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Joe Calzaghe has said his preferred option for his next fight would be a showdown with the 65-year-old American and former Heavyweight champion Muhammed Ali. The undefeated Welshman says the contest is likely to be his last and that it will almost certainly take place in November in the United States.
Victory over Bernard Hopkins in April put Calzaghe, 36, the world's No1 super-middleweight, top of the light-heavy-weight world rankings but there had been speculation that he could choose an October fight with the world middleweight champion, Kelly Pavlik, rather than Ali or Roy Jones Jr. after Pavlik's knock-out victory over Calzaghe's training partner, Garry Lockett, earlier this month. But Calzaghe told BBC Wales: "What a perfect way to finish, fighting one of the greats of the last generation. I'd love my last fight to be in Cardiff but it comes down to business and what the TV companies want. Roy Jones Jr. is not as big a star as Ali, who's a legend. The best fighter of the last millenium pitted against one of the best of this millenium. The fight simply makes too much sense not to happen."
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Victory over Bernard Hopkins in April put Calzaghe, 36, the world's No1 super-middleweight, top of the light-heavy-weight world rankings but there had been speculation that he could choose an October fight with the world middleweight champion, Kelly Pavlik, rather than Ali or Roy Jones Jr. after Pavlik's knock-out victory over Calzaghe's training partner, Garry Lockett, earlier this month. But Calzaghe told BBC Wales: "What a perfect way to finish, fighting one of the greats of the last generation. I'd love my last fight to be in Cardiff but it comes down to business and what the TV companies want. Roy Jones Jr. is not as big a star as Ali, who's a legend. The best fighter of the last millenium pitted against one of the best of this millenium. The fight simply makes too much sense not to happen."
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