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Calzaghe "I am missing the pay cheques and having 50,000 people screaming my name"
The retired, and undefeated former champion, Joe Calzaghe,believes that he can beat any of the top fighters at super middleweight and light heavyweight - and he is so confident of his talents that he also believes that he can rise up in weight and beat the 6'6 WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
“I see the guys fighting now and I know I could beat them all,” Calzaghe told Walesonline. “That’s always the case. I’m Joe Calzaghe, I could beat anyone. I could step up and beat Wladimir Klitschko if I wanted."
As far as retirement, Calzaghe does not miss the training or the fighting. He does miss the money and the roar of the crowd.
“At the moment everything is still good,” Calzaghe says. “I’m not missing fighting one little bit. I don’t miss getting punched in the face, I don’t missing starving myself and I’m not missing running up those big hills. I am missing the pay cheques and having 50,000 people screaming my name though.”
Calzaghe did not miss the opportunity to take a few shots at his UK rival, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch. Calzaghe doesn't think much of Froch or his talent and doesn't give him much of a chance in Showtime's Super Six tournament. He feels Froch will take a bad beating in the tournament.
“If you are asking what I think of Carl Froch and whether I’m tempted to come back and fight him, then my answer is simple. I’m watching him getting beaten up already, so I don’t need to bother. I watched Jermain Taylor kick his arse for 12 rounds the other week. All right, Froch did well in that last 12 seconds, but I’m not fooled. He is in that Super Six series now and I don’t even think he will know his name by the time that’s finished. It doesn’t need me coming back for that to happen,” Calzaghe said.
“I see the guys fighting now and I know I could beat them all,” Calzaghe told Walesonline. “That’s always the case. I’m Joe Calzaghe, I could beat anyone. I could step up and beat Wladimir Klitschko if I wanted."
As far as retirement, Calzaghe does not miss the training or the fighting. He does miss the money and the roar of the crowd.
“At the moment everything is still good,” Calzaghe says. “I’m not missing fighting one little bit. I don’t miss getting punched in the face, I don’t missing starving myself and I’m not missing running up those big hills. I am missing the pay cheques and having 50,000 people screaming my name though.”
Calzaghe did not miss the opportunity to take a few shots at his UK rival, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch. Calzaghe doesn't think much of Froch or his talent and doesn't give him much of a chance in Showtime's Super Six tournament. He feels Froch will take a bad beating in the tournament
Latest on Vernon Forrest Murder
Another boxer Dead! This time former Three-Time WBC Champion Vernon Forrest 38, on the back of ring great Arturo Gatti and Alexis Arguello to name but two. It has been a upsetting month for the boxing world, and now this.New reports were coming out of Atlanta that Forrest actually chased his killers, with his own gun, after they tried to car jack his Jaguar at gun point.
A Police statement from the scene says there were two men involved in the killing. "He was shot seven or eight times as he chased at least two men who had tried to steal his Jaguar as he put air in his tires at an Atlanta gas station", Lt. Keith Meadows said.
Police also said that Forrest, who was carrying a gun as well, chased down the two men who supposedly had carjacked him, gunfire erupted, and Forrest was shot several times and fatally through the head.
Forrest had a gun and confronted the men, police said.
"The victim and suspect became involved in a brief foot chase," Meadows said. "At some point, gunfire was exchanged between the two of them. The victim was shot at least once in the head."
Forrest was fatally wounded by two semi-automatic weapons, according to police.
"At this point we have a general description of at least two black males driving a red Monte Carlo," Meadows said, according to the report.
Police said the suspects likely didn't know Forrest, whose girlfriend's young son was in the car when he was shot.
A post motem will now take place, it is not yet known if police have detained anybody with relation to the murder.
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