American Boxing fans, does a Calzaghe vs Kessler fight not interest you?

[-Antonio-]

Yes I really want to see this fight. How many times do you have two undefeated fighters fight for an undisputed championship? I hope Calzaghe gives in, unless hes fighting Hopkins.

[jangeorg]

Kessler's a good robot, but he's yet to fight anybody. Manny Siaca and Markus Beyer were the weakest title holders in boxing, and Carl Froch beat Porras more convincingly even with two fractured hands.

Calzaghe has fought far better opposition in Eubank, Reid, Woodhall, Brewer and Mitchell. Veit was supposed to be the 'next big thing' in Germany .

Eubank, Reid, Woodhall, Brewer,Mitchell, Veit

Calzaghe-Eubank

When a bored Steve Collins retired from boxing rather than face the 'undeserving' Calzaghe, Eubank was drafted in as a replacement on a week's notice to meet Joe for the vacant WBO title... Eubank was due to fight at light heavyweight on the card and, two years removed from the super-middleweight division, probably was weight-drained...Nevertheless, an untested 25-year-old Calzaghe proved that his punch was for real by decking 'Simply the Best' in the opening seconds and went on to prove his stamina, speed, skills and chin, too, in taking a one-sided decision over the 31-year-old legend...The Eubank nearly beat cruiserweight Carl Thompson in his next two fights underlines the greatness of Calzaghe's performance... It was just about as impressive a debut as a fighter can make on the world scene.



Calzaghe - Reid

Hot and cold former WBC champ Reid was a tough opponent, esp considering Calzaghe was coming off a 10 month lay-off... Calzaghe started extremely well, sweeping the first three or four rounds with his speed and sharp southpaw jab... However, his left hand "went" in the fifth and Reid began to slam home huge right hands to the Welshman's skull...Reid landed the harder shots in the second half of a cracking fight... Some believe to this day that Reid deserved more than a split decision... I'm not one of them (I scored it 116-113 to Joe C) but, for whatever the reason, there was never a rematch and that's a black mark against Calzaghe



Calzaghe - Woodhall

A very good win over former WBC champ Woodhall... however, the Telford boxer was coming off a loss to Markus Beyer in his last major bout where he got dropped three times in the opening round... The fight would have meant so much more if only it had been a unification bout... Nevertheless, an impressive win which sent Woodhall into retirement


Calzaghe - Brewer

Former IBF champion Brewer turned pro in 1989 and had seen better days by the time he travelled to Wales to face Calzaghe... Brewer was 2-2 in his last four going in...I expected Joe to blast him out, quite honestly, as this was half a decade on from Brewer's shaky performance against aged non-puncher Herol Graham... nevertheless, Brewer took everything Joe threw at him and, while Calzaghe was a clear points winner, it was a good brawl.


Calzaghe - Mitchell

A return to proper world championship boxing - and how... after winning the opening round Calzaghe is decked for the first time ever - and hard - by the ex-WBA champ... badly hurt, Joe C nevertheless fights fire with fire and drops Mitchell seconds later... chasing the American to the ropes, Joe forces a (slightly premature) stoppage in the very same round... Mitchell was (you guessed it) coming off a loss, albeit a controversial one to Ottke in a IBF/WBA unification match...Mitchell hasn't fought since.


Calzaghe - Veit

Another fight Calzaghe had to take if he wanted to keep hold of his WBO belt... Calzaghe's promoter Frank Warren was surprisingly outbid for the fight and Calzaghe had to go to Germany for this rematch... Joe looked like he was forcing his work but a win in Germany is nothing to be sniffed at



Calzaghe has also fought and beaten some decent 'marking time' or subsidiary opponents like Mkrtchian but then there's the sheer woefulness of the Sobots, McIntyres and Pudwills, men Calzaghe shouldn't even entertain as sparring partners

[STEELHEAD]

I'd rather fight Hopkins or Taylor if I was Calzaghe, at MSG.

The Kessler guy is just another average super-middleweight who doesn't mean anything outside of Denmark, until he proves himself or whatever.

i understand where your coming from but since calzaghe has been a typical eurobody kessler is the top man and would give him fits. hbo money has drawn him out.can taylor offer more to the boxing fans than lacy? taylors dimwittedness not overcoming his shortcomings fight after fight is disturbing,even tho he's still winning.i've read manny stuart got fed up with taylors lack to listen.
yea kessler is an average supermiddleweight but calzaghe isnt much better.

[CaLLaHaN]

why wouldnt we want to see this fight?

[GEOFFHAYES]

Eubank, Reid, Woodhall, Brewer,Mitchell, Veit

Calzaghe-Eubank

When a bored Steve Collins retired from boxing rather than face the 'undeserving' Calzaghe, Eubank was drafted in as a replacement on a week's notice to meet Joe for the vacant WBO title... Eubank was due to fight at light heavyweight on the card and, two years removed from the super-middleweight division, probably was weight-drained...Nevertheless, an untested 25-year-old Calzaghe proved that his punch was for real by decking 'Simply the Best' in the opening seconds and went on to prove his stamina, speed, skills and chin, too, in taking a one-sided decision over the 31-year-old legend...The Eubank nearly beat cruiserweight Carl Thompson in his next two fights underlines the greatness of Calzaghe's performance... It was just about as impressive a debut as a fighter can make on the world scene.



