The bad news this week is that the scheduled fight between Roy Jones Jr and our own Joe Calzaghe has been pushed back to November 8th, after Joe again damaged his hand in training. We're told it's a wrist injury, but with his history of hand trouble this can't be good news going into the rign with the ever-durable Jones. Again that lack of knockout power should be in evidence as against Hopkins. Plus Jones is only 3 years older so won't be sluggish as B-Hop. Hmmmm. Borefest or Calzaghe to get beaten up?
The only really interesting thing about this match-up is that Jones has suggested that they have 2 weigh-ins in order to fight for all Calzaghe's titles. The first weigh in is to be for Super Middleweight to get them under the limit for Calzaghe's 2 titles, then put on a couple of pounds quickly (water intake apparently) in order to then be also classed as light heavyweights and contest Calzaghe's "The Ring Magazine" light heavy title. Great gimmick in concept, and a surefire crowd puller, but with Jones having won a Heavyweight title in the not too distant past, this appears to be a dead end for Calzaghe's career.
Anyway, we've now got a September date with Amir Khan to look forward to - let's hope his new (Cuban) trainer makes him watch some real boxers in action and convinces him that if he actually got in the ring with a world champion at the moment, he'd be eating through a straw for weeks.
Ricky Hatton has what looks like (from last performance) a relatively straightforward tangle with the wierd Paulie Malignaggi in Vegas to look forward to - let's hope he turns up with the same stupid haircut! I think with Hatton's "miles on the clock" he needs to be looking at the final career defining fight - we've got Tszyu fight and Mayweather so far, one more great fight should see him call it quits. A fight with Manny Pacquiao would be brutal; going on his recent demolition job on David Diaz it may be a great test for Hatton but a great spectacle - and as Hatton has never ducked anyone it may be on the cards.
The important thing is that Ricky stays with Billy Graham, the trainer who's guided his career to far. For all Hatton's quality (and personality), he needs to keep his feet on the ground and ignore distractions such as Stand up tours, and Graham will surely keep him focussed.
The fight I really wanted to see looks like a no-goer at the moment, Carl Froch vs Jermain Taylor for the WBC super middleweight title vacated by Calzaghe. It's about time someone "grew a set" and fought Froch, who is the most dangerous fighter in his division, and as a consequence gets ignored by anyone with a title. Froch is relatively young in ring time, but 30 years old and needs to get a shot sooner rather than later. Kelly Pavlik has said he'll fight anyone, so that would be my ideal fight.
Let's get it on!
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