Why didnt calazghe / taylor ever happen ?

[street bully]

Taylor would have looked amazing for 4 rounds until he runs out of gas.

[TheGreatAli]

10 Mill to go to Calzaghe's backyard and fight him there. Calzaghe wasn't willing come to the US yet. 10 Mill was the least he can ask for.

Do you realize how much $10M is? Floyd Mayweather made $5M for his fight with Zab Judah and he had the far bigger purse, Zab only made $1M. $10M is way too much money especially after coming off the win off Cory Spinks in that terrible fight.

[catalinul]

Taylor thought too much of himself.

[TheGreatAli]

Calzaghe: "Jermain Taylor is The Fight I Want" Click Here To Email Printable version Search BoxingScene Database


Calzaghe Wants Tarver, Wright, Taylor Click Here To Email Printable version Search BoxingScene Database




By Mark Vester

Unified super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe stated during a recent appearance on BBC Radio Five Live, that he is very eager to face Antonio Tarver at light heavyweight, and the winner of the upcoming Jermain Taylor-Winky Wright middleweight showdown. He would like a fight against any of the three to take place in November.

Calzaghe's preference would be a battle against the winner of Taylor-Wright, because he feels that Tarver's style does not match very well with his own. In Calzaghe's opinion, a battle against Wright or Taylor would be a more exciting fight.

"Tarver is probably the best light heavyweight in the world but is not an attractive or exciting fighter," he said. "He's a southpaw like myself, he's tall and he's very defensive, not exciting."

Joe made it very clear that he aims to retire in two years, but he wants to reach his goal of becoming a two division champion prior to hanging up the gloves.

"I want to fight for another two years. In that time I think I can achieve maybe two superfights and be a two-weight world champion," Calzaghe old BBC Radio Five Live


By Mark Vester

It appears that WBO/IBF super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe is changing his tune with respect to his preferred mega-bout opponent.

In a recent interview with UK scribe Steve Bunce, Calzaghe indicated that for his next bout, he would like to fight the now retired Bernard Hopkins, middleweight champion Jermain Taylor or WBC/WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler.

But, if he had a choice between the three, Taylor would be the man he wants most. For the last couple of weeks, Calzaghe has been calling out Bernard Hopkins. After it became clear that Hopkins would not come out of retirement to fight him, he appears to have set his sights on a fight that has a much better probability of actually taking place.

"Mikkel Kessler, Jermain Taylor or Bernard Hopkins. All three would be great fights. Kessler holds a couple of super-middleweight world titles and everybody keeps telling me how good he is. Hopkins is a big name in America and he was the middleweight champion for 10 years. But, I think it would have to be Taylor because he beat Hopkins. That would be the fight," Calzaghe said.

[TheGreatAli]

Calzaghe was the one calling for this fight most definitely, he is/was convinced Taylor would be easy work. I can see so many articles about this fight.


It is well known how high Dibella rates Calzaghe, he said he's the best fighter of the decade just after he retired recently and that he'd beat both Jones and Hopkins at any point. He didn't want to throw Taylor in with Calzaghe at all.

[hookoutofhell]

if memory serves me correctly the pavlik fight was touted as a tune up for calzaghe. taylor hadn't looked good recently and was pavlik was meant to be taylor made (pun intended) for him im pretty confident in saying that if taylor had won against pavlik then it would have set up the bout with calzaghe.

of course pavlik threw a spanner in the works and since then a taylor calzaghe fight was never really foing to happen.

[Shattered Jaw]

America has spent the last 15 years ducking Calzaghe. Occasionally they'll send over a lamb or two to be butchered and sent back shot and spent. To sc**** the last of the **** out of the barrell the Welsh hero had to get himself over to the US to decisively beat their last two remaining bastions in their own back yard.

[Chuckguy]

Calzaghe was the one calling for this fight most definitely, he is/was convinced Taylor would be easy work. I can see so many articles about this fight.


It is well known how high Dibella rates Calzaghe, he said he's the best fighter of the decade just after he retired recently and that he'd beat both Jones and Hopkins at any point. He didn't want to throw Taylor in with Calzaghe at all.

You can keep posting articles of this and that
fact of the matter is that JC would never have fought any of them in the states so why go over seas to get robbed
that is why he is undefeated and why he waited until the last two fights of his career to fight in the states
JC is b level fighter

[Chuckguy]

America has spent the last 15 years ducking Calzaghe. Occasionally they'll send over a lamb or two to be butchered and sent back shot and spent. To sc**** the last of the **** out of the barrell the Welsh hero had to get himself over to the US to decisively beat their last two remaining bastions in their own back yard.

The fights werent in Philly or Pensacola so it was neither ones back yard
HELOO:****you:

[El_Cholo]

Calzaghe would have simply boxed his way to victory, he would have taken a couple of good shots, his reliable chin would have been tested, and the flurries of combinations would have been something else.