Post Hopkins/Calzaghe...

[HappyBoxingFan]

Hopkins/Calzaghe. This is not a good fight. I love Bernard Hopkins. But, he's 43 years old. Calzaghe looked very good against Kessler. Calzaghe will win this fight easily. But what makes me even more hesitant of supporting this fight is the idea that a 43 year old Bernard Hopkins is not going to risk being embarassed. Which means, he will not fight the fight that he needs to to win. The result, a low contact boxing match that allows Hopkins to set up one more payday (Jones Jr.? Is this the Senior Tour?)after he loses.

Calzaghe has to fight someone. True. The benefit of this Hopkins fight is it will give him exposure in the United States. Let's hope he uses that exposure to set up a fight with one of these guys:

Chad Dawson: Coincidentally, Dawson is making a title defense on April 12 against Glen Johnson in Tampa. If he wins, a fight with Calzaghe would make sense. Calzaghe wants to be an inter-division champ. Dawson is a champ. However, this fight would probably have to take place in Europe as Calzaghe would be the bigger name.

Taylor: There are benefits and drawbacks with this possibility. Taylor has already said he is moving up, win or lose. If Taylor beats Pavlik, he would be free for a major summer fight. A fight with Calzaghe could define his career and make Calzaghe a household name in the States. But, there are problems. Taylor has no belt. In order for the fight with Calzaghe to be a title fight it would have to be at 168. Is a fight with Calzaghe at 175 possible? Maybe. But, that fight would seem to offer more risk than reward for both fighters. Still, the money might make it worthwhile.

Pavlik: How ****ing awesome would this be. This would be huge... huge... huge. Seriously. Assuming both win, this fight would be the Mayweather/De La Hoya fight of 2008. Too good not to make. Of course, the weight for the fight would be tough to settle on. 168? 175? I don't think it matters. This fight has to be made. Pavlik fights some soup can in June (Duddy, probably), Calzaghe gets to soak in some American attention after dismantiling Hopkins, and set this mother up for September/October.
Now, a whole bunch of you will hate on this idea. You'll say it makes more sense for Calzaghe to fight Bute of Mundine, or whoever. What- the ****-ever. I'm calling bull****. I know that most of you want to see this fight even if you don't admit it. You have to want to see it. I can't imagine the excitment. And, if you truly don't want to see this fight you should just retire from whatever you're doing and become a crochety old man who keeps frisbees that land in his yard

[QuCongee]

Pavlik: How ****ing awesome would this be.

Not too awesome for Kelly.

[HappyBoxingFan]

Not too awesome for Kelly.

But for us. It's obviously more entertaining and a bigger challenge than Hopkins.

[QuCongee]

Personally, I think Calzaghe vs Taylor could be very entertaining.

[Rane-Ex54]

Hopkins/Calzaghe. This is not a good fight. I love Bernard Hopkins. But, he's 43 years old. Calzaghe looked very good against Kessler. Calzaghe will win this fight easily. But what makes me even more hesitant of supporting this fight is the idea that a 43 year old Bernard Hopkins is not going to risk being embarassed. Which means, he will not fight the fight that he needs to to win. The result, a low contact boxing match that allows Hopkins to set up one more payday (Jones Jr.? Is this the Senior Tour?)after he loses.

Calzaghe has to fight someone. True. The benefit of this Hopkins fight is it will give him exposure in the United States. Let's hope he uses that exposure to set up a fight with one of these guys:

Chad Dawson: Coincidentally, Dawson is making a title defense on April 12 against Glen Johnson in Tampa. If he wins, a fight with Calzaghe would make sense. Calzaghe wants to be an inter-division champ. Dawson is a champ. However, this fight would probably have to take place in Europe as Calzaghe would be the bigger name.

Taylor: There are benefits and drawbacks with this possibility. Taylor has already said he is moving up, win or lose. If Taylor beats Pavlik, he would be free for a major summer fight. A fight with Calzaghe could define his career and make Calzaghe a household name in the States. But, there are problems. Taylor has no belt. In order for the fight with Calzaghe to be a title fight it would have to be at 168. Is a fight with Calzaghe at 175 possible? Maybe. But, that fight would seem to offer more risk than reward for both fighters. Still, the money might make it worthwhile.

Pavlik: How ****ing awesome would this be. This would be huge... huge... huge. Seriously. Assuming both win, this fight would be the Mayweather/De La Hoya fight of 2008. Too good not to make. Of course, the weight for the fight would be tough to settle on. 168? 175? I don't think it matters. This fight has to be made. Pavlik fights some soup can in June (Duddy, probably), Calzaghe gets to soak in some American attention after dismantiling Hopkins, and set this mother up for September/October.
Now, a whole bunch of you will hate on this idea. You'll say it makes more sense for Calzaghe to fight Bute of Mundine, or whoever. What- the ****-ever. I'm calling bull****. I know that most of you want to see this fight even if you don't admit it. You have to want to see it. I can't imagine the excitment. And, if you truly don't want to see this fight you should just retire from whatever you're doing and become a crochety old man who keeps frisbees that land in his yard

You're highly under-rating Bernard Hopkins. I can't believe the ignorance.

[HappyBoxingFan]

Calzaghe wants to move up in weight so i doubt that he will be able to fight the likes of taylor and pavlik, as for dawson, i think its gonna be a great fight. Oh and while i admit that i hate the fact that hopkins is 43 i hate to break it to you but calzaghes age of 36 is not prime age as well.

So... what are you saying? Are you saying Calzaghe/Hopkins will be close? Or are you saying that because of his age he won't be able to keep up with the likes of Pavlik/Taylor? Or are you just covering your Calzaghe nut-hugging ass?

[BrendanWoodside]

I could live with any of those matchups.. does dawson go over to wales to fight calzaghe though??I would love to see a big time show down in vegas calzaghe pavlik. Pavlik's lanky frame would easily enable him to move up to 168. I don' know how he would fare at 175 though

[DrewWoodside]

Bernard can't outpoint Calzaghe, he can't knock out Calzaghe.. He can't even make it an exciting fight to watch.. I just pray the british fans don't try to take too much credit for this fight. And PLSE don't mention his name when attempting to legitimize his resume..

[DrewWoodside]

I suspect a lot of frisbees are soon to be landing in English gardens

[DrewWoodside]

Yeah his prime was squandered away in his tiny fish bowl.. nonetheless he's WAY closer to his prime than B-HOP. Huge difference.. Have you Calzaghe fans seen Taylop v Hopkins? at all?