Calzaghe - Reid

Hot and cold former WBC champ Reid was a tough opponent, esp considering Calzaghe was coming off a 10 month lay-off... Calzaghe started extremely well, sweeping the first three or four rounds with his speed and sharp southpaw jab... However, his left hand "went" in the fifth and Reid began to slam home huge right hands to the Welshman's skull...Reid landed the harder shots in the second half of a cracking fight... Some believe to this day that Reid deserved more than a split decision... I'm not one of them (I scored it 116-113 to Joe C) but, for whatever the reason, there was never a rematch and that's a black mark against Calzaghe



Calzaghe - Woodhall

A very good win over former WBC champ Woodhall... however, the Telford boxer was coming off a loss to Markus Beyer in his last major bout where he got dropped three times in the opening round... The fight would have meant so much more if only it had been a unification bout... Nevertheless, an impressive win which sent Woodhall into retirement


Calzaghe - Brewer

Former IBF champion Brewer turned pro in 1989 and had seen better days by the time he travelled to Wales to face Calzaghe... Brewer was 2-2 in his last four going in...I expected Joe to blast him out, quite honestly, as this was half a decade on from Brewer's shaky performance against aged non-puncher Herol Graham... nevertheless, Brewer took everything Joe threw at him and, while Calzaghe was a clear points winner, it was a good brawl.


Calzaghe - Mitchell

A return to proper world championship boxing - and how... after winning the opening round Calzaghe is decked for the first time ever - and hard - by the ex-WBA champ... badly hurt, Joe C nevertheless fights fire with fire and drops Mitchell seconds later... chasing the American to the ropes, Joe forces a (slightly premature) stoppage in the very same round... Mitchell was (you guessed it) coming off a loss, albeit a controversial one to Ottke in a IBF/WBA unification match...Mitchell hasn't fought since.


Calzaghe - Veit

Another fight Calzaghe had to take if he wanted to keep hold of his WBO belt... Calzaghe's promoter Frank Warren was surprisingly outbid for the fight and Calzaghe had to go to Germany for this rematch... Joe looked like he was forcing his work but a win in Germany is nothing to be sniffed at



Calzaghe has also fought and beaten some decent 'marking time' or subsidiary opponents like Mkrtchian but then there's the sheer woefulness of the Sobots, McIntyres and Pudwills, men Calzaghe shouldn't even entertain as sparring partners

Reid and Woodhall were former Olympic medalists and WBC champs, and both well-known top quality fighters. Brewer was clearly robbed against Ottke and Echols (who gave Hopkins his toughest fight), and Mitchell clearly robbed against Girard (who beat Lou Del Valle who knocked down Roy Jones) and Ottke. Joe out-classed them all and out-fought them all. Veit has just beaten Jurgen Brahmer (who was considered the best prospect to EVER come out of Germany), and beat Beyer five times in the amateurs. See Joe's performance against Veit (from German TV) in Germany and it blows you away, he was supreme that night.

[jangeorg]

This is the excuse from Joe Calzaghe in reference to not wanting to fight Kessler. he says American boxing fans arent interested. So I'm just doing a poll to see if it's more bull****





wow, look at the poll results. So much for that excuse

[jangeorg]

American's don't give a **** about Kessler, forget him.

They all remember Joe from his great fights on Showtime, stealing the show on the Tyson card in Denmark, the awesome war with Brewer and spectacular fight with Mitchell, etc.

You only had to watch the ITV documentary 'No ordinary Joe' to get an insight into why Calzaghe has never fought the truly top fighters and also why he has pulled out of so many fights. At one stage Warren and Enzo mentioned that Joe wanted to pull out of the Lacy fight with with 2 weeks to go. To be fair when telling the story Warren looked exasperated at the situation and had to tell Calzaghe that if he did pull out, his career was finished because he would have no more

[jangeorg]

I'd rather fight Hopkins or Taylor if I was Calzaghe, at MSG.

The Kessler guy is just another average super-middleweight who doesn't mean anything outside of Denmark, until he proves himself or whatever.

Kessler used less than 2 years to unify. Calzaghe used his entire career while clinging on to his precious WBO-belt and it took Calzaghe 9 years to unify

The fight does intrest me. But Calzcrappy is to much of a coward to make it happen

I thought he was a coward for ducking Lacy???

Oh wait, I forgot - he beat seven shades of **** out of Lacy, didn't he?

[Cletus Funk]

Big deal, it took Hopkins 7 years. How long did it take before Mayweather actually fought a unification fight?

It took Michelle Kessler 34 fights to win her title and it only took Joe 22, plus he actually fought someone worth a damn for it, so what does that prove?

Kessler used less than 2 years to unify. Calzaghe used his entire career while clinging on to his precious WBO-belt and it took Calzaghe 9 years to unify