By Scott Gilfoid: Former 168 pound world champion Joe Calzaghe seems to know what Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) is up against in his May 26th fight against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s), and he feels Froch is still going to have tremendous problems against the Romanian.
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Calzaghe: Froch has a chance against Bute if he can get him into a war
By Scott Gilfoid: Former super middleweight world champion Joe Calzaghe is giving Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) a good chance of beating IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) on May 26th in their fight in Nottingham due to the huge pro-Froch crowd that is expected to turn out for the fight.
Calzaghe sees Khan easily beating Peterson
By William Mackay: Former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe is picking Amir Khan to easily beat IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson in their rematch on May 19th. Calzaghe is parroting the 25-year-old Khan by saying that Peterson fought as well as he possibly could in beating him by a 12 round split decision last December in Washington, DC. Calzaghe doesn’t think Peterson did enough to win that fight, but he also believes that Peterson can’t fight any better than that in the rematch.
Calzaghe: Hopkins vs. Cleverly fight won’t happen
By William Mackay: Former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe doesn’t think 46-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins is really serious about wanting to fight WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly in 2012.
Calzaghe: I would have beaten Andre Ward
By Scott Gilfoid: Former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe never got the chance to fight WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward because Calzaghe retired just when Ward was starting to make his presence felt in the division.
Calzaghe: Andre Ward is good but beatable
By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) said he got the chance to take on Andre Ward’s latest fight against Carl Froch in the Super Six tournament this past weekend. Calzaghe, 38, said the 27-year-old Ward looked impressive but he thinks he can still be beat.
Calzaghe wants Maccarinelli to pick up a British title then face Cleverly
By William Mackay: Former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe’s father Enzo Calzaghe is training former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli, who is hoping to make a go of it at light heavyweight after suffering his fourth knockout loss in the past three years.
42-year-old Tarver eager for fight against Calzaghe
By Scott Gilfoid: 42-year-old Antonio Tarver called out Joe Calzaghe for a fight, saying to the South Wales Argos “I was the only one that could beat him, that;s why he avoided me. He got dropped by Roy [Jones] and [Bernard] Hopkins. I would’ve knocked out feather-punching Calzaghe. He couldn’t beat me period and I hate I didn’t get a chance to prove it.”
Hopkins: Calzaghe retired because he didn’t want to give me a rematch
By Scott Gilfoid: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins thinks that he’s what drove former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe to retirement in 2008 after giving Calzaghe all he could handle in a 12 round split decision loss for Hopkins in April 2008. A lot of boxing fans, including myself, saw Hopkins winning the fight based on his much cleaner shots.
Calzaghe says he won’t fight Bernard Hopkins again, will stay retired
By William Mackay: Former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) has no interest in making a comeback for a big money fight against 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins despite the cash that Calzaghe could make to help cushion his retirement. Calzaghe was at the Amir Khan – Zab Judah fight last Saturday night in Las Vegas and was given an offer to sit down next to Hopkins.