Calzaghe To Return To 168 After Jones!

[BattlingNelson]

WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe has stated that his September 20 light heavyweight bout against Roy Jones Jr. will not be his last and that he plans to return to the super middleweight division following that fight. In a fax sent to WBO President Paco Valcarcel on British Boxing Board of Control letterhead dated July 16, 2008, and signed by Joe, the longtime 168lb champion wrote:

Dear Paco,

Further to our phone conversation of today's date I wish to remain as the WBO's Super Middleweight Champion. Following my proposed contest against Roy Jones Jnr. it is my intention to defend the WBO Super Middleweight Championship. I am proud to be a WBO Champion and thank you, as always, for the opportunities given to me in the past.

Kind regards,
JOE CALZAGHE CBE

What do you guys make of this? A rematch with Kessler or a fight with Pavlik?

Edit: I just remembered Pavlik, it's late here, my mind is working in slow motion.

It's on ********* before anyone asks for a source.

I'm sorry but not schocked. To bad JoeC won't retire after RJJ.

This can only mean one thing: Kelly Pavlik is up next! JoeC said he would never fight Kessler again.

[sparked_85]

Just keeping his options open.

If they HBO offer Calzaghe a load of money to fight Pavlik he'll take it.

He has to beat Jones though otherwise there is no Pavlik. Joe has always been about money which is why he didn't pull his pants down and get ****d by accepting peanuts to fight top Americans though in fairness there weren't that many. I'd be interested to see Joe's biggest paycheck I bet the Mario Veit rematch is about three times what he got for abusing Jeff Lacy.

[rizkybizness]

Don't be surprised if the end of Joe's career pans out similar to that of Jones'

[ИATAS]

If he fights Pavlik after Jones that will really mess up his senior citizen tour, I thought he'd go after Glen Johnson or Tarver once they hit 40, i dunno.

[Silencers]

Maybe the backlash about the Jones fight did get to him and he decided he wants to fight Pavlik?

It is possible imo

It's definitely possible that the fans' reactions weren't what he expected it to be and he wants to go out on a high with the fans and the press.

[sparked_85]

If he fights Pavlik after Jones that will really mess up his senior citizen tour, I thought he'd go after Glen Johnson or Tarver once they hit 40, i dunno.

Be fair, Calzaghe is a senior citizen in boxing terms.

[Silencers]

Just to explain why I put Kessler there, it's because he's ranked as the number 1 contender for the WBO.

[T-97]

It's definitely possible that the fans' reactions weren't what he expected it to be and he wants to go out on a high with the fans and the press.

Yea i could see it. I think Joe really wants to go down as a great, and the reception this fight got was terrible and it may have made him feel a Pavlik fight was a must.

[TommyGunn.]

Calzaghe going out with wins over Kessler, Hopkins, Jones and Pavlik sounds good to me.

[rizkybizness]

Calzaghe going out with wins over Kessler, Hopkins, Jones and Pavlik sounds good to me.

Granted IF he wins. I do agree it'll be a great way to go out IF that's the way things turn out.