Joe Calzaghe’s promoter, Frank Warren, plans to publicize a “big fight” for the super middleweight world champion some time in the up coming week. The bout is most likely to be in Cardiff next February; with Warren hoping he can secure an American challenger.

If the Great Welshman triumphs, Warren claims a “mega fight” will follow in the summer, which is most likely to be in opposition to Jermain Taylor, 28, over in the States. This news may ruin the instant hopes of Denmark’s WBC & WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler who is desperate for a unification bout with Wales’ WBO & IBF legend (read more…)

Joe Calzaghe feels that he is ready to fight Bernard Hopkins in America after his vicious world title bout with Sakio Bika. On Saturday night he made the 19th defence of his super middleweight titles against the Cameroonian in Manchester. And is now only one short of Hopkins’ record of 20 defences at middleweight.

Calzaghe’s Promoter Frank Warren established he is preparing a date for Calzaghe in the States in either February or March. “People think I’m a home boy, but I’ll fight Bernard Hopkins in his own garden,” the Welshman said. “Hopkins is the sort of fighter I’d get up for. I need those big name fights to bring out the best in me.” Nevertheless, with the 41-year-old Hopkins talking about challenging WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev, Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler would show to be a more sensible option.Kessler bulldozed Germany’s Markus Beyer inside three rounds in Copenhagen on Saturday night to add the WBC crown to his WBA belt. And with Calzaghe as the holder of the IBF and WBO titles, a fight between the two of them would be a rare four-belt unification bout (read more…)

WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler won last night by way of knockout over WBC champ Markus Beyer to unify both titles.

Kessler, from Denmark, put his veteran German opponent on the floor with a straight right to the chin with two seconds let in the third round in Copenhagen; he now has a record of 38 wins in 38 fights. 27-year-old Kessler will is now hoping for a unification fight against WBO and IBF champion Joe Calzaghe. “I’ll be ready for you, Calzaghe (read more…)

Super middle weight Mikkel Kessler has been recently sing your own praises that he is the best super middleweight in the world and has not been given notice from Joe Calzaghe.

The WBA champion, Kessler, meets WBC champion Markus Beyer in a unification fight this Saturday in Copenhagen; and claims that he has “no doubt” he is the best in the world. Mean while WBO and IBF champion Joe Calzaghe is destined to fight Sakio Bika on the same night at the MEN area in Manchester and says “Kessler’s the second-best super middle in the world, but I see myself beating him, like anyone else at the weight. I fancy Kessler to beat Beyer convincingly (read more…)