By Scott Gilfoid: Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) has had an amazing career, staying undefeated throughout his long 15 year career and holding his World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight title for an incredible 10 long years without one opponent even coming close to beating him. Almost all of his bouts have taken place in Wales, having only recently come over to the U.S for his hard fought 12-round split decision victory over Bernard Hopkins.
For many Americans, they were less than impressed with Calzaghe, in particular his slapping punches which looked pale in comparison to the hard, clean-landing shots from Hopkins. In the end, Calzaghe squeaked by with a narrow split decision due to Hopkins tiring out in the second half of the bout, and resorting to clinching and other such delaying tactics. Nevertheless, the slapping and lack of clean landing shots from Calzaghe made his U.S. debut more than a little disappointing, because fighters over here are usually expected to land harder punches in order to win. While Calzaghe was able to get the nod over Hopkins last time out, I have grave doubts that he will get a second win if he fights in a similar manner on November 8th against Roy Jones Jr.
By Dan Ambrose: I don’t know about any of you, but I thought the sole reason that Joe Calzaghe was fighting Roy Jones Jr., rather than Kelly Pavlik, was so that he could get the biggest payday possible while on the way out the door in the sport. Did I miss something? If anyone thinks for a second that a win over Jones, who is 39, almost 40 and hasn’t looked good in the ring in ages, will prove anything other than the fact that Calzaghe is good enough to beat a faded Jones, then I they need a wakeup call. 
By Sean McDaniel: in an interview on Steve Bunces’ Boxing Hour today, Bernard Hopkins appeared to be still more than a little bitter about his 12-round split decision loss to Joe Calzaghe in April, and not about to own up to the fact that he was beaten by him. Sounding genuinely angry about the loss, Hopkins said “Joe [Calzaghe] Knows In His Heart That The Judges Beat Bernard Hopkins, and he has to live with that fact for the rest of his life. Yeah, a win is a win, is a win, but at the end of the day, if that is all Joe Calzaghe has to show that he is worth…I wouldn’t worry about a decision this time. He’ll get knocked out. Whether it’s in Wales, or London or whether it’s in the U.S.” 
Bernard Hopkins told Steve Bunce’s Boxing Hour that he will not consider Chad Dawson as an opponent and believes the winner out of Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr will change their mind about not fighting him.
By Jonny Rashman Joe Calzaghe is a world class fighter, is unbeaten and one of the longest reigning world champions in the history of boxing, yet still boxing experts won’t give him the credit he deserves. It is only recently that Calzaghe is being treated like a superstar, even though he is 45 and 0, with 32 knockouts. While good fighters like Kelly Pavlik are talked about more highly than Calzaghe, why is that? Before Calzaghe destroyed Jeff Lacey, none of the world class fighters wanted to fight Calzaghe because there was not enough money involved to take the risk to fight Calzaghe, considering that there was a good chance they would get beat. All of a sudden these top class fighters are coming to the end of their careers and have been beaten in recent years, so they need Calzaghe now. 
By Michael Lieberman: Joe Calzaghe must be feeling a huge sense of relief right about now after middleweight knockout artist Kelly Pavlik was defeated by Bernard Hopkins on Saturday. There’s no getting around it, the loss was a huge defeat for Pavlik, and one that wiped out a lot of opportunities for him, one of which may or may not have been a fight with Calzaghe. Before the fight, Pavlik had been pushing hard for a fight with Calzaghe, but with little luck. Instead of wanting to face Pavlik, a fighter with an unbeaten record and an enormous amount of knockout victories, Calzaghe decided on Roy Jones Jr., a fighter that is perceived by many boxing experts to be the lesser threat than Pavlik. 
By Michael Lieberman: With his loss on Saturday to Bernard Hopkins, Kelly Pavlik was effectively removed from future considerations for a potential bout with Joe Calzaghe. Not that Calzaghe would ever fight him anyway, mind you, because he’s said repeatedly in the past that he planned on retiring immediately following his November 8th bout against Roy Jones Jr., just as long as he performed well against him. Many boxing fans and writers, however, felt that with enough pushing, Calzaghe would eventually fight Pavlik. Now unfortunately that has been taken off the table with Pavlik’s one-sided loss to Hopkins. 
By Michael Lieberman: Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) had made it a personal mission for himself to not only retire on a positive note, but to also to retire undefeated, like Rocky Marciano. The problem I have with that is undefeated records, like the one that Calzaghe has, is pretty much meaningless when you’re not fighting the best opponents available. Compare, for instance, a fighter that has fought nothing but the best opponents for the first 20 fights of their career with someone that has fought largely fluff opponents and has an equally impressive unbeaten record after the same amount of fights. 
By Jim Dower: Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) will wrap up his excellent career against Roy Jones Jr. (58-4, 38 KOs) on November 8th at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a fight that has earned Calzaghe a huge amount of criticism by many boxing fans who wanted to see him go out in style against undefeated Kelly Pavlik. Calzaghe, 35, however, is doing what Oscar De La Hoya is going, namely going after the most amount of money at the least amount of risk. He certainly deserves a easy fight or two after having a stellar career in which he defended his WBO super middleweight title countless times without losing once. 
By Aaron Klein: While Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) continues to try and talk up the talent of his opponent Roy Jones Jr., who will supposedly be his last fight of his career on November 8th at New York’s Madison Square Garden, many in the boxing world aren’t so enamored by this fight and see it as merely Calzaghe cashing out of the sport the easy way in order to avoid more dangerous fighters like Kelly Pavlik or one of his many talented challengers to his WBO super middleweight title. Rather than have to continue to defend his WBO title, Calzaghe yesterday gave it up after 11 years.