchweight of 170 pounds.
Trinidad, a three-division, five-time former world champion at welter, light-middle and middleweight, is confident he will not only acclimatise to fighting at the heaviest weight of his 44-fight career but will knockout Jones to line up another big-money showdown later this year.
And just as former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor publicly put Calzaghe, 35, in his sights before Christmas, Trinidad did the same when talking to reporters in New York on Monday night.
Speaking through an interpreter before an open workout session, Trinidad was asked whom he wanted to fight next if he was victorious against Jones at Madison Square Garden this weekend.
"After I win, and I intend to win, there a lot of guys out there but Joe Calzaghe is in my vision and in my future," Trinidad replied.
"So I will go after him too. There are a lot of fighters out there but Joe Calzaghe is one of them."
Asked whether he intended to remain at 170 pounds for future fights, Trinidad added: "I feel stronger at 168, 170 pounds than at 160 and so Joe Calzaghe is one of my top priorities."
Earlier, Felix Trinidad Snr, the Puerto Rican's father and trainer, claimed his son would have no problem maintaining his effectiveness at 170 pounds.
He said: "He is going to carry his punch from 160 to 170 and people are going to be very surprised about that."
Calzaghe is set for an April 12 showdown with Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas while Trinidad, 35 last week, will move up from middleweight to fight 38-year-old Roy Jones Jr in New York on Saturday night at a catchweight of 170 pounds.
Trinidad, a three-division, five-time former world champion at welter, light-middle and middleweight, is confident he will not only acclimatise to fighting at the heaviest weight of his 44-fight career but will knockout Jones to line up another big-money showdown later this year.
And just as former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor publicly put Calzaghe, 35, in his sights before Christmas, Trinidad did the same when talking to reporters in New York on Monday night.
Speaking through an interpreter before an open workout session, Trinidad was asked whom he wanted to fight next if he was victorious against Jones at Madison Square Garden this weekend.
"After I win, and I intend to win, there a lot of guys out there but Joe Calzaghe is in my vision and in my future," Trinidad replied.
"So I will go after him too. There are a lot of fighters out there but Joe Calzaghe is one of them."
Asked whether he intended to remain at 170 pounds for future fights, Trinidad added: "I feel stronger at 168, 170 pounds than at 160 and so Joe Calzaghe is one of my top priorities."
Earlier, Felix Trinidad Snr, the Puerto Rican's father and trainer, claimed his son would have no problem maintaining his effectiveness at 170 pounds.
He said: "He is going to carry his punch from 160 to 170 and people are going to be very surprised about that."
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