Why didn't Calzaghe ever fight Roy Jones Jr.?

[Benny Leonard]

So what is the excuses for none of them coming to United Kingdom, works both ways

I'm all for fighters fighting around the World, but I'm all for Fighters making their money as well- The Money/The Big Stage mainly is in America. Although certain fighters do go to other countries first to make their money, like Winky did, but he came back to the States when his name was in the mix.


Joe had nothing on Roy so Roy didn't have to move for Joe back then.

Joe, like many others, didn't want to fight Roy because the Roy Jones Jr. back then, in his prime, was Incredible.

[CraigM]

I'm all for fighters fighting around the World, but I'm all for Fighters making their money as well- The Money/The Big Stage is in America. Although certain fighters do go to other countries first to make their money, like Winky did, but he came back to the States when his name was in the mix.


Joe had nothing on Roy so Roy didn't have to move for Joe back then.

Joe, like many others, didn't want to fight Roy because the Roy Jones Jr. back then, in his prime, was Incredible.

Oh agreed, and I'm going to Vegas for this fight so i hope that it lives up to it's reputation because Cardiff's atmosphere was amazing

[Easy-E]

Calzaghe was not willing to fight the p4p champion outside of Wales, so the fight was never made.

[Run]

nah more of a past time at the football

No money in that fight, Man.

Calzaghe was a relatively unknown Welshman who fought his entire career in his backyard where there is little boxing draw on a World Scale. Sure there's Joe Calzaghe, that's 1 guy.

And the Paler is the only other World class guy I know from the UK.

Witter, Haye and Woods are the three on the fence IMO.



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[Easy-E]

Oh agreed, and I'm going to Vegas for this fight so i hope that it lives up to it's reputation because Cardiff's atmosphere was amazing

I wouldnt expect much hype for the Calzaghe v Hopkins fight.

[Benny Leonard]

Oh agreed, and I'm going to Vegas for this fight so i hope that it lives up to it's reputation because Cardiff's atmosphere was amazing

Well I said a while back I thought Hopkins should go to Joe since Joe sells out. Joe's last two fights were really cool with the amount of fan support. If this was Roy back in the day, Joe goes to him. Right now, we see Roy saying he will go to Wales so it tells us who is on top at the moment. Vegas is still cool and it's good for a future fight with someone else in America.


I also like seeing Wlad in Germany...nice atmosphere when he fights.

It would be nice to see at least the "HW" Champion do a "World Tour."

[RichCCFC]

It only sounds hateful because the Calzaghe nut huggers are OUT OF CONTROL. You can't say anything even remotely negative about Calzaghe's resume without having half the United Kingdom crying about all the excuses Cal-Z has for missing fights against:

Sven Ottke - Wont fight outside of Germany.
Bernard Hopkins - Tryed, Hopkins pussied out untill now.
Roy Jones Jr. - Never had the chance to be fair.
Glen Johnson - Suffered broken list and he isn't that great anyway.
Wink Wright - 154lbs fighter, shouldn't be on list.
Jermain Taylor (Offered Cal-Z a fight in the states) - Tryed and would of fought him if he beat Pavlik.

There we go.

How about Jones?

Chris Eubank
Nigel Benn
Steve Collins
Sven Ottke (LOL)
Bernard Hopkins (Rematch)
Dariusz Michalczewski
Joe Calzaghe

[CraigM]

To be fair i did ask someone who doesn't know a lot about boxing and he knew Hopkins straight of, and mentioned Calzaghe and he was like ...................... but he knew who Lacy was, which made me smile

[CraigM]

Well I said a while back I thought Hopkins should go to Joe since Joe sells out. Joe's last two fights were really cool with the amount of fan support. If this was Roy back in the day, Joe goes to him. Right now, we see Roy saying he will go to Wales so it tells us who is on top at the moment. Vegas is still cool and it's good for a future fight with someone else in America.


I also like seeing Wlad in Germany...nice atmosphere when he fights.

It would be nice to see at least the "HW" Champion do a "World Tour."

Agreed again, I think more should be done to make boxing a global sport, there is a lot of good fights that are just unnoticed, like in Thailand for example.

[RichCCFC]

To be fair i did ask someone who doesn't know a lot about boxing and he knew Hopkins straight of, and mentioned Calzaghe and he was like ...................... but he knew who Lacy was, which made me smile

Where you in florida?