By Eric Thomas: With hardly a week gone by since his controversial victory over Bernard Hopkins last Saturday night, undefeated Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs)has made statements that he has an interest in possibly fighting either Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) or middleweight Kelly Pavlik in his next and final bout of his career. Most of Calzaghe’s comments have been aimed at him fighting the 39 year-old Jones, so that is the direction – the weakest – that I expect Calzaghe to head in for his next and final bout of his career.
We have a pretty good idea of how Calzaghe will look against Jones based on how he performed against Hopkins last Saturday night, which wasn’t all that good to be honest with you. The quality, or lack thereof of Calzaghe’s performances, couldn’t have been missed by the quick eyes of Jones, who can spot a weakness in an instant in a fighter. In Calzaghe’s case, there were a plenty of them, starting with his inability to get his punches off against the bigger, more powerful Hopkins. Jones, 39, considered to be over-the-hill by many of the boxing world, still has roughly 80% of his original skills intact, which may be a considerable drop off for him, but it still leaves him with more than enough skills to beat 95% of the top light heavyweights in the division.
By Erik Schmidt: In the past week, we’ve been hearing a lot about Joe Calzaghe considering a fight with Roy Jones Jr. for his next and perhaps final fight of his career. However, I think Calaghe is forgetting an opponent that is even more deserving than Jones, and that’s Antonio Tarver, who recently defeated IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods by an easy one-sided unanimous decision a couple of weeks ago.
By Eric Thomas: In the latest news, former champion Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) made it clear after last night’s win by Joe Calzaghe over Bernard Hopkins that he wants to fight Calzaghe next, even if it means having to travel all the way to Wales to make the fight happen. The fight, if it happens, would likely be as big as the Hopkins bout despite Jones, 39, being a level below Hopkins at this stage in his career. The question is, would Calzaghe, 36, be interested in a bout with Jones? He has already said that he wants to be well paid in his last bout of his career, and a bout with Jones would figure to pay more than any other fight that Calzaghe would have on the horizon against one of the younger stars in the boxing world like Kelly Pavlik. 
Three time WBC super middleweight champion Markus Beyer (35-3-1, 13 KOs) defeated Russian middleweight Murat Mahmudov (16-4, 8 KOs) by a 8-round unanimous decision last night at the Zenith – Die Kulturhalle, in Munich, Bayern, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 80-72, 80-72 and 80-72, for Beyer. The bout was never remotely close and wasn’t supposed to be, for Beyer, 36, was making his first appearance in over a year since being destroyed in three rounds by Mikkel Kessler in October 2006. 
By Eric Schmidt: In the early 90s, Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 28 KOs) was considered to be arguably the pound-for-pound best boxer in all of boxing. His boxing skills, along with his incredible hand speed, were nothing short of extraordinary. There was one problem, however. Jones wasn’t taking on the harder fights, seeming to avoid potential mega-bout against fighters like Dariusz Michawlzewski, Julian Jackson, Gerald McClellan, and Nigel Benn, to name just a few of the top fighters that he failed to get in the ring with. 
By John Dower: Most fighters are luck if they ever become a star in the first place, but with former middleweight and light heavyweight champion Roy Jones jr. (52-4, 38 KOs), he’s getting a second shot in the twilight of his career after last Saturday’s impressive12-round unanimous decision over Felix Trinidad (42-3, 35 KOs) at New York’s Madison Square Garden. With this one win over what some people say was a shot Trinidad, Jones, now 39, has once again become the fighter that many of top boxers want a shot at. 
Undefeated World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (25-0, 17 KOs) expressed disappointment recently with Roy Jones Jr, who called out a number of fighters after beating Felix Trinidad last Saturday at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Specifically, Jones, 39, said that he’d be interested in fighting all comers, naming Joe Calzaghe, Oscar De La Hoya, Bernard Hopkins, Kelly Pavlik and Jermain Taylor as potential opponents that he’d like to mix it up with. However, one name that he left was Chad Dawson, the WBC light heavyweight title holder. Dawson had this to say about being ignored by Jones:
In an outcome that surprised few, Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) defeated Felix Trinidad (42-3, 35 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Trinidad, 35, was taking the fight after a two and half year layoff, without any kind of a tune-up bout before hand. However, Trinidad looked mostly good in the first six rounds of the fight, out-working and out-landing the 39 year-old Jones, who looked badly over-the-hill.