By Mark Boyles: With Joe Calzaghe announcing his retirement, the inevitable chorus of naysayers appear to be throwing criticism out there, arguing that his last two fights were against has-been fighters well past their prime. Firstly this struck me as odd, given that Hopkins, an “over-the-hill” fighter, went on to do a complete number on Kelly Pavlik, an up-and-coming fighter that many wanted to see step up and fight Calzaghe. Roy Jones Junior though, there’s no denying was a shadow of his former self.
UK Boxing
Skelton Wants Bout With Haye
By Eric Thomas: British heavyweight Matt Skelton (22-2, 19 KOs) is making noises that he’d be interested in a fight with fellow UK heavyweight David Haye (22-1, 20 KOs) as soon as David gets through with fighting one of the Klitschko brothers. In an interview on the Sunday Mirror, Skelton remarked that Haye is “Lucky” and is “getting all the breaks,” no doubt referring to Haye’s potential bouts with both Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko.