Why didnt calazghe / taylor ever happen ?

[TheGreatAli]

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

Calzaghe fought most of his fights in England which isn't his back yard.

[Joe2608]

Calzaghe would have Lacy'ed him.

[dstew]

After the Spinks fight, Dibella asked for $6 million from Warren for Taylor to fight Calzaghe, and Warren didn't take it.

Warren:, "Taylor-Spinks Was Stinko De Mayo"

By Mark Vester

In his latest website column, Frank Warren, promoter of WBO super middleweight champ Joe Calzaghe, gave his thoughts on Jermain Taylor's performance against Cory Spinks and spoke about the ongoing struggle to make a Taylor-Calzaghe clash in September.

Warren says that he offered Taylor the $5 million dollars that he wants for the Calzaghe clash, but it's the $1 million dollar demand by Taylor's promoter Lou DiBella that is holding up the fight. Based on Taylor recent performance against Spinks in Memphis, Warren does not think the fight is worth him paying $6 million.

"Jermain Taylor is chasing mega bucks to fight Joe Calzaghe - but appeared to be worth about two bob when he tackled Cory Spinks. Taylor beat Spinks on a split decision in Memphis, and so dire was his display, it now makes the Calzaghe fight difficult to make. Spinks has to share some of the blame, because between them, the fighters landed less than 200 punches, and threw under 1,000. Calzaghe beat that all on his own against Jeff Lacy," Warren said.

"After the fight, Taylor's promoter Lou DiBella said Calzaghe was still an option, but it all depended on "Benjamin Franklins", i.e. money. I've offered Taylor the $5 million he wants, but the stumbling block is DiBella's demand for an extra $1 million for himself. I'm prepared to give him a share of the gate instead."

DiBella has gone on the record in the past that he is not interested in the gate. He says Warren can keep the gate. Unless Warren comes up with $6 million, the same amount of money Taylor received for his June 06 bout with Winky Wright, DiBella says that fight wont happen.

Warren still stands firm that Taylor is not worth the $6 million.

"The fact is Taylor isn't worth the money, but I'm still determined to do my best for Joe. Taylor has looked average in his last three fights, and the one against Spinks was so bad I turned off half way through. Mayweather-De La Hoya took place on the Mexican holiday of "Cinco de Mayo", but as one wag put it, Taylor-Spinks was "Stinko de Mayo". In order to nail down big fights, you've got to look good in winning, and Taylor simply didn't put in a $6 million performance," Warren said.

[MANGLER]

Taylor was strugglin to get a big, impressive win at 160.

[BEEHOP]

He would have just been slapped for 12 rounds instead of brutally KO'ed by Pavlik.