Joe Calzaghe Likely Heading To Golden Boy Promotions

[MikeBrew328]

I hope DLH can use all his influence to fundamentally change boxing

[Allucard]

As reported several times in the past on BoxingScene.com, unbeaten light heavyweight Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32KOs) is likely heading to Golden Boy Promotions. There is talk that Calzaghe may stage one last fight at the Millennium Stadium next summer. He recently created his own promotional company, Joe Calzaghe Promotions, and to compete with some of the other promotional companies created by other UK stars like Ricky Hatton and David Haye - he needs to link up with a bridge to America and views Golden Boy as that bridge. Both Hatton and Haye have promotional deals with Golden Boy. [details]

Why would he want to do that. Is he after Tarver? Maybe a second go for Hopkins? I wish he fought a meaningful fight for last, he would get my respect if he fought someone not a heavy underdog or at least someone who can fight for 12 rounds like Dawson. Maybe he seen Lacy getting schooled yesterday and Kessler openly ducking Dawson and because Lacy and Kessler were his two best wins he may be seeing his legacy slipping away from him?

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Slap Happy Promotions

[Ryn0]

This proberbly means one last fight please be Dawson!!!

[Flawless 2]

Hopkins: I will never promote a white boy

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As reported several times in the past on BoxingScene.com, unbeaten light heavyweight Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32KOs) is likely heading to Golden Boy Promotions. There is talk that Calzaghe may stage one last fight at the Millennium Stadium next summer. He recently created his own promotional company, Joe Calzaghe Promotions, and to compete with some of the other promotional companies created by other UK stars like Ricky Hatton and David Haye - he needs to link up with a bridge to America and views Golden Boy as that bridge. Both Hatton and Haye have promotional deals with Golden Boy. [details]

the stipulation for calz joining GBP should be that he has to give hopkins a rematch and in exchange he will get DLH at 163 lbs.

[xxjace]

I really like the idea of boxers from all over the world getting involved in promoting fights and fighters from their region, I think this will help boxing bigtime in the future when young boxers are involved with Ex-fighters who they look up too.

This is one of the pros of Golden Boy Promotions

DLH
Hatton
Hopkins
Mosley
JMM - He will probably take up Golden Boy Mexico since Barrera went to King
Calzaghe

very well put this could be very good for boxing in the long run..Im gonna give you rep..

[gibo]

Why would he want to do that. Is he after Tarver? Maybe a second go for Hopkins? I wish he fought a meaningful fight for last, he would get my respect if he fought someone not a heavy underdog or at least someone who can fight for 12 rounds like Dawson. Maybe he seen Lacy getting schooled yesterday and Kessler openly ducking Dawson and because Lacy and Kessler were his two best wins he may be seeing his legacy slipping away from him?

Lacy and Kessler were his two best wins?? You must have missed his last two fights!!!!

[edgarg]

I would trust an Ex fighter with my career over a snake like King or Shaw who don't give 2 ****s about your well being, Delahoya sets up his fighters with an accountant to help manage their money and not end up broke. He has also mentioned setting up a pension plan for Golden Boy fighters. This is a step in the right direction IMO, seems like 90% of ex champions end up broke.

I've been hearing about that pension plan for several years. It doesn't take anywhere near that long, only a matter of a few months at most.

My late father God Bless him, set up a Pension Plan for our 350 employees in just over 3 months. The Insurance Co did all the donkey work. And this was years ago, when Pension Plans were rare. The clauses were mainly taken from other Plans already in place, with several added which had special relevance to our needs. An improved version of this Plan is still in place.

I don't think Golden Balls has that many fighters signed up, ones who make a living mainly from fighting, so what's holding things up. Once the first few fighters apply for a Plan, and the Ins. Co's know the wants and needs of the boxing Community, which are all basically the same, it's mainly filling out printed forms afterwards for everyone from then on.

BUT...I'll bet he has a Pension Plan for his Golden Balls working force, they'd probably demand it,. and it's likely mandatory by Govt. statute anyway.

As for himself, Hopkins and Mosley, they don't need a Plan, except an "avoid Income Tax Plan" like most in their moneyed position, although Hopkins and Mosley are really employees rather that meaningful partners. I mean of course meaningful shareholders, since this is, I think, still a private Company, and Oscar would be a fool not to hold onto as many shares of the Co as he can, I mean a MAJOR, MAJOR part. I'ts HIS Company, after all.