Calzaghe offered Reid an immediate rematch

[Clegg]

I've seen Calzaghe criticised on here several times for not rematching Reid.

I don't know why so many posters comment on events that they have no knowledge of. There are a lot of people that continually criticise Calzaghe for not rematching Robin Reid, even though they weren't really paying attention to events at the time.

So, take it from someone who was actually following Calzaghe's career back then, here are the facts: After the fight, Reid was offered an immediate rematch. The money offered to him was the exact same amount that he got for the first fight. He turned the offer down. For his next fight, he instead fought Silvio Branco and lost, harming his ranking and marketability.

British TV had Calzaghe winning. The boxing magazines that I read at the time had Calzaghe winning. Reid himself had Calzaghe winning.

The above is not my opinion. It is not rumour or the result of bias. It is fact, based upon interviews that Reid himself gave where he confirmed that he was offered a rematch.

The suggestion that Calzaghe robbed him and/or then ducked a rematch is factually incorrect.

[AztecWanker]

he probably thought that he would just get another controversial decision, given reids style, i dont think he wouldve been able to KO joe. not that i havent seen that fight, but i keep reading about how he got robbed and what not

[Silencers]

This was from a 2005 interview.

Spud: Joe Calzaghe. Many people feel you won the first fight against Calzaghe. Do you want to fight him again, and has there been any serious offers to fight Joe since the first fight?

RR: I have to say to the first part yep I feel I won the first fight as well. I have studied a tape of it and I seriously believe I won that fight by at least 2 rounds and that includes the point deduction for the low blow. Each time I watch the tape, I think I won even more!!! The Referee always seemed to be on my case, don't get me wrong I think myself and Joe in that fight were as bad as each other, but it just seemed the Referee was always blaming me.

Everyone thinks I got paid an absolute fortune for that fight, bearing in mind I was the WBC holder, I really thought I would receive about 100k, it wasn't as if I was going into that fight as unknown! I made 3 successful defences of the WBC Title. I got paid 75k and it was only last year I received the last of the purse due to a dispute!

We thought bearing in mind how close the first fight was we would get paid a decent amount for a second fight, especially when so many people thought I won the first one. I was told I would get paid what I was worth, I was told it would be an offer I could not refuse, in the end all I was offered was 90k, that was only 15k more than the first time around.

No one could tell me that people would not have been interested in a second fight, all I wanted was to be paid for what I was worth! To be honest I thought I was going to be offered 150k and as I say I was offered 90k, that is why the second fight never came. It was shortly after that I signed for Jess Harding.

Anyways, I agree that Calzaghe won, I think I had it 115-112 because of the point deduction, not a robbery at all.

[daggum]

I've seen Calzaghe criticised on here several times for not rematching Reid.

I don't know why so many posters comment on events that they have no knowledge of. There are a lot of people that continually criticise Calzaghe for not rematching Robin Reid, even though they weren't really paying attention to events at the time.

So, take it from someone who was actually following Calzaghe's career back then, here are the facts: After the fight, Reid was offered an immediate rematch. The money offered to him was the exact same amount that he got for the first fight. He turned the offer down. For his next fight, he instead fought Silvio Branco and lost, harming his ranking and marketability.

British TV had Calzaghe winning. The boxing magazines that I read at the time had Calzaghe winning. Reid himself had Calzaghe winning.

The above is not my opinion. It is not rumour or the result of bias. It is fact, based upon interviews that Reid himself gave where he confirmed that he was offered a rematch.

The suggestion that Calzaghe robbed him and/or then ducked a rematch is factually incorrect.

same thing but put hopkins name in there. why no rematch joe *******.

[Mr. Ryan]

Link or it didn't happen.

[johnm is...]

I mean... It's not that I don't believe that you know what noone else on the face of the planet knows, but, surely you have something to back this up?

[Clegg]

I mean... It's not that I don't believe that you know what noone else on the face of the planet knows, but, surely you have something to back this up?

No one else on the planet?

Plenty of people know it. I can't be the only one who has been following British boxing for more than 5 years.

Anyway, Silencers has posted an interview a couple of posts above yours where Reid confirms that he was offered a rematch and he turned it down.

[daggum]

calzaghe also offered hopkins an immediate rematch. its true cause joe calzaghe said so!

[MANGLER]

I never heard this before.

[Left Hook Tua]

joe calzaghe ducked an omar sheika rematch.

true story.